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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 1148

x Niger Coast 1893 (Dec.) Provisionals "half/penny." S.G. Type 9 in violet: On 21/2d. purple on blue, unused with large part original gum; light diagonal crease otherwise fine. Very rare, only 22 examples were produced. B.P.A. Certificate (1985). S.G. 34, £5500 Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, March 1971

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