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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1727

Togo
1859 (28 Apr.) entire letter from an Italian merchant headed "Porto Seguro" addressed to Genoa, showing manuscript "1d" indicating 1d. due from the unpaid postage to the colony, this was incorrectly accepted as prepaid by the British P.O. but not the French who applied the manuscript "20" (decimes) and the Italians who applied the manuscript "20" (lira), also showing "cape coast castle" double-arc d.s. (12.6) and red "paid/liverpool/br. packet/1a" c.d.s. (10.7) with London transit and arrival datestamps on reverse; the face panel with some light filing creases and light staining at top. Rare early mail. Photo

Note: Porto Seguro is now in Togo. At this time trade and mail passed through Dahomey and Lagos or the Gold Coast as that part of the coast had no landing place. Togoland did not become a German Protectorate until December 1885, when it was ceded by the French. It had been acquired by France in 1868 and became part of the Golfe de Guinée, administered by Gabon from 1883 to 1885.

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