Lot 557
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cover KINTAMPO: 1900 (28 Aug.) registered envelope addressed to Banbury bearing an additional Q.V. 1d. cancelled "KINTAMPO/28.8.00" in ink, reverse bears Accra c.d.s. (21.9). The delay in this cover reaching the coast was probably a result of the Ashanti war. Fine and scarce. Photo

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cover KINTAMPO: 1900 (28 Aug.) registered envelope addressed to Banbury bearing an additional Q.V. 1d. cancelled "KINTAMPO/28.8.00" in ink, reverse bears Accra c.d.s. (21.9). The delay in this cover reaching the coast was probably a result of the Ashanti war. Fine and scarce. Photo
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Note: An unusual manuscript cancellation as Kintampo has been using a datestamp for a few years

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