NIGERIA continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1221 |
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 1952 DIE PROOF OF QUEENS HEAD: Printed in purple as used in 1953-58 definitives. On thick paper, with signature and manuscript
"2/7/52" alongside and embossed "19759" at top. Also has 2 extraneous drops of blackish ink. Sold in 2018 for £520 + commission. (Image)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £440.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1222 |
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 QEII 1957 2d GREY IMPERF. BLOCK OF SIX: With engine turned marginal design marked in ink "Colour not approved 9/1/57" with the word
"not" being crossed out. Each stamp with a small punch hole. (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1223 |
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 1953 1½d, 2d GREY, 3d & 4d WATERLOW SAMPLES: Unmounted mint as issued but with a small punch hole in each stamp. (4) (Image)
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Starting at £ 32
SOLD for £60.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1224 |
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 1969 GEN. GOWON STATE WEDDING PROOFS: Group of 7 stamp-size colour proofs comprising 4 colour options in the issued 4d design and 3
in an alternative design for the 4d & 1/6d, one with printed header of the Nigerian Security Printing & Minting Co., Ltd. Each proof mounted on white card. (7 proofs) (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1225 |
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 ACCUMULATION OF MOSTLY MODERN MINT COMMEMORATIVES: Large red binder holding a much duplicated accumulation of mostly commemorative
issues up to 2021. A few earlier inc. 1935 SJ & 1948 RSW, but mostly modern QEII sets with many multiples. (few 1,000s) (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1226 |
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 1961 FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE 4d VALUE: Stamp-size imperf. colour proof mounted on Harrison & Sons cream card (bottom half
trimmed off) in issued design & colours. SG 107. (Image)
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Starting at £ 48
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1227 |
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 1969 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION: Hand-painted designs for the 4d & 1/6d designs as issues. Each card 149mm x 88mm. (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1228 |
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 1984 RARE BIRDS: Hand-painted designs for the 30k and 45k as issued (SG 486/487). Designers name & address written on back of card.
Size with frame c.184mm x 277mm. Great bird thematic. (2 items)Cross Reference: BIRDS (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1229 |
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 1986 'OIL PALM FRUIT' PROOFS: Two imperf. stamp-size colour proofs of the 1986 10k Oil Palm Fruit definitive, mounted on grey card.
Annotations by the Director of Postal Services requesting minor changes to the design. (2 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1230 |
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 1980 ECOWAS ISSUE PROOFS: Stamp-size imperf. colour proofs of the 30k & 45k values in the issued designs & colours. Mounted on grey
cards which have been cut down and have lost the signature and annotations of the Director of Posts & Telegraphs. (2 proofs) (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1231 |
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 TRIO OF 1970s/90s COLOUR PROOFS: Group comprising stamp-size imperf. colour proofs in issued designs & colours for the 1973 30k
Teaching Hospital (SG 320) and the 1991 30k Guinea worm eradication issues (SG 606). Both on card with the bottom half of the card having been cut off. Also, stamp-size imperf. colour proof in issued design of the Atlanta '96 Football issue. Mounted
on white card with on the back manuscript "Approved subject to making the picture brighter...mgr (phil) 2/7/96". (3 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1232 |
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 1960s PROOFS SELECTION: Imperf. stamp-size proofs in the issued designs & colours mounted on cards headed "The Nigerian Security
Printing & Minting Co, Ltd" for the 1969 I.L.O. 4d value (SG 235) and the 1969 African Development Bank 1/6d value (SG 234). Also, 1961 2/6d Central Bank definitive imperf. proof in issued design & colour mounted on complete Harrison & Sons cream
card and 1961 6d Benin mask definitive (damaged) mounted on Harrison & Sons cream card. NB All 4 items suffer from tropicalization and soiling, sellotape marks, etc. (4 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1233 |
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 1943-99 AEROGRAMMES: Huge collection of used and unused aerogrammes housed in 4 binders. Includes WWII air letters printed in West
Africa and later formula types. Much duplication of the used material. (many 100s) (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1234 |
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 STERLING PERIOD AEROGRAMMES: The 2021 Gold Medal winning exhibit on 40 A3 sheets which formed the basis of Ray Harris' monograph
published in 2016 by the West Africa Study Circle. Covering the period 1948-72, the display includes both internal & external aerogrammes, noting printer's paper samples and printing varieties. Various proofs, essays and errors in evidence, the
latter inc. used & unused missing Ifo bronze on 1953 6d aerogramme (only 2 mint examples known), etc. Some extremely scarce items inc. wmk varieties, earliest known usage, etc. Of particular note, the 1961 Oyo Carver photographic proof, 3d blue stamp
proof (3 known in private hands) and 1966 6d Benin mask proof (2 known), etc. A superb display. (Qty) (Image)
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Starting at £ 800
SOLD for £850.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1235 |
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 MILITARY & CIVILIAN AIR LETTERS & AEROGRAMMES, 1941-60: A superb display on 26 A3 size sheets, very much complementing the previous
lot. A fine range of mostly used aerogrammes. Well typed up with much background information. (c.72 covers) (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1236 |
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 QEII INTERNAL AEROGRAMME PROOFS: Three proofs of the 4d 'Leopard' aerogramme, one with green indicium numbered 157, another in green
numbered 165 and one with red indicium numbered 165. (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1237 |
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 BENIN MASK AEROGRAMME PROOF: Proof, in red, of the indicium of the 6d Benin mask aerogramme printed on blue paper with guidelines
visible at the middle of each side of the image. Annotated & dated, ms "Approved", and "Director of Posts, P & T Hdqtrs, G.P.O., Lagos" hs.
(Image)
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Starting at £ 48
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1238 |
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 5k GREEN 'CATTLE RANCHING' AEROGRAMME PROOF: Numbered "125" in red biro and also numbered "93" on the tab in blue ink. Also an
unused formula aerogramme branded Aeroform-Airline on blue paper with printed text "Form approved by the Ministry of Communications, Lagos".
(Image)
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Starting at £ 48
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1239 |
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 1969 'PARROTS' AEROGRAMME ERROR WITH IMAGE OF STAMP OMITTED: Red indicium omitted giving the appearance of a formula aerogramme.
Confirmation of the printing error appears in the text of a 'normal' aerogramme written on the same day. No charge was raised. Bird thematic interest? (2 covers)Cross Reference: ERRORS (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
| 1240 |
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 1957 6d 'IFE BRONZE' AEROGRAMME INDICIUM ERROR: Commercially used aerogramme to UK and printed with vignette shifted upwards by 22mm
so that half of the head falls outside the frame of the indicium. The date slug is also inverted to read "1985" instead of "1958". A spectacular error. Cross Reference: ERRORS (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Nov-06, 04:00 AM |
