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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 448

The Oil Rivers Protectorate Stamps of The Protectorate used in the Oil Rivers Protectorate Brass 1892 (14 Aug.) envelope "Per S.S. Volta at Akassa: Niger River" to England, bearing 1892-94 2 1/2d. purple on blue neatly cancelled with a largely fine strike of the "oil rivers protectorate/brass" triple-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 7, S.G. Type Z1), Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (22.9) at foot, Derby arrival c.d.s. (22.9) on reverse; the envelope with repaired tear at top and a little soiled though very rare. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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