niger coast protectorate - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 5244 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'One / Shilling' in violet on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, an unused example with Gibbons Type 11 handstamped surcharge, variety "Surcharge Vertical Reading Up" with the surcharge failing to print the 'ne' of 'One', of fresh vibrant colour and very fine but for insignificant corner perforation bend, superb large part og. Exceptionally rare. Cert. RPSL (1933) Gi = £ 7'000.rnProvenance: Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 14 March 1991, lot 189; Collection G.M. Rossi, Warwick & Warwick, 8 June 2005, lot 468.rn Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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 Lot 5223 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'Half / Penny' in vermilion on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused se-tenant vertical pair with Gibbons Type 7 handstamped surcharge in vermilion on first stamp with variety "Surcharge Inverted", lower stamp with Gibbons Type 6 handstamped surcharge 'HALF / PENNY' in vermilion, fresh and very fine, superb large part og. Merest trace of speckles from red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on large part og. with lower stamp unmounted og. An exceptionally rare and fine multiple. Signed Tommy Allen. Cert. RPSL (1939) Gi = £ 12'650++.rnProvenance: Collection George Boucher (1939); Stanley Gibbons, London, 24 June 1998, lot 0063. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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 Lot 5239 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in vermilion on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused example, with Gibbons Type 10 handstamped surcharge in vermilion, of fresh colour, two slightly blunted perforations mentioned for full accuracy only at right, tiny wrinkle and merest trace of speckles from red blotting paper utilised to store the stamps on large part og., which pale into insignificance when one considers that there were only 6 examples issued, one of which is housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A great rarity of British Colonial philately. Signed A. Diena. Cert. BPA (1973) Gi = £ 9'000.rnProvenance: Collection Renato Mondolfo RDP. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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Lot 5252 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2NO LOT Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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 Lot 5186 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain values overprinted by De La Rue, the set of six unused all handstamped "SPECIMEN" in black (GB Type 9), fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 300. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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 Lot 5202 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' surcharged in green on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, a single example used with July 1892 2 d. grey-green & carmine (2) on registered 1894 cover to Great Ormond Street, London, each stamp tied by bold "OLD CALABAR" squared circle datestamp (Nov 28) with oval "Registered / Old Calabar" datestamp at left. Liverpool transit (Jan 14, 1895) and reverse with London arrival of the same day. A scarce and most attractve cover.rnProvenance: Cavendish, Derby, 11-12 March 1994, lot 97. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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 Lot 5197 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENNY' in violet on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, a used example with handstamped surcharge, Gibbons Type 3 in violet, with characteristic defective 'F' in HALF, lightly cancelled by "Old Calabar River" cds in black. Scarce, just 120 stamps issued. Cert. BPA (1948) Gi = £ 375.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 20 Dec 1994, lot 1458. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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 Lot 5192 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain 1881 1 d. lilac overprinted by De La Rue, an unused block of thirty (6 x 5), marginal from base of sheet, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A scarce and attractive multiple Gi = £ 450+. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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 Lot 5208 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'HALF / PENN.Y' in vermilion on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, a used example with Gibbons Type 5 handstamped surcharge in vermilion, cancelled by "Forcados River" circular datestamp (Feb 1, 1894) in black. A scarce stamp. Cert. RPSL (1949) Gi = £ 225.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 20 Dec 1994, ex lot 1470. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
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 Lot 5187 - brit. colonies niger coast protectorate - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 2Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 (July 20): Great Britain values overprinted by De La Rue, the complete set of six values in unused matching horizontal pairs from top right corner of the sheet, all overprinted "CANCELLED" in black (Type GB 14), fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. A rare and most attractive set.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 March 1971, lot 1621. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2brit. colonies niger coast protectorate |
