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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 366

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 1893 (2 Apr.) envelope to Beccles, showing a generally fine strike of the datestamp and bearing Oil Rivers 1892-94 2 1/2d. purple on blue cancelled "466" in transit at Liverpool, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (18.5) at left, arrival c.d.s. (19.5) on reverse; attractive. S.G. 4. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: W.C. Hinde, 1959

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