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Auction: 24022 - The Lionheart Collection of British Empire Part XX
Lot: 125

(x) Niger Coast
Oil Rivers Protectorate
1893 (3 Sept.) ½d. on half 1d., two unsevered pairs and a diagonally bisected example, all initially pen cancelled and subsequently cancelled and tied to 1894 (Mar.) cover by 'old calabar river' single-circle cancellations and with a further strike at left; 'paid/ liverpool/ b r packet' handstamp in red and arrival on the reverse; fine and scarce. S.G. 7, 7a

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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£550