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Auction: 6027 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1269

Niger Coast Protectorate Niger Company Territories Burutu 1897 (29 Nov.) envelope registered to London, bearing 1d. lilac (2) and 9d. dull purple and blue sharing a fine strike of the "the royal niger company/chartered & limited./post office/burutu." sans-seriffed Type 6 d.s. in dull violet and with Liverpool Registered d.s. (23.12) below, the reverse with London Registered d.s. (24.12). Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200provenance: Pilkington, 1954 Col. J.R. Danson, 1971

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