OTHER BRITISH AFRICA / FOREIGN AFRICA
Mauritius to Nigeria
NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE
AM936
NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE 1894 QV 1st issue with 'OIL RIVERS’ obliterated and 'NIGER COAST' added in top margin. ½d vermilion, perf 13½-14 in a COMPLETE SHEET OF 60 with margins all round (missing above two stamps at upper right) with evidence of sheet number in blue manuscript. Some splitting and reinforcing, the majority of stamps superb fresh unmounted mint. Scarce. SG 45a
£375