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Hangha                                                     
                                                                                 Hangha
Hangha was opened on 1 January 1905 as a railway office in the Panguma
District in the eastern part of the country. It closed on 14 February 1906, but
re-opened less than a year later on 18 January 1907. Thereafter it remained
open until independence.

     Type 050.01               Type 050.02                   Type 050.03
Nov 1907 - Mar 1909  Code C: Aug 1909 - Jun 1937  Code C: Nov 1937 to Feb 1946

                        Code A: Oct 1927 only       No code: Feb 1947 - Indep.

Type 050.02          Type 050.03: Code C and No Code

28 November 1907 - Internal registered letter from Hangha to Freetown. 1d postage plus 2d registration fee.
 Only known cover with the first Hangha postmark, and also the earliest recorded date of any handstamp.
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