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3 unusual facts about South West African Class Hd


South West African Class Hd

The stamp design was by the noted stamp designer and artist Koos van Ellinckhuijzen.

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A postage stamp depicting the Class Hd was one of a set of four commemorative South West African postage stamps that were issued on 2 August 1985 to commemorate the narrow gauge locomotives that pioneered railways in the territory.

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Number 40 was plinthed on the Usakos station platform, while number 41 was plinthed outside Otjiwarongo Railway Station.



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