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Various Covers and Post Cards

 

Cover with stamps from left to right are Scott# and (SG#): 44(51), 24(29), 38(45), 19(37) or 18(36), 30(33), 43(50), 28(32) and 35(42). Although philatelically contrived, it's still neat. Click to enlarge.



Sierra Leone issued the first self adhesive stamps, and also produced a lot of die cut stamps in 1960s-1970s. When I lived there I kept my lickable stamps in a baggy of talc to avoid having them stick together from the intense humidity.


Postal history from the First Airmail from Sierra Leone.
 
 

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0038 (0045) on cover with back stamp [inset] from "The Rose Drug Stationery & Catholic Publication Depot" "SA Scalla-Bell -- Proprietor".
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1934 cover with Scott 144 to 147 (159 to 162).
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1929 Cover PTO. Please click on to enlarge
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Beautiful cover submitted upon request from Mr. Frank Walton. Stamps are #52 (59). Mr. Walton has written several authorative books on Sierra Leone philately, such as "The Postmarks of Sierra Leone 1854-1961" and "Sierra Leone King George VI Definitive Stamps".
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A Hand Painted 1937 Cover. I Would love to be able to find out who the artist was. Click on the cover to enjoy the detail of their painting. The return address name was simply Postmaster at Freetown.
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