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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 372

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Akassa "the royal niger company chartered & limited/akassa." triple-oval d.s. Sacher Type 5, S.G. Type 3 1895 (5 Apr.) envelope to Hawk´s Bay, New Zealand, showing two fine strikes of the datestamp, one tying 1887-92 2 1/2d. purple on blue additional cancelled with Liverpool Br. Packet Paid c.d.s. (9.5), the reverse, flap torn away, small part c.d.s. (21.6) and Te Aute (22.6) c.d.s.; clean and attractive, and to a most unusual destination. One of only two examples of this datestamp known on cover. S.G. Z16. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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