tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69665719776846901222024-03-19T01:48:41.423-07:00Nigerian Stamps and Postal HistoryA blog about the stamps and postal history of Nigeria as we know it today and all its component colonies, protectorates and territories prior to 1914. My mission is to create awareness of the amazing possibilities that are open to collectors of Nigerian stamps. The entire collection shown in this blog will be sold at public auction at a date to be announced - sometime in 2019 or 2020.Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-79495189660601754352018-12-19T06:40:00.000-08:002018-12-19T06:40:00.592-08:00No Posts Until Further Notice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am very sorry for the fact that I haven't had any new posts in over 3 weeks. I have been incredibly busy trying to keep my business afloat, so that I can continue to conduct philatelic research and publish my findings. A key to that has been getting all of the functionality in my website working and developing a marketing plan to build traffic to my website. All of these things take a tremendous amount of time, and I have been finding for the past few weeks that I simply do not have enough time to do everything that I need to do, and write two blog posts each week.<br />
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So, regrettably I am going to have to put this blog on hold for a while. Hopefully, it won't be too long, but I will certainly let all of you know when I am ready to start posting again. Thanks so much for your support!</div>
Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-50538778106584545912018-11-22T06:35:00.003-08:002018-11-22T06:35:37.232-08:00The Halfpenny Green Queen Victoria Stamp From The 1894 Second Waterlow Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate - Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week's post was quite short, as I was only starting my examination of the different perforations on this stamp. My examination of the previous issue had indicated to me that the classification system used by Gibbons for the perforations is too simple, because it treats several distinct perforation measurements as being the same. What I mean by this is that Gibbons lists 14.5-15 and 13.5-14 as the basic perforation measurements. The problem with this is that in the first Waterlow issue, there are actual measurements of exactly 15, 14.5, and 14, all of which look quite different from one another. A variation of 0.2 of a hole is not that different visually, but a variation of 0.5 hole is noticeably different.<br />
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So, in studying this issue, I wanted to see of the same trend held true. Although I am not finished examining all of the halfpenny stamps in my possession, it is clear that the same trend does in fact hold, and that in addition to the three perforations mentioned above, there are also: 14.25, 13.75, 14.75, 13 and 12.5. There are of course many variations around these distinct measurements, but it is clear that 15 and 14 are the most common measurements by far.<br />
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I still have about half of my stamps left to check, and will be going through them over the next several weeks, and adding new measurements to this post, as they surface.<br />
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To view the post in its full detail, click on the following link:<br />
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Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-65127168191669168662018-11-14T16:08:00.001-08:002018-11-14T16:08:42.957-08:00The Halfpenny Green Queen Victoria Stamp From The 1894 Second Waterlow Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate - Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I see that I missed posting last week about the Second Waterlow Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate. Facebook issued me a temporary sharing ban last week and because of that I did not share last week's post to this blog. So, this week I will give you the hyperlinks to both this week's and last week's post, as well as my synopsis.<br />
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Last week I wrote an overview post for the Second Waterlow issue of Niger Coast Protectorate. This issue is the unwatermarked one that was issued with the new designs incorporating the name "Niger Coast Protectorate" and no mention anywhere of "Oil Rivers". I discussed the general aspects of the issue and gave detailed printing data from Ince and Osborne for all the known printings.<br />
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You can read that full post here:<br />
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This week I looked at the halfpenny green in detail and covered all aspects of it except the perforations. So, I looked at the shades, the paper and gum types, the plate flaws and re-entries and the cancellations.<br />
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The shades followed much the same progression that was outlined in Ince, though it does not appear that there was a smooth progression of the colour from yellow green to myrtle green, rather it seems that a range of shades exists for all the printings, as many shades exist on several paper types. There were a surprising number of paper and gum types, though in the case of horizontal and vertical wove papers, these may simply be the same papers fed through the presses in a different direction.<br />
