Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2

Niger Company Territories / Lokoja 1900: Great Britain 1887 Jubilee ½ d. vermilion, six examples used on 1900 registered double rate cover front to London, tied by three strikes of oval "LOKOJA / POST OFFICE" despatch (Sacher Type 13, SG Type 8) in violet (March 15); with London registered arrival below (April 17) in red. A rare late usage of British stamps in the Niger Company Territories with the latest date recorded being April 2, 1900. File fold at left but a most attractive franking.rnProvenance: Collection W.H. Pilkington (1954); Spink, London, 26-27 Oct 2005, lot 1853.