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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 194

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888 - 1899 Handstruck Stamps Akassa "the niger territories/post/office/p o/akassa." triple-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 2, S.G. Type 1) 1891 (4 Apr.) unstamped envelope to London, showing light strike in violet, two different London Inland Branch c.d.s. and "6d/f.b." h.s.; the envelope a little soiled and with two light creases, one of which crosses the datestamp. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 provenance: H.G. Porter, February 1956

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