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;) | EBUTE METTA, Southern Nigeria postal history 1916 cover "per S.S. Apapa" to Orleans, France with Northern Nigeria KE7 2½d pmk'd EBUTE METTA AU 19 16 d/ring, b/stamped Lagos AU 19 and Orleans 12-9 16 transits. The Elder Dempster Line "Apapa" was torpedoed the following year off Anglesey by German submarine on 28 November 1917, 77 lives lost. £45 |
;) | BAKANA mailboat postmark on Niger Coast stamp purple straight line overstruck part PAQUEBOT (LIVERPOOL) SP 4 -- on Niger Coast 2½d, rounded corner perf. The S.S. Bakana was a ship of the British & Africa Steam Navigation Co., 2793 tonnes. Built 1894, lost 1913. £60 |