Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 360
The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Akassa "the niger territories/post/office/p o/akassa." triple-oval d.s. Sacher Type 2, S.G. Type 1 1890 (15 Dec.) unstamped envelope (222x92mm.), Church Missionary Society embossed seal on flap, to London, marked "Stamps not procurable." and with a fine strike of the datestamp at right, large manuscript "1/6" tax mark at left with London c.d.s. (22.1) at top, the reverse with Liverpool Br. Packet (21.1) and two different London (22.1) d.s.; a couple of creases and a little soiled at left, otherwise sound. Photo Estimate £ 600-700 provenance: H.G. Porter, 1956 R.B. Sanderson, 1980
Sold for
£550
