Lot 659
Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force....
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5922
Auction: 30 March 2021 at 01:00 BST
Estimate: £500 - £600
Description
Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force. Northern Rhodesia Base 2. 1916 postcard of river scene in German East Africa from Sgt. E. Alexander, N. Rhodesia Rifles (attached to D. Coy. N.R. Police), to family member in Deptford, countersigned Lt. Henniker Gotley, cancelled by the rare double-ring Army Post Office CDS Code 2, 4 SEP 16. Kasama squared circle transit and Base 4 violet receiving cachet, altered in manuscript to '1'. Ex Sinton. Minor creasing
Very few Base 2 covers are known; thought to have been in the Bismarckburg area after its occupation on 8.6.16. A very similar card from Sgt. Alexander is illustrated on Page 37 of Drysdall and Pennycuic
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