U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
April 28-29, 2004

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1023
1914 Special Flight for Windhoek Exhibition
1914, May 19 Usakos-Karibibi flown ppc (creased), clear violet hs "Luftpost Usakos-Karibib - 1.Flugzeug in Suedwest befordert", with a message and correct 5pf franking, addressed to Hamburg. The pilot, Bruno Buechner made only 4 mail carrying flights in Southwest Africa before his double-decker aircraft was requisitioned for the German war effort. This was the only official airmail flown in any of the German Colonies. A major rarity, only a few exist (photo back cover)
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Catalog #AAMC 1a
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