Niger Company Territories / Akassa 1899: Great Britain 1887 Jubilee 6 d. deep purple on red, a vertical pair used on 1889 cover addressed to Sir James Marshall (the former Chief Judge of the Gold Coast) in London, tied by oval framed "+ THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY CHARTERED LIMITED + / AKASSA" in violet (Sacher Type 1) and manuscript dated '2/6/89'. Circular 'Paid / Liverpool / Br. Packet' cds (July 12) in red and the adhesives ffurther cancelled on arrival in Liverpool with '466' obliterators in black. The sole recorded usage of this marking with manuscript date cancelling adhesives on letter. An exceptional and famous cover.
Provenance: Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 March 1971, lot 1557; Collection John Sacher, Spink, London, 12 Nov 2009, lot 353.