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;) ;) | NORTH BORNEO via SINGAPORE to GOLD COAST 1907 use of North Borneo 1c red REPLY POST CARD portion uprated with 3c tied SANDAKAN 22 FEB 1907 cds to Dr. Robert Fisch, Basel Mission, Aburi, Gold Coast showing Singapore MR 4 1907, Accra 14 APR 1907, and Aburi APR 15 1907 arrival, full commercial text. Samuel Rudolf Fisch (1856-1946) was a Swiss-born physician, preacher, and medical missionary to the Gold Coast. Fisch built the Basel Mission Hospital in Aburi in 1885. Whilst there Fisch pioneered the application of prophylaxis for Malaria and founded the Blue Cross (originally named “Anidaho Fekuw” translated as “The Temperance Movement”) with a core mission of fighting against alcoholism and other substances. £625 |