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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1250

Gold Coast
Postmarks and Handstamps
"cape coast castle/paid" double-arc datestamp in red
1861 (13 Sept.) envelope to Cordes via London, showing strike of "cape coast castle/paid" double-arc d.s. in a particularly vivid scarlet, oval-framed "pd", London (11.10), Calais (12.10) transit datestamps and Paris (12.10) transit and Cordes arrival c.d.s. (14.10) on reverse; some damage to flap and marks on reverse, otherwise fine. Photo

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Sold for
£280