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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 228

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888 - 1899 Handstruck Stamps Lokoja "lokoja/post office" double-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 13, S.G. Type 8) 1899 (19 Aug.) envelope to London, bearing GB 1d. tied by fine strike of datestamp in violet and showing good to fine Burutu S.G. Type 4 transit d.s. in violet dated 25 July in error with arrival c.d.s. (21.9) on reverse; envelope with light central vertical fold. Photo Estimate £ 600-800

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