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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 667

Sierra Leone Maritime Mail 1898 (Mar.) envelope to France, showing a superb Vice-Consulate cachet in violet and bearing 1896-97 2 1/2d. dull mauve and ultramarine cancelled with "loango a bordeaux/l.l. no 2" octagonal d.s. (16.3) with a further strike at foot, the reverse with a fine illustrated Vice-Consulate cachet in blue and with Naitre arrival c.d.s. (29.3); attractive. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

Sold for
£250