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ENCHERES COTE D'OPALE - DEBACKER & RICHMOND
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FREE FRANCE – ARRIVAL OF GENERAL DE GAULLE IN BRAZAVILLE.
See original version (French)
130
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FREE FRANCE – ARRIVAL OF GENERAL DE GAULLE IN BRAZAVILLE.
See original version (French)
Estimate €60
Voluntary lot
Description
FREE FRANCE – ARRIVAL OF GENERAL DE GAULLE IN BRAZAVILLE.
Middle Congo, French Equatorial Africa – Complete set of the 4 commemorative stamps nos. 140 A to D, overprinted with ‘LIBRE 24-10-40’ to mark General de Gaulle’s arrival from Great Britain to establish the Free French Government in this territory of French Equatorial Africa, which had rallied to the Free French cause.
These four commemorative stamps were issued and sold, each affixed to a postcard depicting scenes of the General’s arrival in the new capital of Free France: the General greeting the crowd and the General reviewing the French troops. Very interesting period documents.
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