CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1

1900: "Appendix A" sheet from the De La Rue records, dated "Jan 13th 1900 / Northern Nigeria / Req. 87 / 1899" in manuscript at top; showing four rows with Gold Coast perforated adhesive stamps as issued between 1894 and 1900: ½ d., 1 d., 2½ d., 3 d., 6 d., 1 s., 5 s., 10 s., and 20 s. (£1); arranged alongside proposed Northern Nigeria issue of 1900 - these being shown by IMPERIUM Imperforate universal Keyplate designs (9) in the same colours. Interestingly, eight of the Northern Nigeria issue are marked in pencil with a tick as selected, the 10 s. value is marked with a pencil cross but was indeed selected in these two colours (green and brown). Slight aging and a few scuffs, but immensely rare and one of the few Appendix sheets arranged thus, illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection", edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 5168 and in the "Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region" by Jack Ince and John Sacher on Plate XIII. Unique and splendid.rnrnProvenance: Grosvenor, London, 27-28 Nov 2002, lot 259.