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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 166

Gold Coast Accra 1891 (17 Sept.) 2d. G size registered envelope, uprated with 1891 2 1/2d. pair, to Addah, "5" accountancy mark in red crayon, the stamps cancelled with oval of bars (Type 7) and showing superb boxed "too late" h.s. (Type H1) alongside the adhesives with "accra/gold coast" c.d.s. (Type 5) below, arrival c.d.s. (21.9) on reverse. A rare mark, especially on internal mail. S.G. 14. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 provenance: "Ashanti", 1991

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