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Auction: 14015 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 2100

The Royal Niger Company's Territories
1888-99 Handstruck Stamps
Akassa "the niger territories/post/office/p o/akassa." triple-oval d.s. Sacher Type 2, S.G. Type 1
1891 (16 Apr.) unstamped envelope, Church Missionary Society embossed seal on flap, to London, marked "R. Niger. W.C. Africa. No local stamps", showing a fine strike of the datestamp alongside "6d" tax handstamp and London c.d.s. (16.5), the reverse with Liverpool Br. Packet (17.5) and two London (18.5) c.d.s.; attractive. Photo

provenance:
H.G. Porter, 1956

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Sold for
£250