Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 480
Niger Coast Protectorate Old Calabar 1894 (20 Nov.) Bright & Sons envelope registered to England, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 2 1/2d. carmine-lake, 5d. grey-lilac and 1/- black each neatly cancelled with "old calabar" Code C c.d.s. with a further strike alongside, large "R" h.s. at left and with Old Calabar (20.11) and Liverpool (25.12) Registered oval d.s., all on face, the reverse (flap missing) with Bournemouth arrival c.d.s. (27.12); attractive. S.G. 48, 49, 50. Photo Estimate £ 250-300
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