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1895, Denmark, envelope, franked with (2x) 20o blue (Y&T 37), sent ...mehr
1895, Denmark, envelope, franked with (2x) 20o blue (Y&T 37), sent from Vallo July 16, 1895 to "Mr. Le Baron de Salmuth Sous Lieutenant de la Force Publique - zone Arabe - Congo Afrique" (=Mr. Le Baron de Salmuth Second Lieutenant of the Public Force - Arab Zone - Congo Africa) / Congo Free State, via Lisboa / Portugal (July 22), Banana (August 13), Boma and Leopoldville (September 4), with Congolese handwritten note "Décédé" (passed away) in blue pen, boxed mark "DECEDE" in blue and handwritten note "5 août 1895" + signatures (double confirmation) in red, "REBUT" mark in blue and returned to sender, it arrived in Vallo November 29, via Kjobenhavn (Nov. 29), a superb cover written during the Arab campaign, which ended with the capture of Redjaf in Lado in 1897, this is an exceptional historical document, one of the earliest known examples of the framed ‘DECEDE’ mark, a master piece of Congo. (Baron) SALMUTH (de). Officer in the Force Publique (Ballenstadt, Duchy of Anhalt, Germany, 10 February 1868 – Micici, Ponthierville, 5 August 1895). He studied law and political science at the University of Leipzig from 1888 until early 1890, enlisting in May of that year in the 8th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to second lieutenant in December and resigned his commission on 15 July 1892 to settle in Belgium, where he had many friends and acquaintances. After spending a year and a half working for the V. Mabille company in Mariemont, he applied in 1894 for a position with the Congo Free State. On the recommendation of General de Villiers, aide-de-camp of the King Leopold II, he was accepted as a second lieutenant in the Public Force and embarked at Antwerp aboard of the s/s Coomassie on 6 April 1894. Assigned to the Arab zone upon his arrival in the Congo in early May, he left Boma on the 10th of that month and reached Wabundu on 19 July. From there, he was sent to the Nyangwe region, which had just been cleared of Arab traffickers by Dhanis, Ponthier, Lothaire and Henry, and was given command of the Micici post. It was there that he succumbed to haemorrhagic fever on 5 August 1895
1909, Sweden, picture postcard, franked with (1x) 10o (Y&T 43), sent ...mehr
1909, Sweden, picture postcard, franked with (1x) 10o (Y&T 43), sent from Fryeled August 11, 1909 to Mongala / Belgian Congo, via Leopoldville September 17, 1909, scarce, very fine
1912, Sweden, picture postcard franked at 10ö (Y&T 64), sent from ...mehr
1912, Sweden, picture postcard franked at 10ö (Y&T 64), sent from Delsbo February 1, 1912 to Duru in Belgian Congo, via Leopoldville (March 9) and Buta (April 18), very fine
1914, Sweden, picture postcard, franked (on view side) with (1x) 1ö, ...mehr
1914, Sweden, picture postcard, franked (on view side) with (1x) 1ö, (1x) 4ö and (1x) 5ö (Y&T 55, 57 and 58), sent from Bjuf March 18, 1914 to Dima / Belgian Congo, via Kinshasa April 22, 1914, scarce, very fine
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