Lot 295 Nigeria #492, 537avar, 574 1986 Definitives, 1988 Shrimp and 1990 Wildlife, Usage of Misperforated Souvenir Sheet on Registered Airmail Cover to Austria, Net Est. $75

Registered airmail cover sent from Lafiaji, Lagos on June 25, 1992, to Vienna, Austria. Franked with a 15k Nigerian Life definitive, 2N50k Mountain Gorilla and a complete mis-perforated souvenir sheet of the 1988 Shrimps Issue. Together, these pay 3N50K of postage, which represents the airmail rate to Austria, plus registration. The stamps and the sheet are tied by clear strikes of the single ring "Lafiaji, Lagos 460" CDS cancel.

These misperfs are not listed in either Scott or Gibbons, but they generally sell online in MNH condition for $30 or so. On cover usage would be rare, and worth at least double this amount. Consequently, we estimate this cover at $75.