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Auction: 15011 - The James F. Hudson Collection of British Africa Part I.
Lot: 2218

(x) Gold Coast
Covers and Cancellations
1897 (11 June) double rate envelope registered to Peterborough, bearing 1884-91 ½d., 1d. pair and 2½d. tied by "kumasi/gold coast" double-ring d.s. and a further 1d. vertical pair tied by "cape coast/gold coast" double-ring d.s. on 17th June, showing "R" in oval, Registered Liverpool d.s. (16.7) with, on reverse, Cape Coast (17.6) and arrival datestamps; the envelope with part flap missing. Photo

provenance:
"Ashanti", January 1991
Adrian Cadbury, June 2005

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Sold for
£150