NIGERIA continued...
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| 1181 |
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 KGV POSTAL STATIONERY - INTERNAL USE: 1929-32 group inc. 1d embossed type (5) inc. Bida to Lagos, Lokoja to Jos, etc., mostly
addressed to C.R.Walker. Also Nov. 1932 env. Makurdi to Kaduna uprated to new internal rate of 1½d by addition of ½d green and 1½d embossed env. dated 15 Nov. 1932 from Kumba to Buea. (6 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1182 |
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 KGV POSTAL STATIONERY - EXTERNAL USE: 1919-35 selection of P. Stat. cards & covers to overseas destinations. Includes 1919 ½d
postcard , underpaid from Lagos to Cambridge attracting 1d Postage Due; trio of printed 1d postcards 1920 Lagos to Paris, 1922 Ilorin to Dortmund & Asaba to Lyon; group of six 1d embossed envs. to GB or Gold Coast, all being uprated by addition of
one or more 1d stamps; also 1½d internal rate env. uprated to 2d mailed to I.O.W. and 1929 2d rate embossed env. from Okitipupa to London. (12 cards/covers) (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
CLOSED
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1183 |
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 KGV DEFINITIVE DIE PROOF: 1d Die I printed in black on glazed card. (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1184 |
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 WRECK MAIL - S.S. "JEBBA": Trio of items salvaged from the wreck of S.S."Jebba" which ran aground off South Devon coast in 1907.
Group inc. 20 Feb. 1907 PPC to Southend with KEVII franking of Lagos 1d stamp (damaged). Brandon Cert. (1997). "SALVED FROM/S S JEBBA" mark in black. Also 23 Feb. 1907 commercial env. (The African Traders Co. Ltd.) from Calabar to Bristol with Lagos
1d franking (creased), "SALVED FROM/SS JEBBA" mark in violet and 21 Feb. 1907 wax-sealed env. from Aboh to London with franking of KEVII Lagos 3d, serifed salvage mark in violet. (3 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
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 1956 KANO AIR CRASH COVER: Partly burnt air letter and 'ambulance' cover. Letter salvaged from the 24 Jun. 1956 crash of B.O.A.C.
Argonaut G-ALHE near Kano. Nierinck 560624b. Cachet on env. "ENCLOSED LETTER SALVAGED FROM/ AIR CRASH AT KANO 24-6-56" in violet. Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 120
CLOSED
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
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 1956 KANO AIR CRASH COVER: Jun. 16 registered env. from Onitsha to Marple salved from B.O.A.C Argonaut G-ALHE crash (24 Jun. 1956)
outside Kano. Cover has Post Office label P 125H attached, with m/s "SALVAGED FROM B.O.A.C. ARGONAUT CRASH" written in red ink. Accompanied by 'ambulance' cover. Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1187 |
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 INSTRUCTIONAL MARK COVERS: Binder housing a collection of mainly KGV period covers with a variety of instructional marks. Many from
Returned Letter Office, Lagos, inc. "RETURN TO SENDER", "UNCLAIMED", "DECEASED", "RETOUR/RETURN", "INCONNU/UNKNOWN", "INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED" marks, etc. Three attractively franked covers with "LATE FEE" or "LATE FEE PAID" marks. (13 covers) (Image)
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Starting at £ 48
SOLD for £340.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1188 |
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 INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, ETC.: Blue binder housing a c.1920-2000 collection of marks on covers inc. "Missent to" (8), "Late Fee" (2),
"Too Late" (2), "Returned to Sender", etc. Majority are modern. (c. 69 covers inc. a few fronts) (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1189 |
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 RIVER NIGER TRAVELLING POST OFFICE: 21 Feb. 1903 (very early date) Southern Nigeria QV 1d P. Stat. env. to Badagry, cancelled by
Niger Travelling Post Office cds. Forcados & Lagos transit datestamps on reverse. Cover is somewhat discoloured.Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1190 |
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 RIVER NIGER TRAVELLING POST OFFICE: Aug. 22 1911 Registered env. to military addressee in Potsdam. Franking of KEVII Southern
Nigeria 2½d x 2 with regd. Travelling Post Office oval cancels. Forcados & London transit marks on reverse.Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1191 |
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 RIVER NIGER TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - KEVII/KGV CARDS & COVERS: 1903-20 range of cards & covers with a variety of Travelling Post
Office cancels. Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
CLOSED
Closing..Oct-28, 05:47 AM |
| 1192 |
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 RIVER NIGER TRAVELLING POST OFFICE: Collection of loose stamps & stamps on piece with dates from Apr. 1903 to Dec. 1917 displaying a
variety (types 1-5) of Niger TPO cancels. Mostly on issues of Southern Nigeria but also a much smaller qty. of Northern Nigeria, Lagos & Nigeria. (c.74 stamps) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1193 |
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 RIVER NIGER TRAVELLING POST OFFICE: Range of cards, covers & regd. envs, etc. with QV-KGV frankings and various Niger TPO cancels.
