£160
Netherlands - "Breewijd" / Nigerian-Biafran War. 1970 Covers from the "Breewijd" chartered by the Dutch Red Cross to carry medical supplies to Nigeria shortly after Biafra had surrendered, all with red "M.V BREEWIJD / sailing in charter of the / NETHERLANDS RED CROSS / to assist the relief-action of the / NIGERIAN RED CROSS". Two covers posted on the first day of the mission with Lagos meter marks and datestamps of Apapa (May 16), one cover posted on the return journey at Le Havre with a French meter mark, and an unaddressed souvenir cover cancelled at Rotterdam on the final day of the mission. Very unusual. (4).
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