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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 266

Gold Coast Use of German Stamps on Mail from Gold Coast 1894 (1 Feb.) blue linen-backed envelope from Accra to Hamburg, Germany, marked "Accra 1/2 94." and "33Gr." in red ink and bearing 1880-87 5pf. purple vertical pair and 1899-1900 10pf. rose-carmine (5) cancelled with several framed "aus/westafrika" h.s. (G4) with a further superb strike alongside, arrival c.d.s. (27.2) on reverse; a scarce and attractive franking. Photo Estimate £ 600-700 provenance: J.L. Castillejo, 2008

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£600