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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 3195

Northern Nigeria
West African Frontier Force
1905 (19 Oct.) envelope (with original contents) from Capt. Wilkin to his step-brother in London and re-addressed to Scotland, bearing 1905 1d. tied by "lokoja northern nigeria" double-ring d.s. and overstruck by London machine d.s. upon redirection. The letter mentions a dispute and later misuse of a 7 pound field gun, resulting in a corporal reduced to the ranks and a gunner getting 24 lashes. A scarce item from the pacification period during the tribal campaigns

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