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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 425

The Royal Niger Company´s Territories 1888-99 Handstruck Stamps Lokoja "lokoja/post office" double-oval d.s. Sacher Type 13, S.G. Type 8 1900 (2 Apr.) Niger Company Limited blue linen-backed envelope (209x101mm., a little truncated) to London, bearing 1881 1d. lilac and 1887-92 1/2d. vermilion and 2 1/2d. purple on blue twice cancelled with good to fine strikes of the datestamp, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (4.5) at left, London c.d.s. (5.5) on reverse; a few small faults though an attractive franking and the last recorded use of purely G.B. adhesives used in the Niger Territories. S.G. Z71, 72, 73. Photo Estimate £ 600-700

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