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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 1168

Niger Coast Protectorate
The "Dunrovin" Collection
1894 (May - Oct.) Opobo Provisionals
"1" (12mm.) on half 2d. (180 whole stamps surcharged). June-Oct.
Left half with variety surcharge double, tied by light Opobo River c.d.s. on large part 1894 (15 Nov.) envelope registered to Essex, showing Liverpool, London and arrival datestamps; the envelope with other stamps cut away at top and with central vertical crease. Believed to be unique on cover. S.G. 59a, £1200. Photo

provenance:
W.H. Crocker, April 1938
Dale Lichtenstein, March 1991

Estimate
£800 to £1,000