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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 617

Sierra Leone 1893 (5 May) OHMS envelope (207x95mm.) from the Post Office Department to the Post Office at Aue, Saxony and redirected locally, bearing 1876 1d. rose-red strip of three each cancelled "B31", Freetown c.d.s. (24 1/2mm.) at right in maroon, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (26.5) at foot, transit and arrival (8.6) c.d.s. on reverse; envelope with crease at right well away from the adhesives. Believed to be the earliest recorded date for this Freetown c.d.s. S.G. 28. Photo Estimate £ 180-200

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