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lot # 5060 - brit. colonies gambia

Friday Jun 02, 2023 09:00 Europe/Zurich

1906 (April 10): Provisional ½ d. on 2 s. 6 d. purple & brown on yellow, marginal, and 1 d. on 3 s. carmine & green on yellow in a horizontal pair used with 1905 1 s. 6 d. green & carmine on yellow on registered 1906 cover to Brighton, all tied by "Registered / Gambia" datestamps (April 12). Reverse with Liverpool transit (April 28) and Brighton arrival. A rare and charming cover.rnNote: The cover is from the same correspondence to Brighton as the one illustrated in "The Stamps & Postal History of the Gambia" on page 45.

Catalogue 301: The BESANÇON Collection (part II) – British West Africa

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