Lot 292 Nigeria SG#224, 276 4d & 3/- Multicoloured Leopards and Road Junction, 1965-1972 Wildlife Definitive Issue & Nigeria Drives Right Issue, A VF 1972 4/5d Registered Airmail Cover to USA On 9d Registered Envelope, Ikoy Registered Boxed Handstamp

A VF 1972 4/5d registered airmail cover to Usa of the 4d & 3/- multicoloured Leopards and Road Junction from the 1965-1972 Wildlife Definitive Issue & Nigeria Drives Right Issue, on 9d registered envelope, Ikoy registered boxed handstamp This 9d registered envelope was sent from Ikoy in Lagos, on July 13, 1972, and is franked with two 4d NSP&M Leopards and 3/- Nigeria Drives Right to make up the 4/5d postage. There is a nice boxed registered handstamp for the Ikoy post office on the face. Flushing NY arrival backstamps and 1st Notice of Delivery handstamp. A nice on-cover use of the high value from the 1972 Nigeria Drives Right issue.

Gibbons does not list values for stamps on cover after 1945 Our estimate of the value, based on the scarcity of the franking, destination and condition is $15. The cover offered here grades VF.

"Gibbons does not price stamps on cover after 1945, but there are a few points to note when evaluating our estimates for Nigerian covers:"&CHAR(10)&CHAR(10)&"1. The majority of mail from Nigeria went to either the UK, or the US, and so these are the common destinations."&" "&"For these covers, the general value is $5 or so, plus the value attributed to the franking or the cancel."&CHAR(10)&CHAR(10)&"2. The standard airmail rates were between 1/3d and 1/9d until 1972, while the standard registered airmail rates were between 2/- and 3/- for the same period."&" "&"Overweight and express rates over and above these amounts are scarcer and worth a premium."&CHAR(10)&CHAR(10)&"3. The most common covers will typically have the postage paid with one or two definitive stamps of the period. Covers with frankings of more than 3 stamps used to pay the postage are scarcer and more desirable."&CHAR(10)&CHAR(10)&"4. Finally, the most common covers will originate from Lagos. Covers coming from smaller villages throughour Nigeria that bear postmarks of these villages will be scarcer and more desirable."