cover 1901 postcard datelined Yokohama (5.8) and addressed to the German Consulate there bearing Koban 2s., cancelled by extremely fine oval "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG-SUDAMERIKA/XVIII" d.s. (6.8) with another equally fine strike adjacent. Photo

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cover 1901 postcard datelined Yokohama (5.8) and addressed to the German Consulate there bearing Koban 2s., cancelled by extremely fine oval "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG-SUDAMERIKA/XVIII" d.s. (6.8) with another equally fine strike adjacent. Photo

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Note: This card was written and cancelled on one of the steamers requisitioned by the Germans for carrying troops to and from the Boxer Rebellion, the ships retained their cancellers which refer to their normal run to South America

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