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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 496

Niger Coast Protectorate Opobo 1894 (21 May) 2d. F size registered envelope, uprated with 1892-94 2d. green and carmine and 1894 (May) "1" in red on half 2 1/2d. dull blue, to England, both adhesives neatly cancelled with "opobo" squared-circle d.s. and with "opobo river" Code A c.d.s. (21.5) alongside, also showing Liverpool (25.6) and London (25.6) Registered oval d.s., and Twickenham arrival c.d.s. (26.6), all on face; a scarce and most attractive provisional franking. S.G. 3, 57. Photo Estimate £ 700-800

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