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Ince and Osborne listed 2 re-entries in their work on this issue, and I had several examples of each that I was able to illustrate in my post. However, I also managed to find three other varieties or re-entries that were not listed by them.<br />
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I had a full range of cancellations from most of the post offices that were known on the earlier issue, along with one entirely new one that has not been seen up until now: Sapelle. In addition, I illustrate an interesting anomaly with the Old Calabar River CDS cancel that does not appear to be listed in Proud, as well as some interesting foreign ship cancels.<br />
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You can read this week's full post here:<br />
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Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-48003189814458340652018-11-01T10:05:00.002-07:002018-11-01T10:05:27.355-07:00The Unwatermarked Queen Victoria Waterlow Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate Part Ten<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week's post is much shorter than usual, as I am finding it necessary to write shorter posts if I want to have any chance of being able to continue to post on a weekly basis. </div>
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Today's post finishes off this first Waterlow issue, with a detailed study of the perforations on the 1 shiling black and then a quick look at some of the postal history that can be found from this issue. </div>
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In terms of perforations, my detailed study turned up some 36 different measurements. Most of these were very close together, but it was common to have different measurements on three or sometimes 4 sides of the same stamp. By far, the most common perforations were variations of 15 and 14.5 x 15. I proposed that I believe the Gibbons practice of grouping 14.5-15 and 13.5-14 together in the same ranges to be too simplistic, and I argue that there are really 6 basic measurements, that also exist as compounds. </div>
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Postal history is scarce for this issue, and much of what can be found on the market is philatelic, like the stamp dealer cover above. However, I do show one very nice local registered commercial cover that I have, and as a matter of fact, the only one I have ever seen. </div>
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Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-87663049506676041272018-10-24T15:37:00.001-07:002018-10-24T15:37:55.277-07:00The Unwatermarked Queen Victoria Waterlow Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate Part Nine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today, I explore most aspects of the last value in the first Waterlow series, being the 1/- black, which in many respects is my favourite from the set. At least is a close toss up between this and the 2d green. The aspects that I cover today are the paper varieties, which are more or less the same as for the other values, the cancellations, which do not show up as easily on these black stamps, and the plate varieties.<br />
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The plate varieties are interesting. There are three varieties that can be found on every single stamp in the sheet, two that can be found on about half of the stamps, and six that are specific to just one position in the sheet. I have been able to illustrate all but three of these in my detailed post.<br />
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For the full post, including illustrations of the varieties, please click on the following link:<br />
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Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-83251923376732839462018-10-17T14:27:00.000-07:002018-10-17T14:27:07.238-07:00The Unwatermarked Queen Victoria Waterlow Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate Part Eight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week's post completes my examination of the 5d mauve value of this set, which I started last week. This week's post will look at the plate flaws and re-entries found on this value, and the perforations.<br />
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In terms of plate flaws, my detailed post gives details of six listed plate flaws and re-entries that occur on this stamp, that were listed in the West Africa Study Circle bulletin from May 1976. Two of these occur on many stamps on the sheet, and one occurs on every stamp. I give illustrations of all but three of the six listed flaws. In addition, I have found two varieties that were not mentioned in that bulletin. What is interesting is that there are very few re-entries, though the ones that do occur are quite outstanding. The only problem with them is that they occur on several positions in the sheet, so that they are not really that scarce.<br />
