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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 200

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888 - 1899 Handstruck Stamps Akassa "the royal niger company chartered & limited/post/office/akassa." double-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 3, S.G. Type 2) 1894 (30 July) envelope addressed to an Officer in the King´s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Pontefract, showing fair to fine strike of the datestamp in violet, bearing GB 2 1/2d. cancelled "466" in transit at Liverpool and with Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (2.9) in red at left; the envelope with a few minor faults. Rare. Photo Estimate £ 500-600

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