Includes Jul. 1903 2d printed regd. env. additionally franked Niger Coast Protectorate 1d mailed to GB, Dec. 1909 PPC from Owerri to Arbroath franked S. Nigeria 1d, Nov. 1910 PPC to Manchester franked S. Nigeria 1d, Feb. 1907 PPC to London franked
Lagos 2 x ½d, Feb. 1910 env. to Springfield, USA franked 1d with 6c Postage Due mark & stamps; Jun. 1914 2d registered env. uprated by addition of S. Nigeria 1d and having registration label with ms "Niger T.P.O", etc. (total 10 cards & covers) (Image)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1194 |
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 RIVER & RAILWAY T.P.O. COLLECTION INC. RARE ISHAN BLUE CDS, ETC.: Presented on 11 written up sheets, a range of cards, covers and
loose stamps with a good variety of T.P.O. cancel types inc. earliest known date (21 Feb. 1903) of type I canceller on S. Nigeria QV ½d; Covers inc. interesting 18 Sep. 1903 env. to Doncaster, originally marked "T" for Postage Due, but a N. Nigeria
KEVII 1d added along route to avoid the charge, and Plymouth Paquebot cancel; 26 Nov. 1914 env. to London franked KGV Nigeria 1d cancelled by Ishan cds in blue with River T.P.O. backstamp (also a loose single with blue cancel), and a 1919 type 6
Railway T.P.O. cover to Montgomery Ward, Chicago backstamped Lagos on the same day. Other items inc. a 1929 registered Baro-Minna-Zaria TPO cover to Jos, a large piece with Minna-Baro T.P.O. cancels and smaller pieces inc. type 12 canceller EKD.
(total 12 cards/covers, 20 pieces & loose stamps) (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £600.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1195 |
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 LAGOS GOVT. RAILWAY CANCELLATIONS: Range of scarce cancellations on loose stamps/pieces, etc. inc. s/l "IBADAN" hs in violet on
Lagos QV ½d & 1d (2), KEVII ½d & 1d (2), most also struck with 8 or 9 barred oval cancels; s/l "ITORI" hs in violet on Lagos KEVII 1d which is overstruck by 8 or 9 barred oval canceller and having 9/6/04 ms cancel. Possibly unique; also a double-ring
date stamp "L.G.R./MR 05/I[DD]O" on Lagos KEVII 1d; s/l "IFO" hs in violet on Lagos QV ½d, possibly unique and "IFO LAGOS/B 10 OC/W.AFRICA" cds on Lagos KEVII 1d; Lagos KEVII 1d cancelled in ms black ink "Aro to Iddo 3/2/05" and trio of S. Nigeria
KEVII 1d types with Aro cds cancels. Also Eruwa Lagos cds on Lagos KEVII ½d. Further range of Abeokuta Station cancels on various KEVII types (4) and Lagos QV 1d strip of 3 postmarked in m/s black ink "Abeokuta Station LGR 2.3.03, etc. (22 stamps)
Cross Reference: RAILWAY MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1196 |
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 LAGOS GOVT. RAILWAY - POSTAL STATIONERY CARD WITH T.P.O. CANCEL: 1911 Southern Nigeria 1d P. Stat. card to Germany written at
Abeokuta 30 Aug. 1911 and carried via Lagos. Card has small part of lower right corner missing. Earliest known example of a Nigerian Railway T.P.O. cancel "borrowing" one of the River Niger T.P.O. cancels. (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1197 |
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 BARO TO KANO RAILWAY T.P.O.s: Collection of loose stamps and pieces illustrating the 3 different types of "TPO/BARO-MINNA-ZARIA"
canceller used on the line. (6 pieces & 3 stamps)Cross Reference: RAILWAY MAIL, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1198 |
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 NIGERIA RAILWAYS - WESTERN LINE T.P.O.s: Collection of loose stamps, fronts, cover, etc. with a variety of TPO cancels. Includes
IDDO-IBADAN (2 pieces), IBADAN-JEBBA 'UP' (6) & 'DOWN' (1) & LAGOS-IBADAN 'UP' (5). Also two fronts from Ibadan to Huddersfield with TPO type 6 and a Feb. 1927 cover from Duchi-n-Wai (Zaria-Jos-Bukuru branch line) to GB. (11 stamps, 2 pieces, 2
fronts + cover) Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
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 NIGERIA RAILWAYS - EASTERN T.P.O., ETC.: Group of KGV period covers showing Eastern Railway T.P.O. marks. Includes 1 Oct. 1926
registered cover Pt. Harcourt to Bristol franked 5d (1d & 2 x 2d), 29 Nov. 1927 3d registered P. Stat. env. from Okigwi to Newcastle on Tyne, 31 Oct. 1925 3d registered P. Stat. env. uprated to 6d from Afikpo to Montgomery Ward, Chicago; 2 Feb. 1924
registered env. to Montgomery Ward, Chicago, franked 6d + 1d and having handstamped registration mark in violet, etc. (total 6 covers)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1200 |
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 NIGERIA RAILWAYS MAIL, 1927-36: Selection of KGV period covers (10) mailed from various locations inc. Kogum River, Jagindi, Agage,
Kaduna Junction, Bukuru, Agudi?, etc. to local destinations plus GB & USA. Lot also inc. a Nigeria Railways Telegraph form cancelled Iddo Oct. 1927 and two "Urgent Train Message" forms dated 1925 & 1928 addressed to Mr. Colin Walker. (13 items)
Cross Reference: RAILWAY MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