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I have 74 mint and used examples of this stamp, which includes 1 mint pair. Careful measurement of the perforations revealed 39 different combinations of measurements. Gibbons lists only three perforations, being 14.5-15, 13.5-14 and 13.5-14 compound with 12-13. My examination revealed that the way in which Gibbons groups the perforation measurements may not yield the best classification as it obscures the existence of three scarcer compound perforations and fails to acknowledge that there are many examples with perf. 14 and perf. 15. I actually believe that they should be: 13.75-14.2, 14.3-14.7 and 14.8-15.2 and compounds thereof, though there is a compound perf that includes a 13.1 measurement. It was only 1 stamp out of the 74, so it is very scarce indeed, much more so than Gibbons would suggest.<br />
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To read the full post in all detail, please go to my website, via the following link:<br />
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Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-79298557645364742122018-10-10T19:59:00.002-07:002018-10-10T20:00:59.363-07:00The Unwatermarked Queen Victoria Waterlow Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate Part Seven<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My apologies for the lateness of today's post. I have been very tied up with the website and it took me a few days to catch up after a well deserved, and much needed 2 weeks off.<br />
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This week I finished off my coverage of the 2.5d lake Queen Victoria stamp from the 1894 First Waterlow unwatermarked issue from Niger Coast Protectorate. I had covered all aspects of this stamp, except for the perforations. So, this week I took all 86 mint and used examples of this stamp in my inventory and measured the perforations very carefully with my Instanta gauge. As I had expected, based on the large number of different perforations I have found on the 1/2d, 1d and 2d values, I found no fewer than 45 different measurements. Of these 45, there were a few that stood out as being the most common: the perf. 15 and perf. 14. The Gibbons listed compound perforation of 13.5-14 and 12-13 was the scarcest of all the varieties, and in all cases, the compound came in the form of two different measurements on one side of the stamp. I did not have a single example of the Gibbons listed perf. 12-13, which must be extremely rare.<br />
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I also started my coverage of the 5d value with over 20 varieties of shades, which fell into five main shade groupings. I illustrated each of the shade varieties I have identified, and discussed the different types of paper and gum found on these stamps. Finally, I completed the post with an illustration of the different cancellations found on these stamps, which were the usual places, like Bonny River, Brass River, Benin River, Old Calabar River, Old Calabar, Opobo River and Sombriero River.<br />
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To see the full post in detail, click on the link below, which will take you to my website, where you can read all the information and look at all the pictures:<br />
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Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-20819333441736833732018-09-24T15:18:00.001-07:002018-09-24T15:18:21.090-07:00Off On Vacation for 2 Weeks And The New Brixton Chrome Website Is Finally Ready<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I must apologize again to my readers for another break in the continuity of my posts. I had intended to resume posting last week, and to complete thiss week's post today before I go on vacation tomorrow for two weeks. However, the final content edits that I had to make to the my new website took more time than I expected, so unfortunately I did not get a chance to prepare either last week's or this week's post.<br />
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However, the new Brixton-Chrome website is now completely functional. The only thing I have left to do is migrate these blogs to it, install the language translation app and connect all the social media sales channels. I will deal with all that when I return, as well as resuming my regular posting schedule. I do apologize for all the interruptions, but I can promise you all that I don't have any other plans, except possibly to take a week in January next year. So, you can look forward to at least 2 or three uninterrupted months of postings.<br />
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The website itself has been well worth the effort and the patience that it has taken to complete it. It is my belief that it has the potential to be a truly world-class website and resource for stamp collectors. In its pages you will find all the information you could be looking for regarding major topics of concern to intermediate and advanced collectors, and an entire section devoted to beginners. There is also an emphasis on trying to get in touch with your innermost interests as a collector, in order to help you identify other collecting possibilities that may be well suited to you, which you may not have considered yet. There is a fast, and intelligent live search function that will bring up a list of possible matches as you type into the search bar, and I have my material laid out in different collections, organized along topical lines, which you can browse at your leisure.<br />
