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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 389

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 1897 (6 Sept.) piece bearing 1887-92 2 1/2d. purple on blue with a fine complete strike; 1897 (27 Oct.) piece bearing 1887-92 5d. dull purple on blue with a good complete strike, and 1898? (7 Jan.) piece bearing 1883-84 2/6d. lilac pair with largely fine complete strike, the 2 1/2d. and 5d. with "CMS" perfins; the 2/6d. pair with a few faults though a rare multiple of this stamp used in the Niger Territories. S.G. 47, 50, 55. Photo for 2/6d. pair Estimate £ 200-250 provenance: R.B. Sanderson, 1980, 2/6d. pair

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