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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 436

The Oil Rivers Protectorate Stamps of Great Britain used in the Oil Rivers Protectorate Benin 1892 (17 Oct.) piece bearing 1887-92 2 1/2d. purple on blue with a complete strike of the "oil rivers protectorate/benin" triple-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 7, S.G. Type Z1) in violet, the sole example recorded of this datestamp on a G.B. adhesive. S.G. Z1. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: H.G. Porter, 1956 Col. J.R. Danson, 1971

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