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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1244

Gold Coast
Postmarks and Handstamps
"cape coast castle" double-arc datestamp
1857 (5 June) entire letter from Cape Coast Castle to Paris, redirected to Sicily, showing "cape coast castle" double-arc d.s., "gb/1f.60" (Fig. 3040), framed 'Trouve a la Boite" (Found in a box!) h.s., handstruck "30" and various (11) transit c.d.s. A charming and very unusual entire. Photo.

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Sold for
£600