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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1374

Liberia
Early Letters
1839-48 entire letters (9) addressed to Walter Lowrie in New York including 1839 (13 Nov.) from Monrovia rated "12" and showing blue Philadelphia c.d.s.; 1841 (13-18 May) from the Rev. O.K. Caufield (Methodist Episcopal missionary) at Fair Hope, Cape Palmas, rated "33", showing unframed "ship" and Boston c.d.s. in red; 1842 (18 May) from Edina Bassa showing unframed "ship" and New York c.d.s. in blue; 1842 (5 Sept.) from Settra Kroo showing unframed "ship" and Philadelphia c.d.s. in blue; 1843 (1 July) from James M. Priest (Methodist Episcopal Church) at Alue Station; 1844 (30 Nov.) from King Wills; 1845 (20 Dec.) from Monrovia with letter recounting the capture of a slaver by the U.S. Yorktown and the resettlement of the "released" prisoners in Liberia; 1847 (12 Nov.) from Nanna Kroo; and 1848 (16 Feb.) from Greenville, Sinoe. A fascinating lot

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