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Auction: 26012 - The Dr. Erick Reeber Collection, FRPSL
Lot: 1410

(x) Niger Coast Protectorate
Oil Rivers Protectorate

1893 (Dec.) Old Calabar Provisionals
"One/Shilling"
in black: On 2d. grey-green and carmine, Type A, unused with large part original gum, fine. Very rare, only 12 examples produced. R.P.S. Certificate (1959). S.G. 39, £12,000. Photo

provenance:
H.G. Porter, Robson Lowe, February 1956, Lot 342
Col. J.R. Danson, Robson Lowe, March 1971, Lot 1742

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

Estimate
£2,500 to £3,500

Starting price
£1700