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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 443

The Oil Rivers Protectorate Stamps of Great Britain used in the Oil Rivers Protectorate Opobo River 1892 (15 Oct.) 2d. H2 size registered envelope, uprated with 1887-92 2 1/2d. purple on blue strip of three and a single, to "The Chief Cashier, Bank of England, London", marked "O.H.M.S." and with the adhesives cancelled with fair to fine strikes of the "opobo river" Code C c.d.s. (Sacher Type 1A, S.G. Type Z1), Liverpool (18.11) and London (19.11) Registered d.s. at foot; the envelope with faults on reverse though of fine appearance and very rare. S.G. Z31. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000

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