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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 246

Gold Coast Winnebah 1883 (15 Mar.) envelope "Per s.s. ´Lualaba´" to London, bearing 1876-84 2d. green bisected diagonally and 6d. orange bisected horizontally together making the 4d. rate, each cancelled with a good strike of the "post office/gold coast/winnebah" oval intaglio seal h.s. (Type 4), also showing "winnebah" Code C c.d.s. (Type 2, 15.3), Cape Coast Code C c.d.s. (Type 2, 16.3) and Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (12.4), London c.d.s. (12.4) on reverse; the envelope with some creases, nevertheless a highly important bisect franking, being the second earliest recorded from Winnebah and the sole cover bearing bisects on two different values. B.P.A. (1976) and R.P.S. (1976) Certificates. S.G. 6a, 8a. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance: J.R. Whitfield, 1978

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