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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 128

Gambia 1881 (3 May) envelope from Thomas Brown & Co., Bathurst by French Mail "per S S ´Amalie´ via Marseilles" to London, "3" accountancy mark in red crayon and bearing 1880-81 CC line perf. 4d. pale brown cancelled with "gambia/a/paid" c.d.s. in red, showing a further strike of the c.d.s. at lower left with London Paid arrival c.d.s. (23 May) above; the envelope with two creases clear of the adhesive though a scarce cover. S.G. 16. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: R.F. Bavington-Jones, 1983

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