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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 967

(x) Niger Company Territories
Burutu
1899 (5 Mar.) unstamped Soldier's envelope "On special service, no stamps available. F.H. Howe Lt. 1st. West African Frontier Force" to London, showing a fair strike of "the royal niger company,/chartered & limited./post office,/burutu" framed datestamp (Sacher Type 8) in violet, the reverse with Liverpool Br. Packet (27.3) and London (28.3) c.d.s.; horizontal crease at foot though an unusual cover from this Frontier Force. Photo

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Estimate
£300 to £350