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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1243

Gold Coast
Postmarks and Handstamps
"cape coast castle" double-arc datestamp
1856 (15 May) small envelope from Cape Coast Castle to Bristol, showing fine "cape coast castle" double-arc d.s. "6d." charge mark and, on reverse, "plymouth packet-letter" c.d.s. in green, with Clifton and Bristol transit and arrival c.d.s (both 25.6). A neat and visually appealing cover and the earliest recorded usage of the datestamp. Photo.

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Sold for
£800