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602 - "LE MONDE COLONIAL ILLUSTRE – FRANCE’S MANDATE IN CAMEROON A…
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Estimate €15
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"LE MONDE COLONIAL ILLUSTRE – FRANCE’S MANDATE IN CAMEROON AND TOGO" – A fine monthly magazine, 40 x 29.5 cm, 36 pages, bound in a cover, October 1936 edition. - Special section devoted to Togo and Cameroon entitled “The Assessment of a Great Success”, richly illustrated with photographs taken specifically for the magazine and explanatory maps featuring economic data (production, imports, exports), the road network suitable for motor vehicles, railways, ports, the work of the health service, ethnic art, the rural economy, educators, missionaries… Other articles worth mentioning include: the signing of the Franco-Syrian treaty on 9 September 1936, the rebirth of the Arab state of Syria, Lake Chad, popular holidays in Algeria, a ‘colonial and hunting’ air journey from Paris to Fort Archambault across French Africa from 1 February to 1 March 1937, southern Morocco, the end of Charcot’s polar career and the ‘POURQUOI PAS?’ - NOT TO MENTION THE BEAUTIFUL local adverts and the large full-page adverts for prestigious national brands such as RENAULT, etc.
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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