Lot 4014
1899 (30 Dec.) German East Africa 5 pesa on 10pf stationery card, from Dar-es-Salaam to a botanist with the Kunene-Sambesi Expedition via Mossamades, Angola, through Durban (3.2.00), Port Elizabeth (8.2.00), Midland (10.2.00), Cape Town (11.2.00) and eventually Funchal, Madeira (26.2.00), minor creasing at foot, Very Fine and rare surviving example of mail addressed to this expedition.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
Provenance: Layer
Very little exploration of the Zambezi River and its tributaries was done in the thirty-five years following David Livingstone's visits between 1851-60. There were two further expeditions in 1895-96 and 1898-1900 which carried on Livingstone's work.
The Kunene River was on the northwestern border between German Southwest Africa and Angola, and even today represents an important potential source of hydroelectric power for both Angola and Namibia.
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