CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 1

Issued at Old Calabar 1893 (Dec): 'One / Shilling' in black on Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine, an unused example with Gibbons Type 11 handstamped surcharge Type A, variety "Surcharge Diagonal Reading Up", fresh colour, slightest of aging on gum at top of stamp not affecting the very fine appearance and mentioned for full accuracy (not on certificate), large part og. A major rarity of British Colonial philately. Cert. BPA (1991) Gi = £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel E.H.R.Green, Harmer Rooke, New Yorik, 13-18 Nov 1944, lot 1098; Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 14 March 1991, lot 193; Christies, London, 19 Nov 1996, lot 202.