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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 155

Gold Coast Censored Mail 1914 - 1919 Manuscript Markings 1914 (27 Aug.) KE 1d. stationery card from a German sailor interned at Accra to Germany, the stamp impression uncancelled, showing "victoriaborg/gold coast" double-ring d.s. below, red manuscript "Censor" date and initials, and circular framed "p.c." in red applied at Mount Pleasant in London. The only known P.O.W.cover. Photo Estimate £ 600-800

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£800