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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 63

Dahomey 1899 (19 Aug.) envelope to Lorient, France, bearing 1894 15c. (rounded corner) with "diapaga dahomey" cancellation with another strike repeated alongside (with year date amended in manuscript from "92" (with "2" inverted) to "99", octagonal "loango a marseille l.m. no. 2" datestamp of 24 Sep., on reverse "konobiri dahomey" (23 Aug.), "kouande dahomey" (27 Aug.), "djougou dahomey" (1 Sep.) in blue, "carnotville dahomey" (6 Sep.), "savalou dahomey" (15 Sep.), "abomey dahomey" (66 Sep.) (sic), "zagnanado dahomey" (20 Sep.), "sagon dahomey" (20 Sep.), "dogba dahomey" (21 Sep.) and "porto novo dahomey" (22 Sep.); a few small stains, fine. S.G. 38 Estimate £ 80-100

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