OTHER BRITISH AFRICA / FOREIGN AFRICA
Mauritius to Nigeria
NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE
AA6929
NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE / Postal History 1899 4th January, envelope bearing QV 2½d slate-blue (SG 69), twice cancelled with violet 'OPOBO RIVER' sc datestamps, addressed to Austria and paying the non Empire rate to UPU contries. Endorsed at top 'Per 'Benin' S.S' and struck with red Liverpool Packet (2 FE) and then arrival backstamp (5 / 2). Most attractive.
£185