1936-69: Valuable lot - Cover from 1936 with the cancel
'VICTORIA-CAMEROONS 16 NO 36 BRITISH MANDATE'; two different covers
from 1940, one
1936-69: Valuable lot - Cover from 1936 with the cancel
'VICTORIA-CAMEROONS 16 NO 36 BRITISH MANDATE'; two different covers
from 1940, one surcharged '+5 SPITFIRE' the other with 'SPITFIRE
+10Fr. Général de GAULLE' (Mi 211-214, 220-221). There is also one
cover with a 3d GB franking from British troops in Cameroon, and
five covers with the 'CAMEROONS U.K.T.T' overprint on Nigeria,
including a registered airmail cover to London with 2'6 and 1 £
stamps. The lot features also eight covers franked with the
Sterling currency surcharge stamps from the 1961 issue, including
one antedated FDC, and four FDCs from 1962 of the Ahidjo/Foncha set
with Sterling surcharge, there are three FDCs from the set without
surcharge. Two covers commemorate the 1969 moon landing, one with
all 7 stamps, and the other with 3 stamps (not priced for used in
the Michel catalogue!)
