cover -- 2½d. on 1/- dull lilac, a strip of three (S.G. Types 10+10+8) each cancelled by Freetown c.d.s on 1897 (18 Sept.) envelope (a fraction truncated at foot) registered and addressed locally; lower left and upper right corners of the strip affected by cover staining and one example of the Type 10 crossed by blue crayon. A very rare franking. B.P.A. Certificate (1986). S.G. 63, 65; #1460+. Photo