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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 169

Gold Coast Censored Mail 1914 - 1919 Civil Tapes 1914 (5 Aug.) envelope from Accra to London, bearing KGV 1d. tied by light c.d.s. and partly obscured by sealing tape with manuscript "opened by censor accra, and resealed" (Type L1) and showing, on reverse, "censor/gold coast" double-ring d.s. with country name partly blacked out (Type 1A); the envelope with central vertical fold. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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