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Now, I haven't listed any Nigeria, except for the 1d and 2d first issue of Lagos. These however, represent many years of diligent collecting, and is probably the most comprehensive group of these stamps that you are likely to see anywhere. The first Crown CC issue of Lagos is exceedingly scarce, as the stamps were printed in very, very low quantities. Condition is always a challenge, and many of the examples listed here are some of the finest that you will see offered for sale. I do hope to eventually begin listing my other Nigerian material soon, but how quickly I will be able to do it will depend to a very large extent on how successful I am in securing additional financing to hire the help that I need to expedite the listings process.<br />
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So, while I am away, I would strongly encourage you to visit the new website and explore its pages. If any of you have any suggestions as to topics you would like to see covered, or issues that you think should be addressed, please send me a comment. I would also encourage you to look at the Lagos stamps.<br />
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I look forward to resuming my regular posting schedule, once and for all, starting with the 2.5d carmine lake and 5d slate Queen Victoria stamps from the first 1894 Waterlow Issue of the Niger Coast Protectorate, on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.<br />
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Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-80481104454082300312018-09-11T03:15:00.003-07:002018-09-11T03:15:44.299-07:00Posts to Resume Next Week - Almost There!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I wanted to let my readers know that I am almost finished my new website, and need another week to complete the finishing touches. So, I will not be posting this week either. However, I will pick up where I left off next Tuesday, with the perforation varieties of the 2.5d lake 1894 Waterlow Issue.<br />
Thanks very much for your patience.<br />
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In the meantime, I would encourage you all to check out how the site looks so far:<br />
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I have added a lot of information resource pages aimed at collectors of all levels of experience. The "Getting Started With Stamps" section covers a lot of topics for beginners, and "Stamp School" covers a range of topics for the intermediate to advanced collector.<br />
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I would love to have comments about any topics that you think should be covered that are not, as I would like to include as many as I can ultimately. </div>
Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-50525691602258098092018-08-21T08:31:00.003-07:002018-08-21T09:16:06.158-07:00No New Posts for 3 Weeks, And This blog Will Be Moving<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone.<br />
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I wanted to apologize for the fact that I will be unable to write any new posts for the next 2-3 weeks. I feel that I owe all my regular and loyal readers an explanation for why I am having to delay my posts, so here goes.<br />
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When I started out as a stamp dealer and blogger, my intention was to focus all my attention and energy on building the best stamp stock that I could, writing top quality content and getting into a position to be able to service collectors from all over the world.<br />
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This is no easy task, as I have written about many times in the past. So, when it came to deciding how I wanted to build a business online, I thought that paying a company like e-bay to take care of all the information technology, transaction processing, marketing etc. would make sense. I really thought that e-bay would act like a business partner and help my business grow, in exchange for the $500-$700 I was paying them every month. I was wrong. Dead wrong.<br />
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E-bay is a member of a growing group of companies like Uber, Airbnb, Amazon, etc. whose stated mission is to offer cheaper and better products, but whose true mission is really to build unassailable monopolies that will eventually offer you less selection and much, much more expensive prices than you could ever possibly imagine. It is not far fetched. Not at all. What they are doing is sucking consumers in with the promise of low prices, and then once their monopoly power is absolute, they will cut back selection, cut quality and raise prices. They can promise cheap prices because they don't actually own the product they sell: their sellers do, which in Uber's case is their drivers, who own their vehicle, and in Airbnb's case it is the owners of the properties listed on their site. Sure, it is easy to promise to give someone something, when that something isn't yours to give. That is what E-bay does to it's sellers: they suck you in with some early, modest success, so you invest, and expand and commit. That's when the trouble starts. You see your sales growth stop, even while your listings are expanding. If you stop listing for a week because you want to focus on marketing, or doing your tax return - anything other than listing your sales drop. Why? Because E-bay controls the visibility of its listings. Just because something is listed there, doesn't mean that you the buyer can actually find it. Those of you who have been buying on e-bay for a long time will now recognize at least a few instances where you could have sworn that you cannot find a listing that you just saw a few minutes or hours before. Naturally, you assume it sold, only to find it again later. How many of you have scrolled systematically through all the new listings so as not to miss one, when you come across a listing that you already looked at before a page or two back?<br />
