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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 138

Gambia 1885 (22 Nov.) envelope from Bathurst to "Louis Gorgerat, Employé de la Ciè de Senegal et de La Côe Occidentale D´Afrique à Rufisque", Senegal, rated "4" in red crayon, marked "Paid" in magenta ink and bearing 1880-81 comb perf. 1/2d. orange pairs (2) and 2d. rose each cancelled with light "gambia/b/paid" c.d.s. in red with a further strike at foot, the reverse (seal cut away) with arrival c.d.s. in blue. Most attractive and to an unusual destination. S.G. 11, 13. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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