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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 665

Sierra Leone Maritime Mail 1895 (July) envelope to Paris and redirected to England, bearing 1884-91 1d. carmine and 1 1/2d. pale violet cancelled with pen cross and sharing "loanga a bordeaux/l.l. no 2" octagonal d.s. (21.7) in blue with a further strike alongside and with Ramsgate arrival c.d.s. (16.8) below; traces of foxing in places though most attractive. S.G. 28, 29. Photo Estimate £ 250-300

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