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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 268

Gold Coast Military and Expedition Mail 1895 (early Jan.) officer´s unstamped envelope ex the Sitwell correspondence to England, marked "Ashanti Expedition No Stamps." lightly in pencil, signed by Capt. Sitwell and showing "d1" tax handstamp (applied in error as no concessionary rate was applicable to officers) and fine "paquebot/liverpool" double-ring d.s. (30.1), Beal arrival c.d.s. (31.1); some creases though a scarce item from the Ashanti Expedition. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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