Ended on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 10:30 AM.

WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENCE 1905 - 1906 "SHOULD NOT CARE TO BE IN THIS CROWD..." A fabulous collection of picture postca

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Start of the sale:
Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 3:41 AM
Item n°469173140
Sale ends:
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 10:30 AM
Lot:
#5012
Catalog:
Sandafayre 5270
Estimated price:
between £950.00 and £1,100.00

WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENCE 1905 - 1906 "SHOULD NOT CARE TO BE IN THIS CROWD..." A fabulous collection of picture postcards sent by a Charles Taylor to his wife Adie in Bristol, England. Dated between December 1905 and September 1906 this is a spectacular collection of interesting cards bearing the stamps of Sierra Leone & (mostly) Southern Nigeria with most cards being mailed from Warri (in Southern Nigeria, on the Forcados River). The messages from Charles all seem to relate to the pictures on the postcards, we can assume his wife was an avid collector! The first batch of 11 cards posted at Freetown on December 8th 1905 are images of Las Palmas where Charles's ship the S.S.Kasina stopped and on which he wrote his messages en route to Sierra Leone. There are wonderful scenes of Villages, Chiefs, Weddings, railways, street scenes, markets, schools, important colonial officers, much social content incl the Grand Stand at Lagos Races with a wonderful ethic mix all elegantly dressed ("Lagos seems to be in quite an advanced state") or a busy "Gathering of Kroo people / Sierra Leone" ("Should not care to be in this crowd, especially if no one knew I had gone there"). This collection nicely displayed and annotated in a single binder, a unique lot (79 items) For more images, please visit https://www.sandafayre.com/itemdetails.aspx?s=600261

Sales conditions

See the terms and conditions of the Auction House Fee for buyer : 17.00 %

Auction house

Sandafayre LTD

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Sandafayre Ltd is a well established company trading for over 30 years from Knutsford, Cheshire, just south of Manchester, England. We were one of the first ever mail bid auction companies; distance selling stamps and philatelic material by post and have grown to be the biggest mail auction company for stamps in the world.
We are probably the largest speciality auction on the Internet!

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WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENCE 1905 - 1906 "SHOULD NOT CARE TO BE IN THIS CROWD..." A fabulous collection of picture postca

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