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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 1085

Niger Coast
Covers
1893 (28 May) envelope "pr Str. Oil Rivers" to England, bearing 1892-94 ½d. vermilion, 1d. lilac pair and 2½d. purple on blue cancelled with three strikes of the double-circle "old calabar" parcel post h.s. with "old calabar river" Code C c.d.s. alongside, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (26.6) at foot, Bristol arrival c.d.s. (26.6) on reverse; colourful and attractive. The only recorded example of this Old Calabar mark on cover. Photo

Sold for
£1,400