Niger Coast. 1899 Cover to England with 1d lilac tied by violet boxed datestamp of Burutu (Feb 18); and a cover franked 1d from Hinckley to "Captain Herbert Bryan, W.A.F.F, Lokoja, Nigeria" with violet boxed Burutu arrival datestamp (July 14) on the front, minor creasing, a good pair of covers sent in both directions between England and Burutu. (2).
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Lot No: 1223
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Southern Nigeria. 1902 KEVII Head vignette, die proof in black on white glazed card, stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING", dated 10 JUN 02", 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 192. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1224
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c.1905 Picture postcard of Kindia, French Guinea, with Lagos KEVII 2d cancelled "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / LINIE / HAMBURG / WESTAFRIKA / XXVII"; 1913 Sierra Leone postcard endorsed "S.S Henry Woermann via Boulogne"; and an attractive 1909 poster for Africa Steam Ship Co and British & African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd sailings from Hamburg and Rotterdam to West Africa. (3).
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Dahomey/Aden. 1918 Nigeria 2d size H registration envelope from Cotonou in Dahomey to Aden, privately carried to Nigeria and posted from Lagos franked 2½d, with two differing "CHARGEURS REUNIS / AGENCY DE COTONOU" cachets and "VIA LAGOS-PLYMOUTH", scarce intaglio "POSTAL / ADEN / CENSOR" on the front, backstamped in Sierra Leone, Port Said and Aden. Very unusual. Photo on Page 214. (Image1)