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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 396

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 1898 (25 Apr.) envelope to England, marked "No stamps obtainable" and, in another hand, "Please stamp and charge p to acct. Lt. Taylor Imperial Force", partially covered by 1887-92 2 1/2d. purple on blue cancelled by a fine strike of the datestamp in black, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (25.5) at left; some creases though most unusual. S.G. Z47. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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