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Congo Chocolate Cards.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 60.00 USD
Congo Chocolate Cards.
Scarce group of 11 different color candy cards, "Notre Congo / Onze Kongo," issued c. 1948 by Jacques Superchocolat, text on verso in French and Flemish. 2 x 2 3/4. Including "Tatouage Bena-Mama" (a woman of the Congo's Sankuru River region, with tattooed face), conelike hut near Stanleyville, black Sabena Airline mechanic working barechested at a grinder on airfield, black locomotive repairman in Elisabethville, harvesting tobacco, Sudanese porter carrying enormous vat (probably water) on his head, native guard of Leopold II, Congolese musician playing xylophone locally made from gourds, and others. Varied handling, six with creases, some with traces of melted chocolate(!) on verso, but satisfactory to very good, the gravure colors on all evocative, with its characteristic watercolor quality. The Belgian Congo, today's Zaire, focused early attention on Black Africa through its exploration by Stanley and Livingstone. (11 pcs.)