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

AEROGRAMME 1953: Ife Bronze 6 d. dark-grey & orange-brown, variety "Vignette Missing", used, from Ikot Ekpene to Harrogate, England, dated 25 September 1953, small part of vignette visible at base, inner part missing (consists of front and back), opening tears around edges, nonetheless an eye catching. Rare; one of three recorded and the only used example.
Reference: The Postal Stationery of Nigeria, by Peter Hørlyck, illustrated on pg. 119