Lot# 5224 - Auction 284 - 290

Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'Half / Penny' in blue on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, a used example with Gibbons Type 7 handstamped surcharge in blue, lightly cancelled by datestamp in red. Unpriced in Stanley Gibbons in used condition, an extremely rare stamp with just 4 examples printed and one of the most elusive of all British Colonial stamps. Cert. RPSL (1984) Gi = £ 35'000 unused.rnProvenance: Collection G.M. Rossi, Warwick & Warwick, 8 June 2005, lot 446.