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+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3758
Symbol: */**
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) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3759
Symbol: *
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+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3760
Symbol: F
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. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3761
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 71s-74s
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) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3762
Symbol: O
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) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3763
Symbol: #NAME
Cat No: 9
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. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3764
Symbol: *
Cat No: 12b & 12ba
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) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3765
Symbol: O/CL
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) (Image1)
