NIGER COMP. TERRS 1898 Cover to London with type 6 Burutu seriffed handstamp

Stock Code: P223014592

1898 (9 DEC) stampless cover from an officer of the West Africa Frontier Force in the northern Borgu province to London, endorsed "No stamps procurable, on special service / F.H. Howe / W.A.F.F.", with fine strike of type 6 "BURUTU" boxed ds (seriffed caps) in violet, applied in transit. Charged postage due on arrival with superb "2d" fancy tax handstamp (m/s "½" added alongside) at lower left, and backstamped at Liverpool (DE 31) and London (JA 2 99). A superb and rare cover.

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