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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 241

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories West African Frontier Force 1898 (7 Jan.) OHMS envelope from Lt. Col. Pilcher to his sister in London, marked "Stamps unobtainable", showing fine strike of Burutu S.G. Type 6 d.s. in violet partly crossed by "5d" Tax h.s., showing black Liverpool Br. Packet d.s. (31.1) with arrival c.d.s. on reverse; the envelope with punch hole at upper left which affects border of datestamp. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 Note: The 1st Battalion West African Frontier Force was formed at Lokoja in 1897 and its first C.O. was Lt. Col. Pilcher of the Northumberland Fusiliers.

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