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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 332

Nigeria World War I - 1914-18 Prisoner of War Mail 1914 (7 Sept.) unstamped envelope from a German prisoner of war to Hamburg, showing Lagos Official Paid c.d.s., fine framed "passed./o/c War Prisoners´ Bureau,/nigeria" h.s. (Martin & Walton Type PW1; the only recorded example) with signature of C.W. Alexander in centre and circular-framed "p.c." in red (Type PW2), fine. Extremely rare. Photo Estimate £ 500-600

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£750