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Auction: 14021 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1233

Nigeria
Nigerian Railways
Eastern Line
1924 (10 May) "Montgomery Ward" envelope registered from Awgu to Chicago, bearing 1d. (5) and showing manuscript "More to pay - Taxed 3d" and, on reverse, "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D2); 1926 (11 May) envelope from Umuahia to Leicester, bearing 1d., showing blue crayon "T", "2d/to pay/76" h.s. and with Postage Due 2d.; similarly backstamped; 1926 (21 June) envelope registered to Bristol, bearing ½d. (10) cancelled by "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type 2) and showing blank registration with similar datestamp; 1928 (31 Mar.) envelope from Uzuakoli to Darlington, bearing 1d. and showing, on reverse, "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s.; 1929 (30 Nov.) 3d. registered envelope to Newcastle, uprated with 1d. (2) cancelled by "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s.(Type D2; over a month later than recorded) and showing blank registration label with manuscript "ETPO"; also six loose adhesives with part strikes of the double-ring d.s. and another with manuscript "Uzuakoli 17/2/19" overstruck with Port Harcourt c.d.s.

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Sale 14021 Notices
Estimate re-stated £350-450