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    Matteucci-Massari Expedition 1880: Cover and contents in Italian from Omshanga, west of El Obeid, addressed to Geigler Pasha in Khartoum and addressed in arabic above - 'Khartoum, Vice Governor, Council House. From the administration of Omshanga. No. 91 Travelling. From the Prince'. The contents written on October 20 and signed by Prince Giovanni Borghese, the cover struck on arrival by the sole recorded example of the Official KHARTOUM / GOUVERNEMENTALES datestamp (31.OC.80 - TIV) in black. The cover sympathetically opened for Exhibit display. A great rarity.

    Note: Pellegrino Matteucci was sponsored by the Geographical Society of Rome and also aided financially by Prince Giovanni Borghese, the youngest son of this famous family, and his expedition became the first 'East to West' Crossing of Africa, from Suakin in the Sudan via Darfur, Wadai, south along Lake Chad, through Kanem-Bornu, Kano and Bida to the Niger River Delta. Borghese accompanied the Expedition as far as the Wadai border west of Darfur, returning via Kordofan to Italy. Matteucci died aged 31 in London soon after his return from West Africa (August 1881).
    Ausruf : 2.000 CHF
    Zuschlag : 4.000 CHF