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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 1115

Niger Coast Protectorate
The "Dunrovin" Collection
1894 (Jan.) Issue with "oil rivers" obliterated and "niger coast" in top margin
Issued Stamps
5d. grey-lilac, 1st printing, a complete mint sheet (8x6) with blue crayon "129" sheet number at top right, all perf 13½-14, R6/1-4 in a different shade due to defective ink mixing; some perf re-enforcement, two with small stain and a thin in the selvedge at right, otherwise fine mint. Unique S.G. 49b, £860+

provenance:
Col. J.R. Danson, March 1971

Sold for
£500