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Auction: 25026 - Stamps and Covers of Africa Featuring the 'Protea' Collection of South Africa
Lot: 1208

Nigeria
1909 (Mar.) envelope to Yorkshire re-addressed to London, headed "No Stamps Available, From W.D. Downes R. Sussex Regt, Yola - Cross River Boundary Commission, Nigeria, W. Africa", showing "ikom/southern nigeria" c.d.s. (31.3; day of month inverted), "T" h.s. with London 1d. tax mark alongside and, on reverse, Calabar (10.4), Liverpool and London d.s.; envelope with some light creases. Rare. Photo

Note: The purpose of the British Commission was to settle with their German counterparts the boundary between Nigeria and Cameroons from Yola to Cross River. Lt. Downes was one of the assistant commissioners

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