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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 533

Sénégal Dakar 1885 (21 Mar.) envelope (with enclosure) to Pennsylvania, United States, bearing French Colonies General issues 1881-86 25c. with violet "dakar senegal" cancellation, on reverse Bordeaux and blue Paris transit datestamps; fine. Interesting contents, headed "Flagship Lancaster, Goree March 19 1885" and stating "There is a cable here that runs to France... All the tribes... are very bitter against the English and are ready to rise up and join the mahdi.". S.G. 52. Photo Estimate £ 120-150

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