Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 150
Gambia 1896 (15 Apr.) envelope registered from Bathurst to Camden, N.J., U.S.A., bearing 1886-93 2d. deep orange and 2 1/2d. deep bright blue each cancelled with "bathurst/gambia" c.d.s, showing "R" in oval, "marseille bches du rhone" transit c.d.s. (27.4) and a U.S. set of registration numbers at foot, the reverse with two different Paris c.d.s. (28.4 and 29.4) and New York registration d.s. (5.8). Scarce and attractive. S.G. 25, 27. Photo Estimate £ 400-500
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