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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 212

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888 - 1899 Handstruck Stamps Burutu "the royal niger company/chartered & limited,/post office,/burutu." double-framed d.s. in sans-serif capitals (Sacher Type 8, S.G. Type 6) 1898 (31 Mar.) envelope to Lyon, France, bearing GB 2 1/2d. tied by large part strike of datestamp in violet, showing red Paid Liverpool Br. Packet transit d.s. (5.5), Calais-Paris T.P.O. d.s. (6.5) with arrival c.d.s. on reverse; the envelope with some minor peripheral faults. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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