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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 404

Togo British Occupation Prisoner of War Mail 1914 (30 Dec.) envelope to Anecho, bearing unoverprinted Gold Coast 1d. tied by "lome/togo" c.d.s., showing red manuscript "Passed Censor, S. Pope" (Gold Coast postal official), and "SM, Prisonnier de Guerre" overstruck by circular "dahomey et dependances/commandant/militaire/afrique occidentale" cachet in blue and, on reverse, the very rare "popo/dahomey et dependences" double-ring d.s. with "grand" excised. Photo Estimate £ 300-400

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