Lot 66086 – Old Calabar River: 1895 (Apr 17) envelope to England, endorsed on reverse “The state of this letter is owing to the upsetting of canoe”

Old Calabar River: 1895 (Apr 17) envelope to England, endorsed on reverse “The state of this letter is owing to the upsetting of canoe – / A G Griffith / Acting Vice Consul / Old Calabar” and naturally stained on the reverse as a consequence, franked with 1894 (May) 2 1/2d tied by Old Calabar River code A cds, Liverpool transit and London arrival, a most unusual “crash” cover.