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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 1297

Northern Nigeria
1904 (Apr.) £25 green and carmine, handstamped "specimen" (Samuel D9) in violet and affixed to portion of De La Rue day book page, fine colours and well-centred. Unique in private hands and a brilliant showpiece. One of the outstanding items of 20th Century British Empire philately. Friedl Certificate (1980) and initialled in pencil by Herbert Bloch at the lower right corner of the piece. Photo

provenance:
De La Rue Archives, Robson Lowe Ltd., December 1978

Estimate
£50,000 to £55,000