Lot 443

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1871 (April). Officer's envelope to Southsea with printed H.M.S. RATTLESNAKE crest on flap, bearing GB 1866-69 1 d. red (6) one of whitch has been removed from another cover and reused (on price!), each cancelled with "11" in barred oval (G.P.O.) cancellation and showing PORTSMOUTH arrival cds. (24.5) on reverse, recipient's notation "written at Cape Coast Castle April 1871, recd May 24th" below adhesives; edges and corners worn, still an unusual and attractive cover. Rare and very interesting postaly fraud.