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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 273

Gold Coast Military and Expedition Mail 1897 (18 Dec.) unstamped envelope "on active service in the Hinterland stamps not available J.J. Bona 18.12.97" to England, showing "T" in circle h.s. (Type C1) alongside "2d/266" tax handstamp altered to "2 1/2" in manuscript, the reverse with Kumasi (7.1) and Cape Coast (15.1) double-ring d.s. (Type 6), and Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (15.2); the envelope opened out and with small faults though a scarce cover from the Scott Expedition. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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