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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 679

Sierra Leone Incoming Mail 1894 (17 May) envelope from St. Helena to Freetown, bearing 1893 2 1/2d. ultramarine cancelled with rhomboid of oblongs and with despatch c.d.s. at centre, the rate apparently being 7 1/2d. and with "t/...c" completed with manuscript "50" and with "10d" rate h.s. at foot, the reverse with Plymouth Ship Letter (8.6), Liverpool (9.6) and Freetown (2.7) c.d.s. and "2 1/2" h.s.; a couple of spike holes barely affecting the appearance; scarce and unusual. S.G. 40. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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