Lot 160 Niger Coast Protectorate SG#3 2d Gray Green & Carmine Queen Victoria, 1892-1894 Overprinted 1887 Jubilee Issue, 3 F/VFOG Singles Showing Different Column Printings,

3 F/VFOG singles of the 2d gray green & carmine Queen Victoria from the 1892-1894 Overprinted 1887 Jubilee Issue showing different column printings

The r of British is slanting & H is raised from 4&10, B&H of British raised slightly from columns 5&11 and B of British level & H raised from columns 6&12.

Gibbons values this at £105, so we estimate them at $70. The stamps offered here grade between 70 and 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 40/70, 45/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

For this issue, the total number of stamps overprinted for each value is; 1/2d (50,000), 1d (50,000), 2d (42,000), 2.5d (72,500), 5d (36,000) & 1/- (10,000). The overprints were done in 12 columns per sheet with the overprints display constant, and distinct characteristic in every 2nd column of the sheet.