Gold Coast SG 11a, 12a, 15 1897 2d registered postal stationery envelope used to London with 1884-91 ½d, 1d, 3d digital-edition Always a rare overprint on

Always a rare overprint on telegraph stamps (especially on the 1869-78 first wmk issue)

type T24 (Madras) opt on fiscal stamp

Includes simplified listings of specimen overprints

imperforate with close (at left) to enormous margins showing trace of adjoining stamp at top

1912-16 30c violet and green

Gold Coast SG 11a, 12a, 15 1897 2d registered postal stationery envelope used to London with 1884-91 ½d, 1d, 3d digital-edition Always a rare overprint on1897 (SP 11) 2d blue registered p s envelope, used to London ('Zissler' correspondence) and uprated with 1884 91 d (2), 1d and 3d, tied by individual strikes of '556' numeral with Cape Coast despatch cds at lower right. The face additionally with Liverpool registered oval (8 OC) which just ties one of the d stamps, and backstamped with London arrival (9 OC). A fine and scarce cover. P267000732