Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1883: Postal Stationery, 1½ d. red-brown, used reply card (message part), from Lagos to London, dated 10 July 1883, cancelled by upright barred oval in black, with "LAGOS" single circle datestamp alongside also in black, redirected to Hitchin (Hertfordshire), minor soiling and small rub to reverse at right side of base, otherwise fine and rare; earliest recorded example.
Reference: The Postal Stationery of Nigeria, by Peter Hørlyck, illustrated on pg. 9.