the Nigerias
Mixed franking with France 3 x 50c 'Peace' cancelled with Ancy s/ Moselle Agence Postale hexagonal d/s 18 September 1936; forwarded from London to Lagos with added GB KGV 6d cancelled London FS 38 20(?) August; b/s Lagos 31 August 1936; a fine scarce combination Reference: 1277 |
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KGVI 20 x ½d, 2 x 1/d, 1/- on 3d registered envelope; by airmail, cancelled with oval registered d/s MAIDUGUN, NIGERIA (also on reverse) 16 August 1950 & s/r cds KANO; blue-green GB Customs Inspector's cachet; a striking 2/3d rate Reference: 1136 |
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Long envelope Port Harcourt to Halifax, Yorkshire 28 April 1972, franked with 20 x 2d (SG 231, no printer’s imprint) + 10 x 3d pictorials (SG 233, with imprint), for Express Airmail rate 70d=5/10; NB 15 x 2d on reverse uncancelled; (30 stamps cat £2 each) Reference: 946 |
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Gold Coast KGVI 6d (SG 142), 2/- (SG 144), 5/- (SG145), QEII 4d (SG 159) on registered packet-envelope, by airmail from Takemadi to Beckenham, 7 June 1953 (?)(before independence), very lightly cancelled; registration label completed in red ink 'Tci(?); no clear b/s Reference: 874 |
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Printed envlope to Montgomery Ward & Co, franked with Nigeria KGV 2 x 2d + ½d, cancelled 'Registered Lagos Southern Nigeria' 5 July 1919, and with Lagos No 2 registered label; addressees receipt on front; on reverse registered d/s of Lagos & arrival Chicago Registered 11 August 1919; a small segment has been cut from the reverse of the envelope Reference: 356 |
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Nigeria 1d KGV scarlet (SG 2a) cancelled Lagos d/r cds 12 September 1919, underpaid & with T in circle charge mark; s/r cds 'New York City NY City Hall Station' 17 November 1919 & 'Due 6 cents' in circle; addressee's arrival cachet 20 November 1919 Reference: 355 |
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Lagos 5d lilac & blue (SG 34) with defects, on registered envelope, cancelled with mute bars, large R in circle, MS 'Regd' in red ink & oval datestamp 'Registered Liverpool 4 18 Au 97' arrival d/s: MS 'per Batanga S/S' (steamship); on reverse Lagos W Africa cds 14 July 1897, faults but scarce. (This stamp listed in SG at 12x on cover) Reference: 273 |