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Lot 3763


SG
9
NORTHERN NIGERIA: 1900 QV Keyplates Crown CA Wmk 10/- green & ...more
NORTHERN NIGERIA: 1900 QV Keyplates Crown CA Wmk 10/- green & brown
SG 9 tied to small piece by indistinct light but clearly dated 'MR
21/1902' cds cancel, three guarantee handstamps on reverse, Cat
£1000
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Lot 3764


SG
12b

1914-29 KGV Multiple Crown CA Watermark £1 deep purple & ...more
1914-29 KGV Multiple Crown CA Watermark £1 deep purple & black/red
Die II and £1 purple & black/red Die II SG 12b & 12ba, both
well-centred & lightly mounted, Cat £500. (2)
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Lot 3761


SG
71s-74s


NIGER COAST: 1897-98 QV Crown CA Wmk 6d brown, 2/6d bistre & ...more
NIGER COAST: 1897-98 QV Crown CA Wmk 6d brown, 2/6d bistre & 10/-
violet with 'SPECIMEN' overprints set SG 71s-74s, very lightly
mounted if at all, the 10/- apparently unmounted, Cat £275+ for
mounted. (3)
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Lot 3758
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Selection of KEVII-QEII issues mint on hagners with Northern
Nigeria ...more Selection of KEVII-QEII issues mint on hagners with Northern Nigeria 1905 to 2/6d; KGVI 1938 Pictorials set mint with duplicates including 5/- x3, QEII 1953 Pictorials set x3; also Cameroons Territory 1960 Oveprints to £1 blocks of four **, some 1980s M/Ss, and Biaffra, Cat $1700+. (few 100)
Nigeria ...more Selection of KEVII-QEII issues mint on hagners with Northern Nigeria 1905 to 2/6d; KGVI 1938 Pictorials set mint with duplicates including 5/- x3, QEII 1953 Pictorials set x3; also Cameroons Territory 1960 Oveprints to £1 blocks of four **, some 1980s M/Ss, and Biaffra, Cat $1700+. (few 100)
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Lot 3757
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Mint collection comprising Oil Rivers 1892 'PROTECTORATE'
overprints ...more Mint collection comprising Oil Rivers 1892 'PROTECTORATE' overprints on Great Britain set, Niger Coast 1894-98 QV reasonably complete including extra shades noted Crown CA Wmk 10/- violet x3, Northern Nigeria resonably complete including QV 10/- x2 plus QV 'SPECIMEN' overprints set (ex 10/-), Southern Nigeria 1901 QV set plus 'SPECIMEN' overprints, 1903-04 KEVII Crown CA Wmk set, 1904-09 MCA Wmk simplified set plus extras including 5/- Head Type B & Chalk-Surfaced Paper 10/- and 1907-11 New Colours set plus 1912 KGV set, etc, then Crown Colony 1914-29 KGV Keyplates MCA Wmk set (ex 2½d) with extra dies, shades & papers including 10/- & £1 x4 each plus 'SPECIMEN' overprints set including coloured backs, 1921-32 Script CA Wmk set with extras including Die I 2/6d, 5/- & 10/-, and 1936 KGV Pictorials set including Perf 12½x13½ 1½d & 3d plus 'SPECIMEN' horseshoe punctures, a few with minor blemishes and/or aging marks but generally fine to very fine, Cat £8800+. (250+)
overprints ...more Mint collection comprising Oil Rivers 1892 'PROTECTORATE' overprints on Great Britain set, Niger Coast 1894-98 QV reasonably complete including extra shades noted Crown CA Wmk 10/- violet x3, Northern Nigeria resonably complete including QV 10/- x2 plus QV 'SPECIMEN' overprints set (ex 10/-), Southern Nigeria 1901 QV set plus 'SPECIMEN' overprints, 1903-04 KEVII Crown CA Wmk set, 1904-09 MCA Wmk simplified set plus extras including 5/- Head Type B & Chalk-Surfaced Paper 10/- and 1907-11 New Colours set plus 1912 KGV set, etc, then Crown Colony 1914-29 KGV Keyplates MCA Wmk set (ex 2½d) with extra dies, shades & papers including 10/- & £1 x4 each plus 'SPECIMEN' overprints set including coloured backs, 1921-32 Script CA Wmk set with extras including Die I 2/6d, 5/- & 10/-, and 1936 KGV Pictorials set including Perf 12½x13½ 1½d & 3d plus 'SPECIMEN' horseshoe punctures, a few with minor blemishes and/or aging marks but generally fine to very fine, Cat £8800+. (250+)
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Lot 3759
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LAGOS: Mint selection from 1874-75 QV Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ ...more
LAGOS: Mint selection from 1874-75 QV Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ 1d
violet, 6d green & 1/- orange and 1876-79 Perf 14 1d violet, 2d
blue & 3d chestnut, also including 1882 Crown CA Wmk 1d violet, 3d
chestnut & 4d carmine, 1884-86 New Colours & Values 10/-
purple-brown (two small gum thins) plus 'SPECIMEN' overprint,
1887-1902 set plus extras including shades and 5/- & 10/-, also
10/- 'SPECIMEN' overprint and 2½d blue block of 12 (6x2) from the
top of the sheet with Plate Number & Control Number the upper-left
unit with Larger Letters of Value, and KEVII range including Crown
CA Wmk 5/ & 10/- plus 10/- 'SPECIMEN' overprint and MCA Wmk
Ordinary Paper 5/- & 10/- and Chalk-Surfaced Paper 10/-, a few with
minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat £4500+. (80+)
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Lot 3765
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1990s Rock Bridge 50n postal forgeries in a bewildering array ...more
1990s Rock Bridge 50n postal forgeries in a bewildering array of
shades x84 many on-piece & further examples on covers to USA x2 or
Australia x8 (one with 'AUSTRALIAN/PROTECTIVE SERVICE/
03DEC1997/ADELAIDE/MAIL SCANNED' datestamp), a few more with
different designs, cover with bogus Lagos meter, also implicated
covers with genuine stamps of Nigeria or Togo (to America). The
best lot we have seen of the infamous Nigerian Scam stamps. (100
approx items)
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Lot 3760



NIGER COAST: 1894 'ONE/HALF PENNY' surcharge on QV 2½d blue, ...more
NIGER COAST: 1894 'ONE/HALF PENNY' surcharge on QV 2½d blue, very
well-centred, light but largely very fine central 'OLD CALABAR'
Squared Circle cancel, small-part red cds also, Cat £250
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Lot 3762
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NIGER COAST: Revenues 1897-98 QV Crown CA Wmk postage stamps ...more
NIGER COAST: Revenues 1897-98 QV Crown CA Wmk postage stamps with
'CONSULAR' handstamp in red on 1/- black and 'CONSULAR' overprints
in red on ½d green, 6d brown, 1/- black pair, 2/6d bistre & 10/-
violet, each with partial British Consulate cancels, the ½d with a
couple of aged perf tips otherwise very fine, Barefoot (2012) Cat
£420. (7)
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