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New Site Bo Bo
Bo is an important regional town which became one of the key stations on the
railway. It is the only town other than the capital to have sub-offices. New Site
Bo opened on 6 June 1955 and remained open until independence in 1961.
Type 016.21 Type 016.22
Jul 1955 - Sep 1955 Oct 1955 - Indep.
4 April 1956 - New Site Bo to Leicester, United Kingdom.
Backstamped at the main post office in Bo on 5 April.
Also backstamped with a registered oval in Freetown, but intriguingly dated 3 April.
