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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 30

Cameroons British Campaign 1914 - 1918 Military Mail 1915 (4 Mar.) unstamped envelope to Lagos, marked in red ink "On active service no stamps available, Chief Engineer, H.M.T. Lagos, Cameroon Exped, Campo", showing superb "duala/(kamerun)a" c.d.s. with arrival datestamp (14.3) on reverse. Photo Estimate £ 200-300 Note: Campo was on the coast next to the Spanish Rio Muni border, and was occupied on 24th December 1914.

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