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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 650

Sierra Leone Sherbro 1884 (26 July) blue envelope to London, "4" accountancy mark in red crayon and bearing 1876 4d. blue cancelled "B31", showing at left a fine strike of the "paid-at-sherbro" double-arc d.s. in brownish ink alongside Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (18.8), the reverse with Sierra Leone (27.7) and London (19.8) c.d.s.; the envelope with some faults though a rare cover. S.G. 21. Photo Estimate £ 600-700

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