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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 273

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories West African Frontier Force Borgu Military Administration 1898 (25 Dec.) envelope from Captain J. Gillespie of the 1st Argyll and Bute Volunteer Artillery to Camberley, marked "No stamps available, Illo", showing a fine inverted strike of Burutu S.G. Type 4 transit d.s. in violet for 5 February partly overstruck by handstruck "d1" and Paquebot Liverpool c.d.s. (26.2). Photo Estimate £ 400-500 literature: This cover is mentioned in "The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region" by Ince and Sacher, page 502

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