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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 474

Niger Coast Protectorate Old Calabar 1893 (28 May) envelope "pr Str. Oil Rivers" to England, bearing 1892-94 1/2d. vermilion, 1d. lilac pair and 2 1/2d. purple on blue cancelled with three strikes of the double-circle "old calabar" parcel post h.s. with "old calabar river" Code C c.d.s. alongside, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (26.6) at foot, Bristol arrival c.d.s. (26.6) on reverse; colourful and attractive. The only recorded example of this Old Calabar mark on cover. Photo Estimate £ 600-700

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