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These things happen because e-bay's search algorithm shows you only what it wants you to see, and what it wants you to buy. The reason they do this is to that they can suck as many sellers as possible into subscribing for stores and paying a monthly fee. They cannot do that if they have a few larger sellers doing very well. So they steal that prospect of success from those sellers, who would succeed because they offer a quality product and good service, by concealing their listings and bestow it upon the newbies who just signed up, by showing theirs first. It is a classic pyramid scheme.<br />
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I can hear many of you thinking: "Yeah so what? Why should I care? I love e-bay! I can buy my stamps cheap. Nobody owes you the right to make a living as a stamp dealer. Just sell cheaper."<br />
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But here is the problem with that line of reasoning: the prices on e-bay are NOT true indicators of market value, nor are they sustainable. I'll explain why. Remember how I said that being a stamp dealer is hard work? Well, there is so much work involved in identifying, grading and scanning stamps that the most I have been able to list working 12-16 hour days 5 days a week for 3 years is just over 11,000 listings. Think about that. In three years at approximately 70 hours a week for 50 weeks a year is 10,500 hours. Listings themselves take 10 minutes on average, but there are all the other aspects to running a business to consider. I have only been able to do this because I have a stable pricing structure that I follow. If I had to monitor what everybody else was selling every stamp for in every grade, I would never get anything else done without a team of employees. It would be impossible to make enough margin to pay them all.<br />
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The reason why prices on E-bay are low is because e-bay is CONSTANTLY pressuring sellers to lower prices. The biggest weapon at their disposal is to simply choke off a seller's sales until they do what e-bay wants. That is one reason, at least in the case of Buy it Now listings. The other, in the case of auctions is because they simply restrict the visibility of the listing once it receives 1 bid. Think of all the number of stamps that are really good that sell for the minimum bid and ask yourself if it is really possible that on a marketplace as large as e-bay, that NOBODY else wanted the stamp you want AT ALL that consistently. Does that really make sense to you? Of course not. E-bay is creating an environment where there are too-good-to-be-true bargains all the time at the expense of the seller. But a lot of sellers on e-bay are consignment sellers who are getting their material from the many estates that are coming on the market. So it is the spouses and heirs of those collectors who are really getting the short end of the stick.<br />
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It will be sustainable until it isn't, which will be when the supply of material from estates begins to slow down, or when sellers finally figure out en-masse that E-bay is not a profitable place to sell, and they leave.<br />
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Why and how does this concern you the collector? The answer is LIQUIDUTY, or lack thereof. Your stamps may be worth say, $100,000 after a lifetime of collecting. But it takes a tremendous amount of work to harvest that value and gain access to it. One of the most overlooked and underappreciated functions of stamp dealers has been to provide collectors with a quick and trusted way to gain access to a fair portion of that value quickly. Dealers before E-bay would buy collections on the spot for cash because they were confident that with time, they could get their money back. But most dealers since e-bay are almost exclusively involved now in running bid boards and unreserved auctions where they charge 15-25% for skimming off the top when your stuff sells. Do you know why that is? Because they aren't confident anymore that they can invest the money in inventory and get a reasonable return on their time and money.<br />
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This is why many of you find it very difficult to find that individual stamp that catalogues under $1: because there is nobody committed to offering it anymore. So it might as well be $5, or $10. You still won't find it. Not only that, but when the time comes to sell your collection, nobody wants to buy it for anywhere near what it should be worth. Your only options now, for the most part are auction houses that will strip out only items that they think will sell for $250 each and up, and will bulk list the rest, which is guaranteed to get you no more than 10-30% of catalogue before their commission, or to do all the work yourself and become an e-bay seller. It is brutal, and over the long term your collection actually winds up costing you more: less upfront, but more when you consider the lower proceeds on sale, that result from the market conditions that e-bay has created.<br />
