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Sembehu

A postal agency was opened in Sembehu on 1 June 1904, and was upgraded Sembehu(n)
to a full post office in 1948. In 1954 it was officially renamed as Sembehun,   Gbangbaia
although the new spelling did not appear on postmarks until 1958. It remained 
open through to independence in 1961.
Bonthe

Type 142.01 Type 142.02 Type 142.03
Mar 1905 - Sep 1930 Apr 1932 - Dec 1956 Apr 1958 - Indep.

Large year digits in 1920

22 December 1941
- Prospect Heights,
USA to Sierra Leone.

Addressed to:
Mr Bowman,
Gbangbaia,
By way of Sembehun,
Sierra Leone.

Gbangbaia was crossed
out and readdressed
to Bonthe.

Not censored.