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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 318

Southern Nigeria 1901 (14 Oct.) OHMS envelope, from Captain Carstairs of the Southern Nigeria Regiment, Officer Commanding troops of the Cross River Division, addressed to Toronto, bearing Niger Coast Protectorate 1897 1d. (2) tied by "old calabar river" c.d.s. and showing arrival c.d.s. (17.11) on reverse. Photo Estimate £ 300-400 Note: Captain W.F.W. Carstairs joined the Southern Nigeria Regiment in 1901 from the Canadian Militia. The Southern Nigeria regiment of the WAFF was formed in 1901 from the Niger Coast Constabulary and 300 Royal Niger Company´s Constabulary. The Niger Coast Constabulary was formed in 1892 by Sir R. Moor then known as the Oil Rivers Irregulars. The name was changed in 1893.

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