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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1056

The Royal Niger Company's Territories
1888-99 Handstruck Stamps
Burutu "the royal niger company/chartered & limited./post office./burutu." double-framed d.s. Sacher Type 8, S.G. Type 6
1896 (31 Dec.) envelope to London marked "Please forward", showing a good light strike of the datestamp and bearing 1887-92 2½d. purple on blue cancelled by Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (date unclear), upon arrival redirected to "Meerut Bengal", the adhesive additionally tied by Bedford St. squared-circle d.s. (8.2) and showing, on reverse, a further London c.d.s. (3.2), manuscript "The blue ink stamp of Niger Company acts as postage stamp" and part Sea Post Office c.d.s.; small faults though an unusual redirected usage. S.G. Z47. Photo

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Estimate
£140 to £180