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GHANA - CAPE COAST CASTLE TO G.B. OFFICERS 6d RATE VIA SHIPS BAG; 30 Dec. 1871 - 3 Jan. 1872 env. (minor edge wear + ink-mark at foot) and content to London franked by GB 6d Mauve Pl.9 MC tied by v. fine "466" numeral with fine red "PAID/BR. PACKET/LIVERPOOL" cds (Tab. P17). The long and interesting contents (headed with printed "H.M.S. SEAGULL" motif are very derogatory about the ship's Captain, refer to their "letting two slavers go...very annoying as if any of us had had our own way they would not have got away...", referring to the Captain's pet monkey, and thanking the addressee "for sending...the stamps". A reference to the way ships' officers obtained their GB stamps while abroad. [Ex Sir Adrian Cadbury Cavendish Sale 672 Lot 315]. Cross Reference: NAVAL MAIL, GOLD COAST/GHANA, G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, SLAVES AND SLAVERY
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