Corinphila Auktion
The total amount due is payable in Swiss francs. "The purchaser shall pay the sales prices plus 23% commission. Foreign currencies will be accepted to the extent of the amounts credited by a principal Swiss bank; any costs arising from exchange rate differences will be borne by the bidder. In ...more
Lot 1533 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
(app. 3743 EUR)