Group (19) of 1898 Niger COast 'CONSULAR' overprints on album pages, comprising locally handstamped ½d green, 2½d slate-blue (2), 6d brown, 2s6d olive-bistre (3, including horiz. pair) and Waterlow overprints 6d (3), 2s6d (4), and 10s (5), offered on original page showing vendor's annotation's on perfs and cancellations. Offered with 1895 certificate of registration at BONNY bearing GB 2s6d Consular Service, and fiscally used Nigeria postage stamps KGV 10s (SG 11c) block of ten on forestry document piece, and £1 purple/red (2, one of each die). A super lot, the early consular overprints extremely difficult to assemble. (Image)

1916-20 DLR Keyplate 6d blue & black, 1s grey-green and black, and 2s6d green, each cancelled with 'POLICE' perfin cancel and green crayon lines. 6d with diagonal crease and 2s6d damaged by overzealous perfin cancellation, still a desirable and rare trio, which we have not handled in either auction or retail departments in over 20 years. (Image)

1916 DLR Keyplate wmk MCA 5s purple on red, tied to small document piece by green crayon strokes and 'CALABAR' punch cancellation. Very fine for this keyplate rarity, with fresh original colour. (Image)