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Instructional Marks
Non réclamé / Not called for
28 October 1937 - Fairfield, USA to Mabang, Sierra Leone
Letter addressed to simply to ‘Mabang, Sierra Leone’ but unfortunately there are three palces with that name in
the country. The largest has a post office, but the other two do not. There was an American Mission at one of the
smaller places, near Kumrabai Mamila.
Unfortunately the addressee could not
be found, and the letter was returned to
the USA four months after being sent.
Sequence of postal markings:
23 Oct 1937 Fairfield NY
25 Nov Freetown
26 Nov Mabang
27 Nov Boia Yonnie TPO
27 Nov Kumrabai Mamila
23(?) Feb 1938 Freetown RLO
25 Mar New York
Backstamps (75%)
It is not known where the purple ‘Return to Sender’ handstamp was applied. No other example has been
recorded on mail to or from Sierra Leone.
Types 728.02 and 719.01
