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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 776

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German Southwest Africa
Sale No: 776
Lot No: 585
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Cat No: Collection

image German South West Africa, Native Insurrection Wars Exhibit, 1904-1907, jaw-dropping 7 volume exhibit and related unmounted items; over 650 items, magnificently researched and detailed, award-winning collection formed by a world leading expert on this tragic event, touches upon every conceivable aspect of communication during the conflict: Bondelzwart Uprising (Oct 1903-Feb 1904) including Provisional Field postcarts for trans-colony routing, Discovery Copy of sole registered unused Type 2 example, sole unused and 1 of 3 known used Type 3 (with 1987 cert), international rate from soldier in "Mountain Battery" to Austria, soldier postcard to Guatemala, examples from 10 different Feld Postmark locations; Herero Uprising (Jan 1904-Oct 1904) includes rare Provisionals from Bethanien, Grootfontein, Gobabis, Jakalswater, Hasuur, Keethmanshoop, Okombahe, Nauchas, Okahandja, Omaruru, Outjo, Rehoboth, Seeis, Ramansdrift, Swarkopmond, and Windhoek; Zelthain Training Camp, Remainder Field postcard, stunning receipt strike from FPO 1 on seconf day of use, intracolony usage to farm near Kuis, wireless radio station, Earliest Reported Usage (10 known) of Warmbad Provisional Field Postcard, special envelope designed for military communications, Field Post Office station cancels, postcard from SMS Wolf which telegraphed word of the Jan 14, 1904 Hereros Uprising, telegram requesting Veterinarian for volunteer service (declined), Formula Field Postcards mint and postally used including at least 16 Types; Hottentot Uprising (1904-1907) including P. D. Ernst Woermann unconvoyed mail (Discovery Copy) from regularly scheduled west-east circum-Africa trip, SMS Habicht first ship to put landing force ashore, Adolph Woermann personnel carrier, 384 soldiers brought by Erich Woermann, 800 men of the Naval Expeditionary Force on board the Darmstadt, Apr 1904 trip by Entre Rios, Wittekind brought reinforcements, and many more vessels (Silva, Eleonore Woermann, Montevideo, Schleswig, and Solingen); fascinating grouping of Supply Train mail; sole known example of Red Cross Expedition handstamp used on Steamer Herzog, Navy Postal Bureau receiving markings, Registered mail posted without prepayment, Parcel Post to troops, Army Telegraph Service, Heliographic Telegraph Service, Radiogram Service, Newspaper Subscription Service, Postal Money Order, Official Mail, Postage Due, Courier Pouch Mail (Relay Rider), Fieldpost Deadletter Section, "Turned" Adversity mail, Death From Disease, Killed in Action, Death From Wounds, Civilian PO datestamps (at least 20 shown), Unauthorized Use of Canceller, Datestamp Irregularities, International mail to Mexico, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Greece, and the US; strong showing of both the Alder "Eagle" (220 diff from 1904-1905) and Soldier's Letter (230 diff from 1905-1907) Unit handstamps; Tactical Formations including Regimental Staff, Replacement Company, Batallion, Artillery, Machine Gun, General Headquarters, Zone Headquarters, Finance, and Camel Corps; Railroad Management and Maintenance, Searchlight Detachment, Supply Convoy, Army Commissarait, Troop Transport, Main Clothing Depot, Field Survey, Telegraphy Detatchment, Field Post, Mobile Army Hospital, Sanatary Office, Hospital Administration, Hospital Command, Hospital Reserve, Sector Health Office, and Sanatorium; Service organizations including German Red Cross, Assistance Committee for German Southwest Africa, and Army Chaplain; commercial Patriotics; finishes with Fieldpost franchise termination date (Dec 31, 1907) postcard from soldier, Very Fine.


Herero were cattle herders who migrated into what is now Namibia during the mid-18th century. Their language contained more than a thousand words for the colors and markings of cattle.

By 1903 the Herero had already ceded more than a quarter of their territory to German colonists. The Otavi railway line running from the African coast to inland German settlements would make German colonies much more accessible and would have ushered a new wave of Europeans into the area.

Colonial authorities and white settlers envisioned a predominately white "new African Germany," wherein the native populations would be put onto reservations and their land distributed among settlers and companies. Under German colonial rule, colonists were encouraged to seize land and cattle subjugate the indigenous as slave labor. German settlers often referred to black Africans as "baboons" and treated them with contempt.

In January 1904, the Herero attacked more than 100 settlers in the area of Okahandja. Cries in the Reichstag, and from the Kaiser himself, for total eradication grew strident. In August, German General Lothar von Trotha defeated the Ovaherero in the Battle of Waterberg and drove them into the desert where most died of dehydration. In October, the Nama people also rebelled only to suffer a similar fate.

The Herero genocide was a campaign of ethnic extermination and collective punishment waged by the German Empire against the Herero. It was the first genocide of the 20th century. Between 24,000 and 100,000 Hereros died. The first phase was characterized by widespread death from starvation and dehydration, due to the prevention of the Herero from leaving the Namib desert by German forces. Once defeated, thousands of Hereros were imprisoned in concentration camps, where the majority died of diseases, abuse, and exhaustion.
Shipping charges apply - weight 44 lbs.
In 2018 the last batch of skulls and other remains of slaughtered tribesmen which were taken to Germany to promote racial superiority were taken back to Namibia. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Video5 for this lot) (Video6 for this lot) (Video7 for this lot) (Image)

Estimate $15,000-20,000

Opening US$ 8,500.00
Sold...US$ 11,500.00


Closed..Oct-01-2022, 12:28:49 EST
Sold For 11500
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