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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 130

Gambia 1881 (28 July) envelope registered from Bathurst to Washington, U.S.A., 3" accountancy mark and marked "Registered No. 21" in the same magenta ink, bearing 1874 imperforate CC 4d. brown [7 with good to large margins], in combination with 1880-81 comb perf. 1/2d. orange horizontal strip of three and a single" all cancelled with "gambia/c/paid" c.d.s. in red, showing Liverpool Registered oval d.s. (14.8) and with U.S. "24002" registration number in blue below, the reverse with a further strike of the despatch c.d.s., New York (27.8) and Washington (28.8) registration handstamps in violet. A fantastic and exceptionally rare combination franking of imperforate and perforated stamps registered to an unusual destination. One of the most important of all the Cameo covers recorded. S.G. 6, 11. Photo Estimate £ 10,000-12,000 provenance: Robson Lowe auction, 1968

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