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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 445

The Oil Rivers Protectorate Stamps of The Protectorate used in the Oil Rivers Protectorate Bonny River 1892 (24 Sept.) 1d. red card to Capt. Taylor of the 27th. Cheshire Regiment at Belgaum, India, the message side with a good impression of the "h.b.m´s vice-consulate/bonny" triple-oval h.s. with manuscript date at centre, the stamp impression neatly cancelled with "bonny river" c.d.s. with a further strike at foot and showing, at lower left corner, "oil rivers/protectorate" triple-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 7, S.G. Type Z1) in violet, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet (24.10), Sea Post Office (8.11) and Belgaum (14.11) c.d.s., all overlapping; most attractive. Photo Estimate £ 250-300

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