3213

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers: Great Britain 21/2d. purple on blue, tied to piece by two fine ''OPOBO RIVER/C/JA 10/93'' c.d.s.'s. S.G. Z31, cat. £300. Photo.

Price Realised £300

3214

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: Mainly mint duplicated selection incl. sets to 1s. (4) mint, handstamped ''SPECIMEN'' (odd tone), 1d. strip and pair (used) both showing frame break, multiples with 1/2d., 1d., 2d. and 21/2d. (2) blocks of four, 1d. and 5d. blocks of six, 21/2d. block of twenty, Old Calabar Provisional 1/2d. on half 1d. unsevered pair (crease), etc., most good to fine. (117)

Price Realised £380

3215

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: An extensive mint and used study of type varieties with vertical column characteristic types and individual flaws, incl. set to 1s. mint with 2d. (17), and set to 1s. (5) used with some multiples incl. blocks of four and 2d. c.t.o. block of eight, mainly good to fine. (110)

Price Realised £400

3216

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: Cancellations: A selection on Oil Rivers issues, arranged by office on leaves, comprising 1/2d. (20, incl. a block of four), 1d. (23, incl. two blocks of four), 2d. (7), 21/2d. (30, incl. a block of four and a strip), 5d. (10), 1s. (4), incl. Bakana, Bonny River, Brass River, Warri, etc., poor to fine. (94)

Price Realised £160

3217

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: A selection of marginal items comprising control E 1/2d. corner block of eight, control K corner pair (minor tones), control N 1d. corner pair, mint, 1d. mint block ofnine and corner block of four showing continuous marginal rule, 1d. c.t.o. block of four with dry ink interruption in rule, 2d. mint corner blocks of four (trimmed) and six, 5d. c.t.o. vertical strip with continuous and interrupted rules, 21/2d. mint pair without rule, mostly fine. (10 items)

Price Realised £380

3218

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: 1/2d. to 1s. set handstamped ''SPECIMEN'' (Samuel type GB9), mainly fine with gum. (6) S.G. 1-6, cat. £275. Photo.

Price Realised £160

3219

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: Trial Cancellations: 1/2d. with ''SPECIMEN'' handstamp obscured by rough three bar obliteration, 1d. (2) both with band of parallelograms, 2d. vertical pair with part heavy ''ovals'' in black, scarce. (5)

Price Realised £120

3220

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: 1/2d., a complete mint sheet without control, severed down the centre, mainly fine unmounted mint, believed ex H.G. Porter, also mint and used singles showing type flaws. (122) S.G. 1, cat. £1,339+.

Price Realised £220

3221

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: 1d., a complete mint sheet with control N, severed down the centre, mainly fine unmounted mint, with slight adhesions, believed ex H.G. Porter. (120) S.G. 2, cat. £780+.

Price Realised £170

3222

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: 2d. vertical bisect, used with Provisional issue 1d. dull blue diagonal bisect and 2d. vertical bisect on cover to Liverpool, well tied by Bonny code A ''SP 11/94'' squared circles with red ''PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET/25 OC 94/6-C'' c.d.s. below, odd trivial tone spot, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 2b, 46ba, 47b. Photo.

Price Realised £1000

3223

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: 2d., a complete mint sheet severed down the centre, some minor creasing and adhesions, otherwise mainly fine unmounted mint. Believed ex H.G. Porter, (120) S.G. 3, cat. £2,880+.

Price Realised £580

3224

Sale number: 28

Nigeria: Niger Coast Protectorate: Oil Rivers 1892-94 Overprints: 1s. block of four, marginal from the right of the sheet, c.t.o., very trivial scuff in upper margin, otherwise fine. S.G. 6, cat. £300+. Photo.

Price Realised £140