Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 4

1896: ½ g. salmon postal stationery card (H&G 2) written by the explorer Oscar Neumann on April 24, 1900 from Harar to Berlin with bilingual "HARAR" datestamp in blue (April 16) and presumably pre-cancelled, franked by India ½ a. green and two 1 a. plum folded over edge of card at base and intact on reverse, all tied by "B" in bars obliterators with "ZAILA / SOMALI COAST" cds at right (April 28) in black. 'Aden' transit cds (May 6) and Berlin arrival all on obverse. A rare and most attractive usage.