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Lungi

The small coastal village of Lungi was transformed when an airport was built  Lungi
there to serve Freetown. The office was opened on 15 October 1955. Mails were
exchanged daily by boat across the estuary. The first handstamp was destroyed
by a fire at the office on 14 March 1958, and a skeleton temporary replacement
was provided.

Type 088.01 Type 088.02 Type 088.03
Oct 1955 - Dec 1957 Apr 1958 - Aug 1959 Oct 1959 - Indep.

27 January 1959 - Lungi to London, United Kingdom. Rate 1s 3d per ½ oz.
Temporary skeleton handstamp used after the fire of March 1958.