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Sumbuya Mano
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Three different datestamps were used at Sumbuya. As with many Sierra Leone
offices, the discrete pattern of usages with code letters shows that only one was  Sumbuya
ever in use at once. The second datestamp spelled the office name as Sumbuyah.

Type 147.01 Code C Code A Type 147.03 Code *

Type 147.02 Code C Code B Code C

Sequence of Use of Handstamps

Type Sent Code Earliest Latest

C 19 Dec 1908 1 May 1909
147.01 30 Mar 1908

A 23 Nov 1910 9 Oct 1920

C 8 Dec 1920 17 Aug 1928

147.02 10 Oct 1907 B 29 Jan 1929 22 Sep 1935

C 24 Sep 1935 18 Jun 1959

147.03 11 Aug 1959 * 21 Sep 1959 Independence

5 May 1943 - Internal letter from Freetown to Sumbuyah.
Backstamped with Type 147.02 Code C on arrival.