- £1250.00
French Colonies. (British Internee in French Soudan). 1942. Stamp-less envelope written by 'George Whalley, Internee Britannique, Tombouctou, Soudan Francaise, A.O.F.' addressed to 'P. Johnson, Camp D' Internement, Kan Kan, Guinee Francaise, A.O.F. (Afrique Occidentale Francaise) cancelled by 'Tombouctou/ Soudan Francais' double ring '17th Feb 42' with Siguiri/ Guinee Francaise transit '5th Mars 42' on reverse.
The writer George Whalley was a radio officer on the "Criton" which was torpedoes by Vichy French Warships. He was taken to hospital in Dakar and on to Koulikoro Camp before being sent to the Internee Camp at Timbuktu in the French Sudan and after down the Niger River to Kankan Camp in French Guinea. He was one of 32 internees in Timbuktu from the ship plus 10 natives. He wrote to the Camp in Kankan which housed only eight internees until the arrival of the men from the "Criton" and later a group of Dutch and Norwegian seamen. He was in interned for 21 months before his release and passage home via Freetown.
