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Lot# 5269 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 5269 Niger Coast Protectorate

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    Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in blue on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused se-tenant horizontal pair with first stamp with Gibbons Type 9 handstamped surcharge in blue and right hand stamp surcharged Type 8 in vermilion, fresh colour and very fine with merest trace of speckles from red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on large part og. Just 120 stamps issued with surcharge in blue. A splendid and rare pair. Ex Tommy Allen. Cert. BPA (1931) Gi = £ 975++.rnProvenance: Collection Alfred W. Bates (1931).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF