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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 348

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Abutshi 1890 (1 Apr.) envelope envelope to England marked, on reverse, "Mail No 6 posted Abutshi. R. Niger. 1.4.90" alongside Hastings Station Office arrival c.d.s. (10.6), the face panel (stamps removed) showing generally fine Akassa Type 1 oval d.s. (the earliest recorded date of this mark with stamps) and Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (9.6). Photo Estimate £ 180-200 Note: Early posts in 1890 from Abutshi and Lokoja were numbered and dated on the covers provenance: R.B. Sanderson, 1980

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