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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 452

Niger Coast Protectorate Bakana 1894 (21 Nov.) envelope to Ireland, bearing 1892-94 1d. lilac (2) and 1894 (May) 1/2d. yellow-green twice cancelled with inverted strikes of the "oil rivers protectorate/bakana" triple-oval d.s. (Sacher Type 7, S.G. Type Z1) with a couple of the town name letters just visible at top, Bonny River (25.11) and Paid Liverpool Br. Packet (12.1) c.d.s. at foot, Cork arrival c.d.s. (14.1) on reverse. Rare and attractive. S.G. 2, 51. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: H.G. Porter, 1956 R.B. Sanderson, 1980

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