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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 630

Sierra Leone 1897 (17 Sept.) Goubert envelope (fractionally truncated at foot) from Freetown and addressed locally, bearing 1897 "2 1/2d." on 1/- dull lilac (S.G. Type 8, 3, one marginal) all neatly cancelled with c.d.s., "R" in oval h.s. and Freetown Registered oval d.s. at foot; one stamp crossed by blue crayon line and another with foxing in one corner, nevertheless a scarce franking. S.G. 63. Photo Estimate £ 600-700

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