

Niger Company Territories, 1897 (Nov 30): Registered cover to London franked Great Britain two pairs of 1 d. lilac and Jubilee ½ d. and 2 d. tied by violet framed BURUTU in sans-serif capitals, oval framed "REGISTERED LIVERPOOL" below, arrival backstamp (Dec 24). Fine and scarce cover. SG Z43+Z44+Z46 Provenance: Collection Glassco, RL, London Nov 1969, lot 1351.


NIGER COMPANY TERRITORIES: 1894 (Dec): Royal Niger Company printed linen-backed envelope to London showing fair strike of AKASSA oval handstamp, bearing 1883/84 2/6d. lilac with Jubilee 5 d. + 10 d. pair all placed upsidedown, cancelled "PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PACKET" cds, LONDON arrival backstamp (Jan 15). 5d. with small fault, envelope reduced at left. Rare high value franking for an 11oz letter.



NIGERIA - LAGOS: 1872 (May 6): Cover to Le Havre bearing fine strike of the rare Crown Circle "d / PAID AT LAGOS" index B, LAGOS cds and red circular framed PD alongside, manuscript " 1/1" indicating the amount of half charge per ½ oz due to GPO London. CALAIS entry (June 3) on front, PARIS transit and arrival cds's (June 4). Vertical filing crease at left clear of any cancel. A rare cover Gi = £ 4'000. Provenance: Collection John Sacher; Spink sale 16036, December 2016, lot 1338 Corinphila sale 309-320, November-December 2023, lot 1189.


NIGERIA - LAGOS: 1886 (MY 24) Envelope to Germany franked 1884-6 4d. pale violet (SG 24) tied by grill cancel, slightly overlapping, with Lagos dispatch and PAID / LIVERPOOL / PACKET cds in red (25 JUN), all alongside, Frankfurt arrival backstamp.


NIGERIA / LAGOS: 1904 (JA 15) pre-printed envelope "Kaiserlich Deutsches Konsulat Lagos" sent to Germany franked QV 1/2d + 1d + 6d cancelled PAQUEBOT PLYMOUTH cds's in transit, Bramstedt transit (18 1) and Wiemersdorf arrival bs's, fine.


NIGERIA LAGOS: 1873 (Feb) Blue envelope registered to England with S/L REGISTERED in red, stampless with blue POST OFFICE LAGOS WEST AFRICA OF NIGERIA dispatch, Tombstone PAID / LIVERPOOL SHIP datestamp and Registered Liverpool c.d.s. in red alongside, manuscript Accountancy 3 2/5 on obverse representing hald the Ship Letter rate of 6d. and Registration fee 4d., a few peripheral faults to envelope and manuscript annotations on reverse. Very scarce.


NIGERIA LAGOS: 1892 (July) envelope to USA franked Lagos 4d. dull mauve and black (SG 33) tied by barred oval handstamp, on reverse Lagos dispatch, London and New York opera glass transit and Richmond arrival backstamps, backflaps with small paper loss and non postal notation on obverse.


NIGERIA: 1893 (7/10) GB 1d postal stationery card ovpt. BRITISH PROTECTORATE/OIL RIVERS with illegible manuscript cancel sent from "Qua Iboe River" to Germany with red Paid/Liverpoo/ Br. Packet, Hamburg arrival (16 11), scarce origin.


NIGERIA: 1894 (MR 5) GB 1d red stationery card ovpt. BRITISH PROTECTORTE/OIL RIVERS sent locally with very fine QUA IBOE RIVER cds, with further strike below, Old Calabas MR 8 arrival backstamp. No message. V.scarce.


NIGERIA: 1896 (JA 16) GB 1d red stationery card ovpt. NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE cancelled CAABAR RIVER cds in red Type 1 code A, further strike below, addressed to London, commercial usage requesting photos. Transit PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR.PACKET 19 Feb cds alongside, fine and very scarce.


NIGERIA: LAGOS 1882 (SP 12) Envelope to France franked Lagos 4d. carmine tied by oval barred cancel LAGOS A cds and res PAID/LIVERPOOL/ BR. PACKET 24 oc 82 / 3A cds alongside, rated ‘3’ in red crayon. London and French transit backstamps, fine.


NIGERIA: NIGER COAST 1900 (AP 14) Registered envelope to Germany franked 1897 set of 7 values to 1s black tied by oval Registered Old Calabar datestamp, with red oval ‘R’ alongside oval London Registered 11 MY ds, alongside, Muhlhausen arrival backstamp, fine.


Nigeria: Niger Company Territories: Lokoja: 1/2d., 1d. and 21/2d. tied by two strikes of type 8 "LOKOJA/2 APR 1900/POST OFFICE" in violet to Niger Company envelope to London, showing May 5 arrival and "N.C. " red wax seals on reverse, minor cover faults. The last example of solely Great Britain adhesives used in Niger Territories. Ex. Sacher


NORTH BORNEO: 1892 (Aug 23): '1 CENT' on 8 c. stationery card uprated with 8 c. green sent registered to Berlin, cancelled by red SANDAKAN cds, registration handstamp top left numbered "37" in manuscript, arrival cds (Oct 3) bottom left, reverse with HONG KONG transit (Aug 29). Short message, a good clean example.

NORTH BORNEO: 1894 18c. Mount Kinabalu in unissued colour dark violet and black in printer’s sample miniature sheet of 9, unused, no gum, each stamp with small security punch hole and diagonally ovpt.in black WATERLOW & SONS LTD./ SPECIMEN, fine.

NORTH BORNEO: 1894 8c. Malaya dhow in unissued colour in printer’s sample miniature sheet of 9 in light brown and blue, unused, no gum, each with small security punch hole and diagonally ovpt. in black WATERLOW & SONS LTD./ SPECIMEN, fine and rare.


NORTH BORNEO: 1896 (5 MR) Registered uprated stationery card to the Netherlands with 1894 5c. black and vermilion cancelled light Sandakan c.d.s., additional 1c. on reverse 5c. with blunt perfs where overlapping, otherwise fine.

NORTH BORNEO: 1897-1902 proof sheetlet of nine 10c Sun Bear in unissued orange-brown and black, all punctured and ovpt. diagonal WATERLOW & SONS LTD/SPECIMEN, central stamp with thin, no gum as issued, central stamp with a thin.


NORTH BORNEO: 1901 (14 JAN) 8c. postal stationery card uprated 1900 4c. black and carmine tied by SANDAKAN c.d.s., further uprated Labuan 4 CENTS ON $1 tied by LABUAN 19 JAN c.d.s., sent to Singapore with arrival c.d.s. on front. Fine combination card.

NORTH BORNEO: 1909 10c. Wild boar in unissued colour green and black in printer’s sample miniature sheet of 9, each with small security punch hole and diagonally ovpt. in black WATERLOW & SONS LTD./ SPECIMEN, unused, no gum, (SG 170) fine.