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Auction: 25013 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXI
Lot: 1186

(x) Niger Coast
Oil Rivers Protectorate
1893 (December)
5/- on 2d. grey-green and carmine, surcharged Type 12 in violet, a lower-left corner marginal example; small remnant of red ink offset on the reverse otherwise superb and fresh mint. very rare with just twenty-eight examples surcharged. Diena (1973) and B.P.A. Certificates (1973). S.G. 40, £10,000

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£5200