Militaria: Colonial Empire / Letter from a Schutztruppen sol - Lot 134

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Militaria: Colonial Empire / Letter from a Schutztruppen sol - Lot 134
Militaria: Colonial Empire / Letter from a Schutztruppen soldier, 1906 / Herero War / Keetmanshoop stopover / Dresden (Saxony, Germany) - Historic military mail (field correspondence envelope) sent with military postage exemption (marked “Soldatenbrief-Stempel”) from German colonial Africa during the Herero and Nama uprising.This original document from late 1906 was written by a soldier of the imperial forces operating in German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika). Splendid circular purple wet unit postmark from the “Kaiserl. Schutztruppe für Südwestafrika – Etappe Keetmanshoop” serving as a military postage exemption mark. Perfect impression of the original black-ink date stamp from the “KEETMANSHOOP DEUTSCH-SÜDWESTAFRIKA” post office, dated November 17, 1906. A first-rate archival item for the colonial military history of the early 20th century.
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