somali refugee camps - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1241 - kut somali refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryMogadishu. 1948 (Jan 29) Stampless cover to Italy endorsed from an Italian refugee with a Mogadishu Somalia c.d.s, "AIRMAIL" and "SERVICES DES POSTES" handstamps and blue triangular "SINISTRATI / RIFUGIATI / 1948 / SOMALIA / FRANCHIGIA POSTALE", a Udine arrival backstamp. A Somali uprising in January 1948 resulted in 42 Italian deaths, homeless Italians taking refuge in the hospital, cathedral and high school. The British authorities agreed to free postage for those refugees, the triangular cachet being used at the British Office at Mogadishu from Jan. 20th - Feb. 20th; less than 1,000 free letters were posted during this month. Scarce. Photo on Page 184. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historykut somali refugee camps |
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Lot 1242 - kut somali refugee camps - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1992 Covers from Somalia, carried out by the Red Cross due to the breakdown of postal services in Somalia during the civil war and posted in Nairobi, handstamped red "VIA ICRC" (4, two Somalia postal stationery envelopes, from Hargesia, Mogadishu or Hiran); covers from Somalis in Marafa or Liboi Refugee Camps in Kenya; 1995 Red Cross Tracing Agency forms from camps in Kenya (2); and a 1988 cover from the Sudan Relief Organisation in Nairobi. (9). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historykut somali refugee camps |
