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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 22

British East Africa Sailor´s Letters 1889 sailor´s envelope "From M. Sullivan. Sh. Carp. Mate H.M.S. "Griffon" Lamu" to England, counter-initialled by the Commanding Officer and bearing G.B. 2d. green and red cancelled "fb" in bars, the reverse slit to reveal Birmingham arrival c.d.s. (23.3). Photo Estimate £ 200-250 Note: H.M.S. "Griffon" was patrolling the East African coast line trying to stop the slave trade to Arabia

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