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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 592

Sénégal Incoming Mail 1887 (1 July) envelope registered from Pretoria, Transvaal to Rufisque bearing, on reverse, Transvaal 1885-93 1d. rose, 6d. pale dull blue (4) with large blue "geregistreerd pretoria" datestamps and 1887 Bakker´s Express 1d. on rose with boxed "waterberg/e.c." cancellation, "g.p.o. natal" (5 July) and "rufisque senegal" (13 Aug.) transit and arrival datestamps; the envelope with a few minor perimeter faults, nevertheless fine. A famous and important cover. B.P.A. Certificate (1984). S.G. 176, 182. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 Note: This cover is illustrated on page 113 of "The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps" Volume II

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