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Auction: 6027 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1320

Niger Coast Protectorate Oil Rivers Protectorate 1894 (1 Jan.) Issue with "OIL RIVERS" Obliterated and with "NIGER COAST" in top margin — 1/- progressive in black showing much of the design around the portrait incomplete and with outlines of scroll work and value at right only, uncleared framelines, etc., on surfaced wove paper (90x145mm.) with embossed die number in reverse at top. Very rare. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200

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£700