NIGER COAST 1893 'HALF PENNY.' on 2½d purple/blue, SG13

NIGER COAST 1893 'HALF PENNY.' on 2½d purple/blue, SG13Niger Coast 1893 (Dec) "HALF PENNY." on 2d purple blue, type 4 surcharge in carmine, Old Calabar provisional, tied to piece by 'OLD CALABAR RIVER' circular date stamp, dated "MR 16 94", SG13. A very fine used example. Very Scarce. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 475. The main post office of Niger Coast Protectorate was established at Old Calabar in November 1891. Initially, British postage stamps were used. In July 1892, they were overprinted with

SG29var Pl23 ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE >

just three days after this magazine was published

The Penny Black was the world’s first adhesive postage stamp and marked the beginning of a communications revolution that changed the world

block of 4 from R5/6/9-10

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Very fine unused example with large part original gum

For many of us

These stamps of Great Britain were overprinted by Army Printing Services in Cairo for use in territory occupied by British Forces in Eritrea

Only one sheet existed

These types of markers weren’t invented until the mid-1960s

Ceylon 1857-59 1s

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