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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 451

The Oil Rivers Protectorate Other Items Sombreiro River 1893 (27 Apr.) envelope upon which are impressed a variety of sample datestamps and handstamps, comprising "redirected", boxed "unclaimed", "forward", "please return", boxed "too late", "T", "R", "oil rivers protectorate/sombreiro river" triple-oval d.s. with a further superb strike on reverse, "sombreiro river" c.d.s. (11.7) and double-circle "new calabar" parcel post h.s.; a few light stains though most unusual. Photo Estimate £ 400-500 provenance: W.C. Hinde 1959

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