Nigeria (Lagos)

Nigeria (Lagos) 1907 (SP 6) registered printed cover from Sapele (Southern Nigeria) to Banbury, Ackerman correspondence, franked at 3d. rate by 1904-06 1d. and d. tied by Registered/ Sapele oval with another fine strike at left, red manuscript endorsements “to be registered” , “per S.S. Falaba” and “Urgen(t)ly”, Plymouth registration label applied on arrival in England. Some slight faults, a desirable example of the continuing use of Lagos stamps, 19 months after Lagos had been incorporated into Southern Nigeria.

1907 (SP 6) registered printed cover from Sapele (Southern Nigeria) to Banbury, Ackerman correspondence, franked at 3d. rate by 1904-06 1d. and d. tied by Registered/ Sapele oval with another fine strike at left, red manuscript endorsements “to be registered” , “per S.S. Falaba” and “Urgen(t)ly”, Plymouth registration label applied on arrival in England. Some slight faults, a desirable example of the continuing use of Lagos stamps, 19 months after Lagos had been incorporated into Southern Nigeria.

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Covers and stamps / Lagos / Nigeria / Maritime / Registered mail