Losnr. 5722 - 196.-201. Auktion
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Losnr. : 5722 Sudan
1864: Cover to the botanist Dr. Paul Ascherson in Berlin, with manuscript inside flap 'Hearty greetings from Suakin...' and on front 'Absender G. Schweinfurth, Suakin', also a famous botanist on his first of many trips to Africa , thence with Type VI POSTA EUROPEA / CAIRO datestamp (July 19) at left and transferred to Austrian Post Office with ALEXANDRIEN cds (24/7) at right. Handstruck '6' (silver groschen) charge on front and further manuscript '6' charge all on obverse of a rare cover. Signed Todd AIEP.
Note: Schweinfurth later discovered the River Uele in 1870, he was also the first to describe in detail the cannabalistic tendencies of the Mangbetu.Ausruf : 750 CHFZuschlag : 7.500 CHF