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France-Zaire Naval Post Cover - OPERATION TURQUOISE RWANDA 1994 (RW94-2)
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No. RW94-2: Naval Post Cover FRANCE - ZAIRE "Humanitarian Operation TURQUOISE 1994 from France to Rwanda - Kisangani Air Support Base in Zaire (border with Rwanda)"
Mail sent from the Nimes-Garons Naval Air Base (Flotilla 22F - Bréguet Atlantic) to Kisangani in Zaire.
- Postage France 2.80F "Nice, Asian Development Bank 1994" + pair 0.50F "Marianne"
- Slogan cancellation Nimes-Garons Navy "Marine Nationale - Aéronautique Navale de Nimes-Garons" (France) + date stamp 12.09.1994
- black cachet "Flottille 22F - B.A.N. Nimes-Garons" (France)
- purple cachet "Kisangani - Air Support Base - OPERATION TURQUOISE" (Zaire)
- blue cachet "Mission of the European Parliament to Rwanda 1994" (France)
- arrival postmark Kisangani (Zaire) 06.10.1994 on the back
- Handwritten mention "Unclaimed - return to sender" on the front
- arrival postmark Strasbourg "Conseil de Europe" (France) 24.10.1994 on the back
- Limited edition of 50 copies - Rare historical document!
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OPERATION TURQUOISE 1994 - French military and humanitarian mission in Rwanda
On June 23, 1994, President François MITTERRAND announced the immediate deployment of the MILITARY AND HUMANITARIAN MISSION "TURQUOISE", led in Zaire and Rwanda by 2,500 men of the French Army, to come to the aid of the populations decimated by an ethnic war opposing the Tutsis to the Hutus. This military operation organized by France was authorized by Resolution 929 of June 22, 1994 of the UN Security Council during the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda. Its mission is to "put an end to the massacres wherever possible, possibly by using force".
A crew of the "Flotilla 22 F" from the Nimes-Garons Naval Air Base (France) is participating in the French humanitarian deployment for Rwanda. ATL1 operates from Goma, with Kisangani airport in Zaire as its advanced base.
A philatelic mail, issued in a limited edition, was produced for this occasion.
RW94-2
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Data sheet
- dateemission
- 23/09/1994
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