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Auction: 17022 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Ronnie Winchester Collection and fine sections of Belgium, Cape of Good Hope Rectangular Issues and Griqualand West
Lot: 1094

Aden
1918 (Oct.) envelope from Berbera, Somaliland to Egypt, bearing 2a. cancelled by "bridge" type datestamp and Cairo arrival datestamp (31.10), showing superb Star of David type "passed by censor/b 105/aden" handstamp in violet and boxed "passed/censor/a" handstamp, the reverse with Burao (2.10), Aden (17.10) and arrival (31.10) datestamps; minor faults at top though believed to be the only reported example of this handstamp on a cover from British Somaliland. Photo

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£260