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Description
Annotation translation: "A sea of oil-palm trees stretches out beneath our feet. Only when the Northern Railway reaches this area will it be possible to use these precious raw materials. The Mbe Plains are ringed by high mountains." - "Vollbehr art postcards 'Cameroon'. " - "Sales exclusively from the Basel Mission Bookshop, Duala, Cameroon." Annotation: "Ein Meer von Ölpalmen liegt uns zu Füssen. Erst wenn die Nordbahn bis hieher [sic] weitergebaut ist, wird eine nutzbringende Verwertung dieser kostbaren Rohprodukte stattfinden können. Die Mboebene ist umschlossen von hohen Gebirgsmassen." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'." - "Alleinvertrieb: Basler Missionshandlung, Duala (Kamerun)." - "In der Mboo-Ebene häufiges Vorkommen der Tsetse-Fliege. [Handschrift auf der Kartenrückseite]." (MS 03.1998). Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr. - Von Prof. T. A. Freyvogel, Tropeninstitut Basel erhalten. Note translation: "Original: water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr". Stamped: "-- Mai 1975."
Type
image
Format
print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD) postcard, 8.8 x 13.8 cm.
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