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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1263

Gold Coast
Postmarks and Handstamps
"accra/paid" double-arc datestamp
1862 (2 June) envelope to London, marked "Per S.S. McGregor Laird", rated "5d", showing fine strike of "accra/ paid" double-arc d.s. in purple with London arrival c.d.s. (10.7) in red. An important rarity, the crisper of the two recorded examples of this postmark and unique in violet. Photo.

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£2,400