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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1473

Sierra Leone 1897 (16 Sept.) Goubert envelope (fractionally truncated at foot) from Freetown and addressed locally, bearing 1897 "2 1/2d." on 1/- dull lilac horizontal pair, [16-17], (S.G. Types 10 and 8) and a marginal single (Type 8) all neatly cancelled with c.d.s., "R" in oval h.s. at left and Freetown Registered oval d.s. at foot; the single with reduced blue crayon mark, otherwise fine and scarce with the Type 10 represented only twice in the setting of thirty, and very rare on cover. S.G. 63, 65. Photo Estimate £ 600-700

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