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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 384

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Akassa "the royal niger company/chartered & limited./post office,/akassa." single-framed d.s. Sacher Type 9A, S.G. Type 5 1897 (18 Aug.) envelope to England, bearing 1881 1d. lilac pair and 1887-92 1/2d. vermilion sharing two generally fine strikes of the datestamp, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (21.9) at left, Beccles arrival c.d.s. (22.9) on reverse; the envelope with central vertical fold and with small piece missing at top, all clear of the stamps and cancellations; clean and attractive. S.G. Z29, 30. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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