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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 42

Cape Verde Islands 1881 (27 Aug.) entire letter "Via Lisbona" to Genoa, Italy, bearing 1877 perf. 12 1/2 20r. bistre and perf. 13 1/2 40r. blue pair, well tied by oval "correio de s.vicente capo verde" c.d.s., re-addressed to Zoagli on arrival, on reverse red London (14 Sep.), Genoa and Zoagli transit and arrival datestamps; small flap faults on reverse, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 3, 14. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200

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