Ref: K2554
- £450.00
1916 South Africa ½d Kings Head post card to Keetmanshoop with a boxed '59' Military F.P.O. canceller, dated 1 OCT 1916, with Otavifontein inserted in red ink. By October the rubber canceller had deteriorated considerably and whereas red or violet ink had been used, they had now switched to black ink, though some of the original red ink can still be seen in the canceller. A Keetmanshoop arrival c.d.s. is on the back of the card. Very few examples of this canceller with a manuscript insert are known. A fine and rare item.
