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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1295

Gold Coast
Military Mail
West Africa Anti-Slavery Squadron
1872 (3 Mar.) envelope ex the "Druitt" correspondence to London, written aboard H.M.S. Seagull, complete with original four page letter on headed paper, bearing GB 1867-80 6d. mauve Pl.9 cancelled by "P" in barred oval, showing "london/ paid" c.d.s. (29.3) with London arrival c.d.s. (29.3) on reverse. Trivial creasing, though letter contains engrossing details of the transfer of Elmina "there is a chance of a row shortly, the Dutch have sold it to us, and some of the natives object to the transfer... and they threaten all sorts of things". Fine and rare. Photo

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