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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 179

Gold Coast Addah 1881 (May) envelope "via Liverpool pr Landana" to Switzerland, "3" accountancy mark in red crayon and bearing 1876-84 4d. magenta cancelled with a fair strike of the "post office/gold coast/adddah" oval intaglio seal h.s. (Type 4) and also by Accra Type 2 c.d.s. (22.5), showing further strikes of the seal h.s. and Accra c.d.s., together with Addah Type 2 c.d.s. ("8" of year date only) and Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (24.6), all on face, the reverse with London (24.6) and Interlaken (26.6) c.d.s.; scarce and most attractive. S.G. 7. Photo Estimate £ 1,400-1,600 provenance: J.L. Castillejo, 2008

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£1,400