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TO WEST AFRICA - BRITISH, FRENCH & BELGIAN COLONIES: 1937-51 (mostly WWII) Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, Togo, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, etc. Inc. 13 June 1949 ½d Forces Letter from Bletchley by air to Accra, Gold Coast uprated 2½d Ultramarine + 2d Orange; 30 Jan. 1939 env. from Sutton Coldfield by air to Lagos, Nigeria franked 6d Pink (first day); 1 Aug. 1943 Air Letter from Cheltenham forwarded to Gold Coast & to Postal Unit Postal Depot in India & to FPO 690 in the UK then returned to sender & re-posted Sep. 1944 with two fine "FURTHER ADDRESS/NOT KNOWN", purple boxed "NO TRACE./2nd ECHELON G.H.Q. INDIA/ 15/4/44." & purple boxed "NOT AT ADDRESS STATED./ PRESENT ADDRESS NOT KNOWN/[...]" hs's under "PTO"; etc. (49 covers) Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, BELGIAN COLONIES, GOLD COAST/GHANA, MILITARY - WWII
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