lagos - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 5179 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11884/86: ½ d. dull green and pair of 1 d. rose-carmine, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, used on 1898 cover to Hamburg endorsed "Lagos Franco 12gr.", in combination witrh Germany 1890 10 pf. bright carmine pair all tied by oval "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / LINIE / HAMBURG / WESTAFRIKA / XI" in violet (March 21), with Hamburg arrival (April 15) on reverse. A charming combination usage.rnProvenance: Collection John Sacher, Spink, London, 12 Nov 2009, lot 323. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5194 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11887/1902: Definitive values (7) unused, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, with 2 d., 4 d., 6 d., 1 s, 2 s. 6 d., 5 s. and 10 s. all with diagonal "Specimen" in ink manuscript, a fine selection, large part og. Elusive and extremely rare.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 8 July 2003, lot 763 for four: 2 d. - 1 s. values. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5158 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11874: 4 d. carmine and 6 d. blue-green, wmk. CC, perf. 12½, used on 1874 registered cover to Wolverhampton tied by two fine strikes of "LAGOS" code B datestamps (Dec 7) in black. Manuscript credit '5 / 2 = 7d.' in red at left and obscured "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR. PACKET" cds in red (Jan 8, 1875) and double arc "REGISTERED / LIVERPOOL" cds of the same day alongside. Reverse with Wolverhampton arrival cds (Jan 9) in black. A superbly attractive and rare cover.rnProvenance: Collection William C. Hinde; Collection R.B. Sanderson, RL, London, 17 April 1980. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5174 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11882: 3 d. chestnut and 1884 1 d. carmine, used on 1886 cover endorsed 'via Liverpool' to France each tied by barred obliterators with "LAGOS" code A cds (Oct 27) in black alongside. Manuscript "3d." credit in red at lower left and "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR.PACKET" cds in red (Nov 28) and Levallois-Perret arrival on reverse (Dec 1). The reverse also shows the return address: "Côte Occidentale d'Afrique, Kotonou, via Liverpool and Lagos". A scarce and fine cover. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5185 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11884/86: High Values 2 s. 6 d. olive-black, 5 s. blue and 10 s. brown-purple, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the set of three values overprinted SPECIMEN in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 425. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5189 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11884/86: 5 s. blue, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused Sperati Forgery in the charcteristic Prussian Blue shade, partial gum and signed diagonally on reverse "Jean de Sperati". Scarce, a fine reference example. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5153 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11874/75: The first issue set of six to 1 s. orange (16½ mm.) unused, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 12½, overprinted CANCELLED horizontally in black (Samuel Type D7) and the 1875 1 s. value overprinted Samuel Type D4, and applied to card from the De La Rue archives, all of good colour, some perforations trimmed, trivial aging but fine. Illustrated in "The De LA Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4509. An exceptional and rare set. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5169 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11882 (June): The set of four values unused, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, fresh and very fine, large part og. A remarkably scarce set: just 24'540 sets can exist (the printing figure for the 3 d. value), the catalogue values unusually not reflecting the amounts printed Gi = £ 450. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5148 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11874: De La Rue Master Die Proof with blank Duty Plate, printed in black on glazed white card (92 x 60 mm.) and struck with "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated "Mar. 25, 1874" in black. Illustrated in Ince & Sacher "The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region" on page 66. Slight soiling but extremely rare.rnNote: The Colonel Danson collection contained a (faulty) Die Proof dated on the same day endorsed "Penny Halfpenny" in pencil manuscript, Ince & Sacher believed this to be an erroneous date. According to Ince & Sacher just two dated Die Proofs are known.rnProvenance: Collection H.G. Porter.rnrn Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5164 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11875 (July): 1 s. orange, 16½ mm. Duty Plate, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 12½, a superb used example cancelled "LAGOS" code B datestamp (July 24, 1875) in first week of issue: Sacher and Ince record July 19th as the earliest date of use. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
