lagos - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 5196 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11887/1902: Definitive set of twelve values unused , wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, with the set to 2 s. 6 d. in singles with additional 2½ d. with large letters of value, 6 d. and 1 s. shades (Gi 31a, 35a, 38a) and the high values 5 s. green & blue and 10 s. green & brown in blocks of four - the 5 s. a Control block, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. (15 items) Gi = £ 700+. 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 5159 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11874: De La Rue Imperforate Imprimatur for the 6 d. value in green on watermarked Crown CC ungummed paper, margins clear to good on thre sides, extremely rare.rnProvenance: Collection H.G. Porter; Collection Col. J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 March 1971, lot 1509.rn Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5175 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11882 (June): 4 d. carmine, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused example of good colour, slight corner gum loss, large parrt og. A scarcer stamp than catalogue value suggests Gi = £ 225. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5191 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11886: De La Rue Appendix sheet for printing the Lagos 1887 issue in doubly fugitive inks with Duty Plates in different coloured singly fugitive inks, with ½ d. dull mauve (6) annotated for proposed values: with HALF PENNY in green (½ d.), in orange (1 d.), in blue (2 d.), in brown ( 3 d.), in black (4 d.), in red-brown (6 d.); and ½ d. dull green (4) annotated for proposed values: in pale green (1 s.), in red (2 s. 6 d.), in blue (5 s.) and in brown (10 s.); signed off as approved in red (although this turned out not to be the case). Reassembled from the original sheet dated August 28, 1886; illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4514. Unique and splendid group.rnProvenance: Collection L. du P. Chiappini; Collection David Springbett. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5170 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11882 (June): 1 d. lilac-mauve, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused block of four, corner marginal from upper left of sheet, with Plate Number "1" in margin, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 200+. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5186 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11884/86: 2 s. 6 d. olive-black, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused example with rounded corner perf. and fine, large part og. (just 900 issued), matched with a fine unused example overprinted SPECIMEN in black, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 350++. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5154 - 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, with additional 3 d. red-brown, all of good colour, generally well centred, somewhat typical erratic perforations, the 6 d. with some tone spots, the rare 1 s. orange very fine, part og. or large part og. A scarce set Gi = £ 1'000+. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5165 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11876/79: Watermark Crown CC, perf. 14, the small unused group of the issue with 1 d. lilac-mauve (2 in differing shades), 2 d. blue single and block of four, 3 d. red-brown (2) or chestnut (signed Senf), 6 d. green (2), largely fine and fresh examples, part or large part og. A scarce group Gi = £ 1'150+. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
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 Lot 5181 - brit. colonies lagos - Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 11884/86: 2 d. grey, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused horizontal strip of six from the top left corner of the sheet with Plate and Serial Number "1" in margin, central fold in between the stamps, of fine fresh colour, superb large part og. with four stamps unmounted og. A scarce and delightful multiple Gi = £ 600+. Corinphila Auction AG CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1brit. colonies lagos |
