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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 354

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 (17 Oct.) envelope to London, marked "No stamps in River Niger" and showing a superb strike with date in manuscript alongside "l.b./6d" tax h.s., the reverse with two different London c.d.s. (25.11). An outstanding cover. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, 1971

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