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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 257

Gold Coast Use of German Stamps on Mail from Gold Coast 1885 (Oct.) blue envelope from Quittah by "s.s. Carl Woermann" to Springe, Hannover, bearing 1880-87 10pf. rose-carmine pair sharing framed "Aus West-Africa/mit/Hamburger Dampfer" h.s. (Type G3), arrival boxed d.s. (13.1) on reverse; the envelope fractionally truncated at left and with a central vertical crease, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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