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So what e-bay has done is to basically destroy the market for collectibles, by destabilizing it and forcing most professional retailers out of business. That in turn has destroyed the liquidity of most stamp collections that used to be very liquid and easy to sell.<br />
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So, one aspect of my mission is to try and turn this tide, by putting my money where my mouth is and throwing all my resources into promoting the hobby and doing my part to nurse it back into health. Contrary to what you might think there are A LOT of young collectors. I see them on Facebook all the time. This hobby does not have to die. It can actually thrive. I attempt to do my part by disseminating knowledge and ideas through my blog, by stocking all the stamps that I can and offering them to collectors and buying collections, no matter what the size, for a fair price. Before I did this I was a partner in a Toronto accounting firm making 6 figures. I was comfortable. I could have continued to do that and collect, and be just fine. But I wanted to make a difference. I saw the problem with what e-bay and many dealers were doing to the hobby and I wanted to fix it. But above all I saw all the unmet need from collectors who just want to build their collections a few stamps or sets at a time and want to actually learn about the stamps they already have.<br />
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It took me 2.5 years to finally figure out what e-bay was doing to my business, where I had actual evidence, and to decide to get out. But I knew I couldn't just leave without a website of my own. So, I turned to an e-commerce company, a company that I was already dealing with for my e-bay listings for a solution. The product for e-bay was amazing, and so without really doing a lot of due diligence, I assumed that their e-commerce product would be just as good. It wasn't, but it had a lot of good features, so I stuck with it and spent the past 6 months working in earnest to get a functioning website for 50% more $ per month than the top of the line product out there.<br />
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It has been a disaster: even though I created most of my listings on the e-bay product that the same company offered, there is no easy way to migrate them to the other product. It requires tons of editing and rudimentary knowledge of CODE to actually do it. So this is why my listings have been going up so slowly. There is no way to get e-bay listings that were created on e-bay onto this platform, so even if I could get all of the listings created with the related product onto the platform, I will lose about 1,500 of my e-bay listings, which represents about 9 months of full time work. There is no social media integration whatsoever, and no built in e-mail function, no ability to support language translation and no blogging function.<br />
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But even in the face of all that I continued to press on, getting to 1,920 listings last week. Then came the last straw. Up to that point I had done some rudimentary transaction testing and I knew checkout was working. But I had never really tested the speed that closely. I decided to run some Facebook ads to promote the website and I got something like 3,000 clicks. The bounce rate, i.e. the number of people who left the homepage without going any further was close to 100%, and there were no orders. Not only that, there were tons of abandoned shopping carts, where people had selected items only to abandon them at checkout. So I started to do some digging and I found out that:<br />
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<li> It was taking 6 seconds on average to load the pages. That is about 3-4 seconds longer than it takes nearly everyone else, including e-bay. </li>
<li>It was taking 6-8 seconds to add an item to the cart, which was causing people to click the same item 2 or three times, resulting in errors. </li>
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So, the bottom line is that it was too slow. Of course I contacted customer support at the company and got no real answers. A quick Google search revealed very quickly that many, many people have complained to them about this since 2009 when they started. So, they knew about the problem, and have done little to nothing to fix it, all while charging users 50% more per month than their leading competitor. Fools and their money are soon parted. I was a fool. I HATE being played for a fool. </div>
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So, I am now in the process of moving everything to their leading competitor. When I have everything set up:</div>
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<li>I will have all my e-bay listings up on my new website, all searchable.</li>
<li>I will have both Paypal and Shopify checkout, which allows other payment options.</li>
<li>This blog will move to my website and I will be able to finally add you to a mailing list, should you wish to be on one, with no restrictions.</li>
<li>The website will be translatable into any language and will support most currencies. </li>
<li>The web pages will be fast, uncluttered and visually appealing.</li>
