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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 198

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) 1893 (15 Feb.) envelope addressed to "L.G.F. Gorgerat, c/o French West African Co, Sierra Leone", showing fine strike in violet, bearing uncancelled GB 2 1/2d. which was normal for mail going to Sierra Leone and showing Freetown arrival c.d.s. (5.3) at lower left. Photo Estimate £ 500-600

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