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Lot# 5261 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 5261 Niger Coast Protectorate

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    Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'Half / Penny' in vermilion on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused example with Gibbons Type 8 handstamped surcharge in vermilion, fresh and very fine with merest trace of speckles from red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on part og. and tiny corner perf. imperfection at lower right; nevertheless a very rare stamp Gi = £ 550.rnProvenance: Collection William Frazer, Spink, London, 25 March 2004, lot 605.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF