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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1704

Sierra Leone
Incoming Mail
From United Kingdom
1864 (23 Aug.) mourning envelope addressed to Government House, bearing 1862-64 6d. lilac tied by Edgeworthtown duplex, showish handstruck "d1" in red with "sierra leone" double-arc d.s. (11.10) on reverse; 1868 (13 June) envelope from Llandudno bearing 1867-70 6d. Pl. 6 tied by "B47" duplex and handstruck "d1" in red and showing London and poor "sierra leone" double-arc d.s. (8.7) on reverse; 1869 (1 Sept.) entire ex the "Cochrane" correspondence, marked "Per Roquelle", bearing 1869 6d. Pl. 8 tied by Liverpool "466" duplex, showing manuscript "3" in red with "sierra leone" double-arc d.s. (16.9) on reverse; also 1868 envelope ex the "Cochrane" correspondence, probably from Sierra Leone addressed to Ireland, bearing 1865 6d. tied by "devonport/h.m.s." "250" duplex

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