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Lot 378 Niger Coast Protectorate SG#11 (SC#25) 1/2d on 2.5d Purple on Blue Queen Victoria, A VF Used Example of Green Overprint From the 1893 Old Calabar Provisional Issue, 2022 Scott Classic Cat. $275 USD, Click on Listing to See ALL Pictures
Lot 378 Niger Coast Protectorate SG#11 (SC#25) 1/2d on 2.5d Purple on Blue Queen Victoria, A VF Used Example of Green Overprint From the 1893 Old Calabar Provisional Issue, 2022 Scott Classic Cat. $275 USD, Click on Listing to See ALL Pictures
A very fine used example of the 1/2d on 2.5d purple on blue carmine Queen Victoria Jubilee Issue of Great Britain, overprinted with the green overprint type with tall, sans-serif letters, from the 1893 Old Calabar provisional issue. Although there are forgeries on the market of these, the genuine surcharges are usually fairly easy to identify by the colours of the overprint inks. The colour of the green ink here is characteristic of the genuine overprint, in its brightness and the letters show the usual imperfections of the genuine. Cancelled with March 1894 Old Calabar CDS.
2022 Scott Classic values a used example at $275 USD.
The stamp offered here grades VF-80 as follows:
Margins/centering: 40/60
Paper freshness: 5/5
Colour: 5/5
Impression: 5/5
Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5
Perforations: 10/10
Cancellation: 10/10
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