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Auction: 26012 - The Dr. Erick Reeber Collection, FRPSL
Lot: 1403

(x) Niger Coast Protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate
1893 (Dec.) Old Calabar Provisionals
"half/penny." Type 9
in violet: On 2½d. purple on blue, unused with large part original gum, fine. Very rare, only 22 examples produced. R.P.S. Certificate (1989). S.G. 34, £7,500. Photo

provenance:
Col. E.H.G. Green
"Isleham", Christie's Robson Lowe New York, March 1997, Lot 2239

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£700