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Auction: 21016 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1675

Sierra Leone
Covers and Cancellations
Incoming Mail
1899 (30 Jun.) envelope (back flap missing) from Bulawayo, Rhodesia to Freetown bearing 1896-97 ½d. and 6d. tied by 'bulawayo' c.d.s., 'kamerun' transit mark on reverse; 1902 (17 Dec.) envelope to a Captain aboard H.M.S. Gibraltar in Sierra Leone endorsed 'via England' bearing Cape of Good Hope 1893 1d. tied by 'kenilworth cape/ c.g.h.' c.d.s. and 1874 (12 Jan.) envelope from Cheshire to Wilberforce bearing 1865-77 3d. rose pair tied by '775' spoon cancellation and 'tarporley' c.d.s. alongside, Sunbury transit and Sierra Leone arrival on reverse; a fine trio of incoming covers

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Sold for
£250

Starting price
£100