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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 387

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Burutu "the royal niger company/chartered & limited./post office,/burutu." double-framed d.s. Sacher Type 8, S.G. Type 6 1896 (31 Dec.) envelope to London marked "Please forward", showing a good light strike of the datestamp and bearing 1887-92 2 1/2d. purple on blue cancelled by Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (date unclear), upon arrival redirected to "Meerut Bengal", the adhesive additionally tied by Bedford St. squared-circle d.s. (8.2) and showing, on reverse, a further London c.d.s. (3.2), manuscript "The blue ink stamp of Niger Company acts as postage stamp" and part Sea Post Office c.d.s.; small faults though an unusual redirected usage. S.G. Z47. Photo Estimate £ 250-300

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