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Auction: 9029 - West Africa Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 506

Niger Coast Protectorate Sombreiro River 1899 (10 Apr.) 2d. G size registered envelope, uprated with 1894 (May) 1d. orange-vermilion, to Bonny, the adhesive cancelled with "sombreiro river" Code A c.d.s. with another strike alongside, "registered/new calabar" oval d.s. (10.4) at foot, the reverse with "registered/bonny" oval d.s. (11.4); the face panel with some staining, nevertheless a rare use of the New Calabar Registered datestamp during the Protectorate period. S.G. 52. Photo Estimate £ 250-300

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