£400 - £500
1914-15 Printed O.A.S postcards (4), picture postcards (9) and covers (5) all with "ARMY BASE P.O" datestamps comprising numbers 1 (Cape Town), 4 (8, Luderitzbucht), 4A (Luderitzbucht), 5 (3, Walvis Bay), 6 (3, Swakopmund) or 6A (2, Swakopmund), one cover from Base P.O 4 franked 1d to Rhodesia, one postcard from Base P.O 4 franked ½d + G.S.W.A 10pf (with "Deutsch" crossed out), the other sixteen items stampless. Censor cachets include boxed "Postage Free" handstamps of Base 1, 1c, 5 (3), 6 (4) or 6A, and "POSTAGE FREE / PASSED BY CENSOR" (2), also regimental cachets (6) including Transvaal Scottish Regt, 1st M.R Natal Carbineers, South African Engineer Corps and Middelburg Commando, and oval "DEFENCE DEPARTMENT / OFFICIAL FREE / ACTIVE CITIZEN FORCE" cachets (2). A fine group. (18).
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Free Registration
26.4% inc VAT*
Flat Fee Registration
22.80% inc VAT*
