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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 623

Sierra Leone 1896 (11 May) African Direct Telegraph Co., Ltd. printed envelope (complete with telegram) from Freetown to Sherbro, bearing 1884-91 1d. carmine pair and a single each lightly cancelled "B31" and showing "R" in oval h.s., despatch and arrival (23.5) c.d.s.; a portion of the envelope, clear of the adhesives and datestamps, nevertheless rare and unusual. S.G. 28. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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