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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1238

Gold Coast
Early Letters and Handstamps
North German (Bremen) Missionary Correspondence
1852 (18 Jan.) entire letter from Accra to Bremen via London, showing >"ship letter/plymouth" (Type S.6) in blue on reverse rated "8" and with arrival c.d.s. (8.3) in red, endorsed on face "kind care of Mr C. Young..." with blue "Islington S.O." single line handstamp, forwarded privately to Bremen. Fine and rare, one of just three entire letters recorded from this correspondence. Photo.

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£550