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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 89

Cameroons French Campaign 1914 - 1918 Military Mail 1916 (6 Apr.) unstamped "touring club de france" patriotic postcard from Duala to Finistere, showing fine circular "tresor et poste/aux/armées" handstamp in black and arrival datestamp on reverse; the message reads "Cameroun is ours..We are returning to Brazzaville to train a contingent of black troops for the front.." (transl.). Most attractive Estimate £ 70-90 Note: The card was written by Lt. Colonel Hutin who led the Sanga Column of the French Force which captured Nola on 8th October 1914. literature: This postcard is illustrated in "The French Navy and AEF Columns" Vol. II by Dudley Cobb, page 78, and discussed on page 46.

Sold for
£65