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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 201

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888 - 1899 Handstruck Stamps Akassa "the royal niger company/chartered & limited./post office/akassa" double-framed d.s. (Sacher Type 6, S.G. Type 4) 1895 (1 June) very fine strike of the datestamp applied to Spain 10c. chestnut and 15c. purple-brown, which also share a large part Las Palmas c.d.s., used together and affixed to small piece. An extraordinary and most attractive usage. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 provenance: H.G. Porter, February 1956

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