VQ4EHG 1948 Kenya

The famous Gatti-Halicrafters DXpedition to the mountains of the moon!
Get the whole story at http://www.qsl.net/pa0abm/ghe/00ghe.htm

The reverse is interesting - while it has a postmarked British East Africa stamp, the postmark (April 27, 1948) is not a post office but GHE (Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition).
The real postage and mailing is from Chicago on August 5.
The lower right is stamped "Certified from the Base Camp of the Gatti-Hallicrafters-Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon".
Also stamped is Hallicrafters Co. address.

I am a Chicago boy and knew a few people who worked at Hallicrafters. The receiver used by the Expedition was a SX42 -- I have one of these and even today it is an excellent receiver.

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