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  • Lot# : 5242 Niger Coast Protectorate

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    Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'One / Shilling' in violet on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, an unused horizontal se-tenant pair with Gibbons Type 11 handstamped surcharge Type A from the Trial Sheet, first stamp surcharged in violet, right hand stamp surcharged in vermilion, of fine fresh colour and superb large part og. A very rare and attractive multiple. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. RPSL (1954) Gi = 1'275++.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel E.H.R. Green, Harmer Rooke, New York, 13-18 Nov 1944, lot 1093; Collection R.C.Agabeg; Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 May 1971, lot 1725.                      rn 
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,800 CHF