<li>You will be able to communicate with me instantly using Facebook messenger.</li>
<li>You will be able to select variations in stamps from drop down menus so that I can cover all the varieties with just a few listings instead of hundreds, which will make it much easier to scroll through the listings.</li>
<li>This means that I won't need as many store categories. </li>
<li>You will have a "live search" function, which means that it is smart - it will be able to find items from what you type in, much more easily than a static search, where I have to define the search terms. </li>
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So, in other words it is 10 times better than what I have been developing. I have to make the switch. But to do so, I need to focus - 100% for as long as it takes. I think with how user friendly the interface is, and with the amount of technical support and apps that are available, I think I can do it in 3-4 weeks and essentially be at the point where I am able to start listing new material full bore again. Only this time, I will be much, much faster than I ever was on E-bay, which allow me to offer you much more material than I could before. Hopefully I can even start offering Nigeria soon to my Nigerian readers. </div>
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So, I won't be posting for the next few weeks while I sort this out. My next posts will likely be on my new website. For those of you who are used to typing the address of this blog into the search, don't worry, I will supply links to take you to my new posts. </div>
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Thanks for all your continued interest and support and I look forward to resuming my posts soon. </div>
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Canada's Stamp Dealerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14048248796843456571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966571977684690122.post-12250252131003752762018-08-14T20:20:00.002-07:002018-08-14T20:20:57.504-07:00The Unwatermarked Queen Victoria First Waterlow Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate Part Six - The 2d Green and 2.5d Lake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This week I will be finishing my examination of the 2d green from the 1894 first Waterlow watermarked issue and starting my examination of the 2.5d lake. The only aspect remaining to be looked at on the 2d green are the perforations, which I will discuss now.<br />
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<b><u>Perforations on the 2d Green</u></b><br />
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Gibbons lists five perforations for this stamp:<br />
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<li>15.5 to 15 compound with 12-13.</li>
<li>13.5 to 14.</li>
<li>13.5 to 14 compound with 12-13.</li>
<li>12 to 13.</li>
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Of course, just like all the other values looked at so far, the picture is quite a bit more complicated than that. The perforations that I have found in my detailed study of these stamps is as follows:</div>
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<li>13; 14 x 12; 13 x 14 x 13; 12</li>
<li>14 x 13 </li>
<li>14.4 x 14 x 14 x 14</li>
<li>14 </li>
<li>12; 13 x 12.3; 12.6 x 14 x 12.9; 11.7</li>
<li>14.1 x 14 x 14.1 x 14; 12</li>
<li>14.1 x 14 x 14 x 14</li>
<li>14 x 14 x 13.9 x 14</li>
<li>14 x 13.9 x 14.1 x 13.8 </li>
<li>13 x 12.2 x 13 x 12.4</li>
<li>14 x 13 x 14 x 13; 12</li>
<li>14 x 14.2 x 14 x 14</li>
<li>14 x 14; 12.4 ; 13.1 x 14 x 13.4 ; 12.1 </li>
<li>14.1 x 14 x 13.9 x 14</li>
<li>13.9 x 14 x 13.8 x 14.1</li>
<li>14 x 14 x 14 x 13.9</li>
<li>14.1 x 14 x 14 x 13.9</li>
<li>14.1 x 14.1 x 14 x 14;12.3</li>
<li>14 x 14 x 13.8 x 14</li>
<li>14.2 x 13;14.2 x 14.2 x 13.9</li>
<li>14 x 14.3 x 13.9 x 14.3 </li>
<li>12.8 x 14; 12; x 12.75 x 12; 14</li>
<li>14.2 </li>
<li>14 x 14;12 x 14 x 14.1</li>
<li>14 x 14.1</li>
<li>14 x 14 x 14.1 x 14</li>
<li>14.2 x 14 x 13.4 x 14</li>
<li>14.1 x 14 x 14.2 x 14.3</li>
<li>14 x 14; 12 x 14 x 12; 14</li>
<li>14.2 x 14 x 14.1 x 14</li>
<li>14 x 14.1 x 14 x 14</li>
<li>14.3 x 14.1 x 14.2 x 14.1</li>
<li>13; 12.4; 12 x 14 x 12.8 ; 12 x 14.1</li>
<li>14; 12 x 13 x 14.2 x 14; 12.4 ; 13.1</li>
<li>13.9 x 12.75 x 13.9 x 12.75;11.9</li>
<li>15.1 x 15.1 x 15 x 15.1</li>
<li>14 x 12; 12.9 x 14 x 12.9</li>
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<u><b>Shades of the 2.5d Carmine Lake</b></u></div>
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I have found four distinct shades on this stamp, one of which appears to be the result of oxidation of the ink, which this value seems quite prone to. The scan below shows these four shades together:</div>
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Below I will show a larger scan of each shade and describe it in terms of the Stanley Gibbons Colour Key.<br />
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This shade is closest to Gibbons's carmine shade, but is just a touch duller. </div>
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This shade is closest to Gibbons's brown lake, but is deeper. It appears to have resulted at least in part from the oxidation of the lake ink. </div>
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This shade is a perfect match to Gibbons's deep carmine. </div>
