Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1012
Benin
Incoming Mail
1877 (18 May) envelope from France addressed to "Whydah par Les Popos Cape occidentale d'Afrique", marked "Voie Anglaise de Liverpool" (deleted), bearing 1870 40c. orange tied by Marseilles, showing "t" h.s. in blue, Lagos transit c.d.s. (25.6) and, on reverse, "direction générale des postes/lettre en rebut" labels tied by blue Paris Estranger c.d.s. and London transit c.d.s. (23.5) in red; the envelope with some peripheral faults. Photo
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