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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 223

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) 1899 (18 Feb.) OHMS envelope (222x97mm.) to the Colonial Office, London, showing very fine strike of datestamp in violet with red arrival c.d.s. alongside and, on reverse, Liverpool Br. Packet transit d.s. (14.3); the envelope with some faults at top right. Photo Estimate £ 500-600

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£350