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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 675

Sierra Leone Incoming Mail 1886 (30 Dec.) German 10pf. rose card to "Insel Rodriguez bei Afrika, via Hamburg-St. Louis" (presumed to be Rodrigues Island, Mauritius), marked "Inconnu" and "localité inconnu en Senegambia", showing fine "missent-to/sierra-leone" and "retour/a l´envoyeur" h.s. in red, and German return c.d.s. (17.3); a little soiled though most unusual. Photo Estimate £ 500-600

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