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Lot# 5249 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 5249 Niger Coast Protectorate

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    Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): '5/-' in violet on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, an unused example with Gibbons Type 12 handstamped surcharge, variety "Surcharge Vertical Reading Up", of fine colour and appearance, large part trivially aged og. An immensely rare stamp with just 4 stamps recorded, one housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. One of the most elusive of all British Colonial stamps. Signed A. Diena, Stanley Gibbons. Cert. BPA (1973) Gi = £ 45'000.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel E.H.R. Green, Harmer Rooke, New York, 13-18 Nov 1944, lot 1100; Collection Renato Mondolfo RDP.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 55,000 CHF