CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1

Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain Jubilee ½ d. vermilion, 2½ d. purple on blue, September 1893 ½ d. in red on diagonally bisected 1 d. lilac and horizontal pair of 'HALF / PENNY' surcharge in green on 2½ d. purple on blue used on registered 1894 cover to Freetown, Sierra Leone all tied by "OLD CALABAR RIVER" code A circular datestamps in black (April 12). Large 'R' at upper left in black with Freetown arrival (April 29) also on obverse of a spectacular provisional usage. Slight file fold away from the adhesives, a most attractive correctly rated cover.rnProvenance: Collection John Sacher, Spink, London, 12 Nov 2009, lot 491.