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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 631

Sierra Leone 1897 (22 Sept.) Goubert envelope (fractionally truncated at foot) from Freetown and addressed locally, bearing 1897 "2 1/2d." on 1/- dull lilac horizontal pair, [24-25], (S.G. Types 11 and 8, [24] with sloping "n" and unique in the setting) and a single (Type 8) all neatly cancelled with c.d.s., "R" in oval h.s. at left and Freetown Registered oval d.s. at foot; the Type 11 with reduced blue crayon mark, otherwise fine and scarce with the Type 11 represented only twice in the setting of thirty, and very rare on cover. S.G. 63, 66. Photo Estimate £ 600-700

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