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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 202

Gold Coast Bole 1899 (18 May) illustrated envelope to England showing printed bowing nobleman above "With My Master´s Compliments" at lower left, bearing 1898 1/2d. dull mauve and green (2) sharing manuscript "N.T. Bole 18-5-99" with a further marking at right alongside superb "kintampo/gold coast" c.d.s. (Type 5), the reverse with Kumasi (31.5) and Cape Coast (9.6) double-ring d.s., Oxford (9.7) and Banbury (10.7) c.d.s.; the envelope with a couple of small faults though most attractive and very unusual. S.G. 26. Photo Estimate £ 600-800 Note: Bole was a Postal Agency in Northern Territories under Kintampo

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