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lot # 5224 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate

Monday May 30, 2022 09:00 Europe/Zurich

Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'Half / Penny' in blue on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, a used example with Gibbons Type 7 handstamped surcharge in blue, lightly cancelled by datestamp in red. Unpriced in Stanley Gibbons in used condition, an extremely rare stamp with just 4 examples printed and one of the most elusive of all British Colonial stamps. Cert. RPSL (1984) Gi = £ 35'000 unused.rnProvenance: Collection G.M. Rossi, Warwick & Warwick, 8 June 2005, lot 446.

Catalogue 287: British West Africa – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part I)

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