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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 194

Gold Coast Appam 1895 (1 Feb.) small envelope to the Telegraphs Office at Cape Coast, bearing 1884-91 1d. carmine-rose cancelled with fine "appam/gold coast" Code A c.d.s. (Type 5) with a further superb strike alongside, the reverse with Cape Coast double-ring d.s. (Type 6, 2.2); the envelope with some faults though an unusual item of internal mail. S.G. 12. Photo Estimate £ 140-180

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