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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 644

Sierra Leone 1880 (8 Oct.) envelope of unknown origin "via Manoh Salijah" to New York, bearing 1884-91 marginal 4d. brown cancelled with a fine strike of the "post office/manoh salijah" oval-framed handstamp in red, the reverse with over-inked "manoh salijah/sierra leone" c.d.s. and New York Paid All duplex (12.11); one of the finest of the few recorded oval handstamp covers Estimate £ 2,500-3,000

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£2,900