Somaliland / Djibouti

SML 107

Interesting photograph on postcard stock of a celebration in either Somaliland or Djibouti before a group of Middle East dignitaries. Note the maxim machine gun in the foreground. B

Price: $60.00

SML 106

6 Italian colonial period cigarette cards on Italian Somaliland. B

Price: $180.00

SML 104

Photos of Italian advisors to the establishment of Somalia, visiting Asmara in 1949. All photos identified on reverse. M

Price: $120.00

Note: In 1949, when the British military administration ended, Italian Somaliland became a United Nations trusteeship known as the Trust Territory of Somaliland. Under Italian administration, this trust territory lasted ten years, from 1950 to 1960, with legislative elections held in 1956 and 1959.

SML 102SML 102

Photo of a parade in honour of Giuseppe Brusasca in Mogadishu, June 14, 1950. M

Price: $15.00

Note: Giuseppe Brusasca (1900-1994) was appointed the undersecretary of the Italian Ministry of Africa in 1951 and responsible for Somalilands transition to independence.

SML 100