U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 13-14, 2005
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1013 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  Catalog #AAMC 1a | Price Realized $6,750.00 |
