KETMANNSHOOP without year, 20 Pfennig violet-ultramarine single franking on forerunner letter to Barmen, Germany, clear 15.1. (96) strikes, one with manuscript "96" added, on stamp without added year, via STEINKOPF CAPE COLONY, arrival BARMEN 3.3.96. Very few covers known with KEETMANSHOOP cancels of 1896, in January 1896, lacking year or with manuscript year, expertised v. Willmann, certificates Czimmek (1990) and Jäschke-Lantelme BPP (2023) "fresh colour, normal perforations...entires with this cancel without year or with manuscript year are rare"