Niger Company Territories 1897 cover from Akassa to Freetown, SG54b France stamps 240 issued and a rare

240 issued and a rare find indeed as a mint block of nine

5 by 16 inches

3) with arrival datestamp alongside

produced by De La Rue for the proposed but subsequently abandoned issue with coloured corner letters

Niger Company Territories 1897 cover from Akassa to Freetown, SG54b France stamps 240 issued and a rareNiger Company Territories 1897 (22 Jul) cover from Akassa to Freetown, Sierra Leone, (with sender's name Handstamp 'J. Bubendorf' in violet on reverse)' exceptionally franked by NIGER COAST 1894 2d pale blue (perforations 13 14 = SG54b). Tied by a very fine strike of AKASSA SG type 5 datestamp in violet. Freetown arrival backstamp of 'AU 01 97'. A most attractive and very rare usage on cover of a Niger Coast stamp in the Niger Company Territories.