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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 297

Lagos 1886 (Feb.) German 5pf. violet stationery card, uprated with 1880-83 3pf. green bisected diagonally and 5pf. violet, to Germany, presumably posted on board with all cancelled "466" at Liverpool and showing Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (3.3), Hamburg arrival c.d.s. (5.3) alongside the 5pf. value; unusual and believed to emanate from Lagos with the message referring to the Lagos Observer. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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