Collection to 1960s from Lagos 1874-75 QV Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ 1d, 4d & 6d and Perf 14 1d, 3d & 4d used, 1882 Crown CA Wmk set used, then predominantly mint including 1884-86 New Colours & Values to 1/- (the 4d unused & used), 1887-1902 QV Keyplates set plus 'ONE PENNY' Surcharge (both settings), 1904 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Wmk to 1/- and 1904-06 Multiple Crown CA set complete to 10/- plus extra 3d, 1/-, 2/6d x2 & 5/-, also Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints on Great Britain set, Niger Coast Protectorate 1894 both No Wmk sets plus 1897-98 Crown CA Wmk set, Northern Nigeria 1900 QV Keyplates to 1/- x2 each plus 2/6d, 1902 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Wmk set, 1905-07 Multiple Crown CA Wmk set, 1910-11 New Colours set, and 1912 KGV Keyplates set, Southern Nigeria 1901 QV set, 1903-04 KEVII Crown CA Wmk to 2/6d, 1904-09 MCA Wmk to 2/6d, and 1907-11 Script CA Wmk to 2/6d, then Nigeria 1921-32 KGV Keyplates Script CA Wmk set, 1936 KGV Pictorials set, 1938-51 KGVI Pictorials set ** and 1953-58 Pictorials set **, etc, condition of the earlies a little variable then increasingly fine to very fine, Cat £4300+.
(few 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3740
Symbol: */**#
Collection to late-1960s from Lagos 1874-75 QV Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ 1d unused, 4d * & 1/- both Types used and Perf 14 2d * and set plus extra 1/- used, 1882 Crown CA Wmk set (ex 3d) used, 1884-86 New Colours & Values set to 1/- used, 1887-1902 QV Keyplates range including 7½sd & 10d used, 1904 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Wmk 1/- used and Multiple Crown CA Wmk 10/- *, also Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints on Great Britain 1/- used, Niger Coast Protectorate 1894 on Oil Rivers Plates 1d, 5d & 1/- *, 1894 New Inscriptions set * and 1897 New Colours set * (10/- toned) plus a range of used with potential perf & postmark interest, Northern Nigeria 1905-07 KEVII Keyplates MCA 2/6d used, 1910-11 New Colours MCA 2½d, 2/6d, 5/- & 10/- used, and 1912 KGV Keyplates set * & set (ex 2d & 9d) used, Southern Nigeria 1904-09 KEVII MCA Wmk £1 green & violet *, 1907-11 New Colours set plus a few extra shades * and KGV set to 5/- used, then Nigeria 1914-29 KGV Keyplates MCA Wmk set (ex 2½d & 6d) * plus extras including 3d Thick Paper, 10/- & £1 Die II * & used range, 1921-32 KGV Keyplates Script CA Wmk 10/- Die II *, 1936 KGV Pictorials set (ex 1/- ) * plus 1½d Perf 12½x13½ used (and £1 with fake cancel), 1938-51 KGVI Pictorials set with extra shades & perfs */**, 1953-58 Pictorials set with shades & varieties */** plus in blocks of 4 **, 1965-66 Pictorials including 'FGN' overprints, also Biafra 1968 'SOVEREIGN' Overprints set ** the 6d with Double Overprint plus France Friendship overprints on ½d & 1d in blocks of 6 **, 1969 Anniversary M/S perf & imperf and 1969 Papal Visit M/S perf & imperf plus overprints, etc, condition of the earlies a little variable then increasingly fine to very fine, Cat £6250+.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,200.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3741
Symbol: F
NIGER COAST: 1894 'ONE/HALF PENNY' surcharge on QV 2½d blue, very well-centred, very fine 'OLD CALABAR' squared-circle cancel, small-part red cds also, Cat £250. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3742
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$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3743
Symbol: O/CL
NIGERIA: 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)
