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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 444

The Oil Rivers Protectorate Stamps of The Protectorate used in the Oil Rivers Protectorate Benin 1892 (14 Nov.) 2d. H2 size registered envelope, uprated with 1892-94 5d. dull purple and blue, to Monrovia, Liberia, the adhesive cancelled with a superb strike of the "oil rivers protectorate/benin" triple-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 7, S.G. Type Z1) in violet with a further superb strike at foot, Monrovia arrival c.d.s. (13.1) on reverse; the envelope with some fox marks on reverse, otherwise fine and most attractive. A rare cover Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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£1,500