Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 291
Lagos 1881 (Nov.) unstamped envelope from Witt & Busch, Lagos (three sender´s cachets on reverse) to Germany, posted on board ship and showing "union-pays-d´outremer/le havre" double-ring d.s. (23.11) in red, manuscript "40" charge mark in blue crayon alongside triangular-framed "T" h.s. and a further Le Havre c.d.s. (23.11), the reverse with Meissen arrival c.d.s. (25.11); unusual. Photo Estimate £ 400-500
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£320