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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1186

Gold Coast Censored Mail 1914 - 1919 Civil Tapes 1917 (9 Nov.) envelope registered from Lome, Togo to Switzerland, bearing Togo 1/2d., 1d., 2d. and 2 1/2d. tied by c.d.s., showing provisional registration label, manuscript "Passed by Censor, Lome" and, on reverse, "opened by/censor./accra." label showing broken "a" (unrecorded type by Martin & Walton) tied by red London (15.12) and Basle (19.12) transit datestamps. Photo Estimate £ 150-180 Note: The measurements of this label are:- 5.5mm between "Opened" and "By", 6.5mm. between "Accra" and line, and 5.5mm. between line and "Censor".

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