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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 313

Lagos Village Offices Abeokuta 1899 (11 Apr.) 1d. red card, written from the Wesleyan Mission House at "Ogbe", to England, neatly cancelled with oval of bars and with manuscript "abeokuta/11.4.99/w.c.africa" alongside and with Lagos c.d.s. (14.4) below the stamp impression, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet (8.5) and Cambridge arrival (8.5) c.d.s. at left; the contents include "All letters should be sent to me at Abeo. We have a Post Office. Two collections a week"; most unusual. Photo Estimate £ 150-200

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