I read it very closely - I THINK they mean that specific Date Stamp from Nigeria. I have several envelopes from Paris France 1870, and 1882 and Gravesend date stamped 1874, Hexham 1868 and others Jean Wood http://www.cheziris.eu/index.htm http://www.cheziris.eu/Duterrau.htm http://www.saintes-fleur-de-sel.fr/index.htm > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:16:22 +0000 > From: ovington.one@gmail.com > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B&S] Envelope sent to Bristol from Africa set to deliver small fortune at sale > > Curious lot collectors :-) > > This tatty envelope is expected to sell for £400 > > Yet a piece of trench art made in WW1 taking hours and hours or work in > atrocious conditions can sell for next to nothing > > If tomorrow someone finds an earlier post marked envelope your £400 > would be severely dented you would think > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 29/01/2014 09:43, Josephine Jeremiah wrote: >> Hi Listers, >> >> This article in The Bristol Post has caught my eye this morning: >> >> Envelope sent to Bristol from Africa set to deliver small fortune at sale >> >> http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Winning-postEnvelope-set-deliver-small-fortune/story-20517190-detail/story.html >> >> Josephine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message