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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 413

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Burutu "the royal niger company,/chartered & limited./post office/burutu." double-framed d.s. in seriffed letters. Sacher Type 10, S.G. Type 4 1899 (15 Dec.) envelope to England, bearing 1881 1d. lilac cancelled with a largely fine strike in black, Birmingham arrival c.d.s. (7.1) on reverse; the envelope with minor creasing though an attractive franking and scarce, the black ink only being in use for a year. S.G. Z57. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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