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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 172

† Gold Coast Accra 1895 (14 Dec.) copy of "The Gold Coast Express" newspaper to Bournemouth, bearing 1884-91 1/2d. dull green pair each cancelled with "paquebot/liverpool" double-ring d.s. (16.1), the contents including commercial adverts and notes on the war against Samory (Muslim reformer and military leader); folds sympathetically strengthened with archival tape, nevertheless an exceptional item of mail with only two such usages recorded. S.G. 11a. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: The "Gold Coast Express" was the first Accra daily paper and was produced by Timothy Laing. It lasted until 1900

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