Great Britain and British Commonwealth Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers
Sale No: 127
Lot No: 745
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Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers: 1892-94 1/2d., 1d. (2, one on piece), 2d., 21/2d. (3), 5d. block of six, 1s., also 2d. bisected on piece, used, fair to fine.
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Sale No: 127
Lot No: 746
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Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers: 1893 (Aug. 5) 1d. postal stationery card to Birmingham, uprated by 1892-94 1d., cancelled by Benin River c.d.s’s with “PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET/210 SP 93/ 7-B.” in red. Photo. (Image1)
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Sale No: 127
Lot No: 747
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Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers: 1893 (Dec. 28) long O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to his wife in London by Frederick Dundas franked by 1892-94 21/2d. pair cancelled by Old Calabar River c.d.s. with further strike and red “PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET/28 JAN 94/I.B.” at left. Following retirement from the Royal Navy, Capt. Frederick George Dundas (1845-99) was in 1891, appointed Commissioner and Principal Naval Officer to the Imperial British East Africa Company, and successfully explored and surveyed in the Company's Steamer “Kenia” the rivers Tana and Juba, where he landed alone among the threatening Somalis, managing to win over the hostile chiefs by "a mixture of audacity and jolliness". In June 1893 Commander Dundas was appointed Superintendent of Marine in the Niger Coast Protectorate under the Foreign Office and served in the Brass River Expedition of 1895, piloting the “Yakoba” which was subsequently anchored off Sacrifice Island as a General Depot. Photo. (Image1)
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Sale No: 127
Lot No: 748
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Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers: 1893 (Dec. 28) registered envelope (flap missing) to Manchester, with added 1892-94 1d. and 2d. tied by Old Calabar River c.d.s’s with Liverpool Jan. 28 1894 oval transit. Photo. (Image1)
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Sale No: 127
Lot No: 749
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Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers: 1894 (Feb. 3) printed envelope registered to London bearing 1892-94 1/2d. to 1s. set tied by Old Calabar River c.d.s’s with large “R” and Liverpool Mar. 9 transit below. Photo. (Image1)
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Sale No: 127
Lot No: 750
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Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers: 1895 (Apr. 24) characterful cover registered to Twickenham, Middlesex, franked by 1892-94 2d. (2) and 1893 1/2d. type 4 in green on 21/2d., tied by Old Calabar River c.d.s’s and showing large “R” with oval registered transit datestamps of Old Calabar, Liverpool and London, rare. Possibly sent by Sir William Brandford Griffith (1858-1939) who had entered the Colonial Service ten years before as a District Commissioner of the Gold Coast, and had acted as a Puisne Judge of Lagos, compiling the Ordinances of the Colony in 1887 and in 1895 appointed Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Crown colony. R.P.S. certificate (1998). S.G. 3, 11. Photo. (Image1)
