Lot# 5280 - Auction 298-307
Auction 298-307
-> The BESANÇON Collection (part II) – British West Africa
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Lot# : 5280 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 strip of three marginal from right of sheet with Gibbons Type 11 handstamped surcharge Type A from the Trial Sheet, first and third stamps surcharged in violet and central stamp surcharged in vermilion with variety "Surcharge Diagonal Reading Down", fresh vibrant colour and superb large part og. A magnificent and rare multiple (just one other strip known, ex Danson lot 1728) in wonderful quality. Cert. BPA (1956) Gi = £ 10'000++.1 / 1Starting bid : 5,000 CHFHammer price : 17,000 CHF -
