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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 373

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 (3 May) envelope to Bridlington Quay, showing a fair strike of the datestamp alongside 1887-92 2 1/2d. purple on blue pair each cancelled "466" at Liverpool and with Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (8.6) at lower left corner, upon arrival redirected to Leeds with the new address partially covering the datestamp. Hull Sorting Tender (9.6) and Leeds (9.6) c.d.s. on reverse. Very rare, being the second of only two examples of this datestamp known on cover. S.G. Z16. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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