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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 219

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 seriffed capitals (Sacher Type 10, S.G. Type 4) 1898 (9 Jan.) envelope ex the "Robertson" correspondence to Kent, bearing GB 2 1/2d. tied by two strikes of datestamp in violet, showing red Paid Liverpool Br. Packet d.s. (2.2) with arrival c.d.s. on reverse. An early date of use. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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