Governor Victor Liotard

Lot 185, French Equatorial Africa 1941 Censored Registered Airmail Cover Mayumba to New York, sold for C$351

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Lot 185, French Equatorial Africa 1941 Registered Airmail Cover Mayumba to New York, sold for C$351Lot 185, French Equatorial Africa 1941 Registered Airmail Cover Mayumba to New York, sold for C$351Lot 185, French Equatorial Africa 1941 Registered Airmail Cover Mayumba to New York, franked with a pair of 2f 25c blue & light blue, 10f dark violet & blue, and 20f dark olive & yellow Governor Victor Liotard definitives, tied by five strikes of “MAYUMBA GABON” double circle cancellations, with violet “REGISTERED” handstamp and black “MAYUMBA” on red registration etiquette on front, Egyptian censorship tape with associated bilingual violet “Postal Censor” handstamp at left, along with “CONTROLE POSTALE COMMISION B AFRIQUE EQUATORIAL FRANCAISE” double circle censor marking and five “B3” in circle on front and back, all tied to brown paper censor tape at right, further marked with “OUVERT PAR LE AUTORITE MILITAIRE” handstamp, violet Honolulu, Hawaii (16 Nov) double circle transit and New York receiver backstamps, creases, closed tear at top, but scarce. (Sc. #67(x2), 71, 77). Sold for C$300.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.