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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 327

Nigeria World War I - 1914-18 Censor Mail 1914 (10 Nov.) envelope from Dahomey to Buenos Aires, bearing 1913 5c. and 10c. (2, one creased and one on reverse) tied by "porto-novo/dahomey" double-ring d.s., showing two strikes of straight-line "passed by censor" h.s. in violet (Martin & Walton Type 1) applied in Lagos, one covered by "Found open and Officially Sealed." label on translucent paper and crossed through with red crayon and, on reverse, another strike of the handstamp with Lagos (10.11) and arrival (17.1.15) datestamps; the envelope a fraction soiled. Rare and attractive, the only recorded example in violet. Photo Estimate £ 300-400

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£500