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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 4

Naval Mail 1868 envelope to Bath, marked "Officer Letter" and "Via Liverpool", bearing GB 1d. Pl. 85 (6) cancelled "466" on arrival at Liverpool, showing "paid/liverpool/br. packet" c.d.s. (30.5) in red and showing light arrival datestamp (31.5) on reverse; the envelope with most of flap missing. R.P.S. Certificate (1981). Photo Estimate £ 300-400 Note: This cover was written by Lt. Henry Nelson Alleyne to his sister. Lt. Alleyne was an officer aboard H.M.S. Myrmidon which, during 1868, was on anti-slavery patrol off the Bonny and Benin Rivers. literature: This cover is illustrated in "The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region" by Ince and Sacher, page 506

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