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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 317

Lagos Village Offices Shaguma 1897 (11 Apr.) envelope to England, bearing 1884-86 1/2d. dull green and 1887-1902 2d. dull mauve and blue lightly cancelled with "post office/shaguma" Code A c.d.s. with a further fine strike at left alongside Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (6.5), the reverse with faint Lagos c.d.s. (13.4) and Sutton arrival (7.5) c.d.s.; a few light fox marks around the adhesives though scarce and attractive. Believed to be the earliest recorded dates for both the Shaguma and Lagos datestamps. S.G. 21, 30. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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