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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 422

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Lokoja Mail Via Burutu 1898 (8-9 Dec.) envelope to England, marked with it´s intended leaving date at lower left and bearing 1887-92 2 1/2d. purple on blue cancelled with fine "the royal niger company/chartered & limited./post office./burutu" double-framed datestamp (Sacher Type 8, S.G. Type 6) for 25 December, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (14.1) at left, Winchester arrival c.d.s. (16.1) on reverse; minor faults though attractive. S.G. Z59. Photo Estimate £ 700-800 provenance: A Bollen, 1983

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