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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 155

Gambia 1898 (31 Dec.) small envelope from Bathurst to Freetown, Sierra Leone, bearing 1886-93 1d. crimson with variety double embossing cancelled by "bathurst/gambia" c.d.s. with a further strike alongside, no other markings. A scarce variety, particularly used on cover, paying the new Empire 1d. rate that had been introduced just six days earlier on 25 December 1898. R.P.S. Certificate (1991). S.G. 23 var. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: Leonard F. Weldhen, 2002

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