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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 139

Gambia 1886 (7 Feb.) envelope "Registered" to Freetown, Sierra Leone, rated "4" in red crayon and bearing 1880-81 CC comb perf. 6d. deep blue, [1] with sloping tablet, lightly cancelled with "gambia/b/paid" c.d.s. with a further strike at left and showing a superb strike of the "registered" h.s. (42 1/2x5 1/2mm.) in red alongside, arrival c.d.s. (10.2) on reverse. A rare and attractive registered franking. S.G. 17B var. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800

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