NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE, 1894, -1/2p on 2-1/2p Blue, Double Surcharge (54a; SG 65a). Horizontal pair, Positions 5-6, used with horizontal strip of three and single of normal provisional, tied by violet "Old Calabar River, A, SP 9 94" circular datestamps on registered cover front, addressed to London, England, errors with strong doubling of surcharge shifted upwards about 3mm, fresh colors

VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE USE OF A PAIR OF THE 1894 DOUBLE SURCHARGE PROVISIONAL ON A COVER FRONT TO LONDON. ONLY 24 EXAMPLES WERE PRINTED.

A total of 960 provisional surcharges were made. They were surcharged in rows of eight with only three rows receiving the double surcharge -- for a total of 24 double surcharges.

Ex Pilkington and Col. Danson. Catalogued merely as two used singles. SG £4,000.

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