55th AUCTION - Day 4

Biafra: 1968, "SOVEREIGN BIAFRA" overprints, extraordinary mint balance of apprx

Biafra

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1968, "SOVEREIGN BIAFRA" overprints, extraordinary mint balance of apprx. 276 stamps of all denominations, comprising three complete sets plus plenty of further material (17x½d., 11x1d., 11x1½d., 10x2d., 13x4d., 14x6d., 14x9d., 7x1s.3d., 14x2s.6d., 12x5s., 9x10s., 11x£1), also several specialities like 90 stamps ½d. and 1d. with differing, smaller surcharge "SOVEREIGN BIAFRA / BIAFRA-FRANCE FREINDSHIP 1968" (and two of them double/one inverted), two stamps ½d. showing a larger, thicker surcharge than issued, and 1s.3d.+2s.6d. each with missing red surcharge (SG 12b, 13b). Some stamps are showing some gum irregularities which is rather normal for that issue since remainders of postage stamps have been used (to be seen at a fixed vertical strip of the 2d. value with distinctive paper folds), and not necessarily a fault in the common sense. This issue is quite rarely offered, especially in that quantity. Derives from the estate of a "Big Oil" manager who worked in Nigeria.

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Condition: ** (mint never hinged)/* (mint hinged)

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Catalog number(s): 4/16