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Saturday, 3 April 2021

Congo Dealer of Nizo & Adox Photo Products

Envelope from Film-Photo-Ciné in Belgian Congo, photographic supplier dealing in Nizo and Adox products, sent from Leopoldville.

Damga tarihi : 1960'lar Belçika Kongosu

Film-Photo-Cıne antetli iş zarfı (Leopoldville,Kongo),Nızo ve Adox ürünlerinin toptancısı firma.Ayrıca Adox firması 1860 yılında Almanya'da Dr. C.Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH olarak kurulmuştur.Firmanın asıl üretimi fotoğraf kimyasalları ve fotoğraf kağıtlarıdır.1930 ile 1960 yılları arasında fotoğraf makinalarıda üretmişlerdir.En bilinen makinalardan bir tanesi Adox 300'dür.

Back of the Film-Photo-Ciné envelope, showing potential flap, seals, or transit/postal marks related to mid-century African-European photographic trade.

Date of use : 1960's Belgian Congo

Business stationery.Used by the company Fılm-Photo-Cıne in Leopoldville,Congo.Photographic warehouse specialized in dealing with Nızo and Adox products. Adox was a German company, also called Dr. C.Schleussner Fotowerke Gmbh,whose main activity was photo chemistry, film and paper sold under the Adox brand name. The company was founded in 1860.The company produced some cameras from the 1930s to 1960s, the most advanced being the Adox 300.

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