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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 165

Gold Coast Accra 1888 (25 May) envelope to Prague, Bohemia, "3" accountancy mark in red crayon and bearing 1884-91 4d. rosy mauve lightly cancelled "554" with "accra" Code C c.d.s. (Type 2), both in bright blue ink, superb Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (21.6) in red at centre, arrival c.d.s. (23.6) on reverse; most attractive and believed to be the earliest recorded date of use of these marks in blue. S.G. 16a. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 provenance: "Ashanti", 1991

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