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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 56

Cape Verde Islands 1899 (22 Oct.) envelope to Bishop´s Stortford, endorsed "Posted on the High Seas" and bearing Great Britain 1887-92 1/2d. orange-vermilion (pair) with oval "correio de s. vicente" cancellation, arrival c.d.s. on 2 Nov. on reverse; a few tiny stain spots, otherwise fine and very unusual. S.G. 187. Photo Estimate £ 100-120

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