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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 499

Niger Coast Protectorate Opobo River 1894 (13 Oct.) large piece, being the top half of an envelope apparently addressed to London, bearing 1892-94 2d. green and carmine pair and 1894 (June-Oct.) "1" 12mm. in red on half 2d. green and carmine, both neatly cancelled with "opobo river" Code A c.d.s. and with small part Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. at foot, London arrival? c.d.s. (28.11) on reverse. S.G. 3, 59. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, 1971

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