Cover of the Day 15th May - Portuguese Expedition to Mozambique

[Alan Baker]

Here is a card for our East African aficianados.

It is from the Portuguese Army in Mozambique in 1916. It was written on 12th March and franked n the 22nd. This is a matter of weeks after Germany declared war on Portugal, although Portuguese troops had been involved in action against German forces in East Africa since 1914

[Marc Parren]

Dear Alan,

Indeed a very nice postcard especially since Germany declared war to Portugal on 9 March. Your viewcard was written in Porto Amélia current Pemba in the north of Mozambique. I can show here another viewcard posted in August 1916 in Palma a town on the Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique, lying just south of the border with Tanzania.

Marc 

[Alan Baker]

Marc

Good to hear from you and to see your card. I haven't seen many - mostly in the possession of the Barreros brothers, who displayed at Stockholmia

[Chris Grimshaw]

Alan /Marc

Two very nice cards,  If between you, you can put something together on this subject for the Journal something I'd be interested in publishing.

If necessary I can "copy and paste" what has been shown.  Trying to bring forth as wide a range of material as possible.

Chris