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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 352

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Akassa "the royal niger company chartered & limited/akassa" triple-oval d.s. Sacher Type 1, S.G. Type 3 1889 (26 Apr.) unstamped envelope to London, marked "R. Niger. No stamps procurable" and showing a fine strike, with manuscript date, alongside large "1s/6d" charge mark, the reverse with Liverpool Br. Packet (3.6) and London (4.6) c.d.s.; some creases (one of which crosses the h.s.) and stains. Photo Estimate £ 700-800 provenance: W.C. Hinde, 1959

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