CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC #735 ZAIRE RIVER EXPEDITION COVER #7 OF ELEVEN 1975

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CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC #735 THE ZAIRE RIVER EXPEDITION COVER #7 OF ELEVEN - - You are bidding on one cacheted and addressed cover franked with Congo Democratic Republic #735, the 10s Grass Monkeys tied by Banana 29-1-75 Circle Date Cancellation. Flap is unsealed.
This cover represents the friendship and cooperation between Great Britain and the Republic of Zaire. The assistance given by  Zaire in the planning stages which started in 1971 continued into the actual Expedition when they provided 40 members of their Armed Forces and scientific institutions to accompany sections on the river and with scientific and support groups.
This cover with cachet is the same as Cover #5 except that it was franked at the end of the Expedition when the boats arrived at the Atlantic. This was approximately 2700 miles from the source.
The cachet portrays the head of a Royal Engineer with beret and badge representing the Engineer section. The emblem of the Scientific Exploration Society which organized the Expedition is portrayed at the left side on front of the cover. And at lower right, the figure holding a spear and shield above waves was based on a statue overlooking the river Zaire at Kinshasa.
A sound cover with sound stamp.
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