Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #187
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Belgian Fieldpost to General Smuts
1916 (Oct) fieldpost from Muansa to General Jan Smuts, the allied commander in Morogoro. For a brief period of time, the Belgian base in British held Muansa used the obsolete German town canceller without date, also official seal of Imperial Government of German East Africa on back, violet "Congo Belge Ct. Department de L'Est" seals of General Tombeur (Charles Henri Marie Ernest Tombeur, the head of Belgian military operations in East Africa), cover toning and wear, with transit cancellations from Mombasa and Belgian fieldpost station in Kisumu, with 2001 Steuer cert.
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Price Realized
$1,900.00

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