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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1247

Gold Coast
Postmarks and Handstamps
"cape coast castle/paid" double-arc datestamp in red
1858 (22 Mar.) envelope to London, marked "Per African Mail Steamer 'Arminian", showing a crisp strike of "cape coast castle/paid" double arc c.d.s. and, on reverse, plymouth/ packet-letter" c.d.s. in blue (21.4) and London arrival datestamp (22.4). An important cover being the earliest recorded use of this datestamp. Photo

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


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