This cover was mailed by a soldier on the MS „General Langfitt“, this ship was
taking soldiers for the Netherlands Contingent United Nations to Korea. Only
a small replacement unit of 66 men, who left the Netherlands on 10 Oct1951
and arrived in Korea on 21 Nov 1951. This cover was handed over to the ships
mail office on 04 Nov 1951, which can be observed by the handwritten note
“4 Nov”. On arrival at the Amsterdam Airport the cover was cancelled Luchthaven Amsterdam-Schiphol-2- on 28 Nov 1951 and received the marking NAVIRE.
This was a civilian post office at the airport. At that point of time there was no
military mail unit at the airport to support and process incoming Korean War mail.
Collection Capt. Schulz