Lot 141
Group (19) of 1898 Niger COast...






British Commonwealth Revenues: The Michael Medlicott FRPSL Collection | 5939
Auction: 26 October 2022 at 01:00 BST
£900
Description
Group (19) of 1898 Niger COast 'CONSULAR' overprints on album pages, comprising locally handstamped ½d green, 2½d slate-blue (2), 6d brown, 2s6d olive-bistre (3, including horiz. pair) and Waterlow overprints 6d (3), 2s6d (4), and 10s (5), offered on original page showing vendor's annotation's on perfs and cancellations. Offered with 1895 certificate of registration at BONNY bearing GB 2s6d Consular Service, and fiscally used Nigeria postage stamps KGV 10s (SG 11c) block of ten on forestry document piece, and £1 purple/red (2, one of each die). A super lot, the early consular overprints extremely difficult to assemble.






