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Lot# 5254 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 5254 Niger Coast Protectorate

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    Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'Half / Penny' in violet on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, an unused horizontal pair with Gibbons Type 7 handstamped surcharge in violet, first stamp showing variety "Surcharge Vertical Reading Down", both with lower bars omitted, typical speckles from red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on large part og. Just 120 stamps printed, a wonderful and extremely rare multiple. Cert. BPA (1985) Gi = £ 8'000++.rnProvenance: Collection Rossi, Warwick & Warwick, Coventry, 8 June 2005, lot 426.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,500 CHF