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Auction: 6027 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1273

Niger Coast Protectorate Niger Company Territories Burutu 1899 (18 Feb.) envelope (vertical fold at centre) to London and redirected to York, bearing 21/2d. purple on blue cancelled with a fine strike of "the royal niger company,/charted & limited./post office/burutu" seriffed Type 4 d.s. in violet and surrounded by London (15.3) and two Bradford (25.3) d.s., showing "forwarded by/holt & co/london" oval cachet at foot and with Paid Liverpool Br. packet c.d.s. (14.3) c.d.s. at lower left corner, the reverse with London (15.3) and York (25.3) c.d.s. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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