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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1697

Sierra Leone
Incoming Mail
From Straits Settlements
1874 (20 June) envelope to Sherbro, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 1867-72 24c. blue-green and 30c. claret, both cancelled by dumb obliterator, showing red crayon "2/8" (deleted), "1" and "2", "singapore/paid" c.d.s. in red, London Paid transit d.s. (23.7) and, on reverse, "sierra leone" double-arc d.s. (8.8). A rare and most attractive franking. Photo

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