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This shade is the same intensity as Gibbons's deep carmine, but is considerably duller. So I would call it the deep dull carmine. </div>
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This stamp is found on no fewer than 8 types of paper and gum:</div>
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<li>Thin translucent yellowish horizontal wove paper with coarse horizontal mesh. </li>
<li>Medium translucent yellowish horizontal wove paper with coarse horizontal mesh. The gum is creamy, smooth and has a semi-gloss sheen.</li>
<li>Thin, white horizontal wove paper, with fine horizontal mesh. The gum is colourless, and finely crackly, with a satin sheen. </li>
<li>Thick, opaque, cream coloured horizontal wove paper with fine mesh. This is the scarcest paper type by far - I only have a single used example out of almost 100 stamps. </li>
<li>Medium opaque vertical wove paper with very fine vertical mesh. The gum is cream coloured, thin and has a satin sheen.</li>
<li>Medium translucent vertical wove paper with fine vertical mesh. The gum is colourless, slightly crackly and has a semi-gloss sheen.</li>
<li>Medium translucent white vertical wove paper with coarse vertical mesh. The gum is colourless, smooth, thin and has a satin sheen. </li>
<li>Medium translucent cream vertical wove paper with coarse vertical mesh. The gum is yellowish, smooth and has a satin sheen. </li>
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The scans below illustrate these types:</div>
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Of all the stamps in the set, this is the one with the fewest listed plate markings and re-entries. Ince and Osborne list only sets of markings. The first is common to every position in the sheet, and the other two to specific positions: position 21 and position 40.</div>
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<li>All positions: There are plate dots located in both O's , the A and second R of "Protectorate". There is also a dot in the perimeter below the A, and in the cone shaped ornament above "CT". There is also doubling of the outer vertical framelines in the upper corners of the stamp. </li>
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Unfortunately, despite having almost 100 examples of this stamp, I do not have an example of either position 21 or 40, so I cannot illustrate them here. However, I can show the characteristics specific to all positions in the high resolution scans below:</div>
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The dots in the O's are small and difficult to see. However the dots in the cone shaped ornament above CT, in the second E and below the A are all very clear.<br />
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Here is a nice, clear example of the doubling of the upper right frameline. Despite the notation by Ince and Osborne that this doubling occurs on both left and right framelines of all stamps, it is not usually anywhere near this clear. On this stamp the doubling is only this clear on the right side of the design, and not on both sides. </div>
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Here you can see remnants of a faint vertical guideline just outside the left vertical frameline. </div>
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Here there is doubling not only of the upper right frameline, but also of the engine turning inside the entire upper right spandrel. </div>
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Here there is extensive doubling of the letters "Prote" of "Protectorate".<br />
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The scans below show the cancellations I have on this stamp. In contrast to the other stamps, where Old Calabar River and Old Calabar were the most common cancellations, it is Bonny River that is the most common. It is on this value that I have my first example of a CDS postmark from Sapelle. </div>
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These are all Benin River, stuck in red and all time code C.<br />
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These are all Bonny River cancellations. All are time code A, and are generally dated between mid-1894 and early 1895. </div>
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These are all Opobo River CDS cancellations. They are all time code A, and are all dated in 1894.<br />
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This is a nice example of the Old Calabar registered oval, with time code A, from July 5, 1894. </div>
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These five stamps are all strikes of the Old Calabar CDS cancel with time code C, from 1894 and 1895.<br />
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Lastly, we have four of the Old Calabar squared circle cancellations from 1894. All are time code A. </div>
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This completes my post for this week and covers all aspects of the 2.5d carmine lake, except for the perforations, which I will cover next week. I will also begin my coverage of the 5d value. </div>
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This week, I explore the aspects of the next value up in the series, the 2d green. This had the most ornate design of all the stamps in the set, and in my opinion, this was the most beautiful stamp in the set.<br />
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In studying this stamp, I have identified four shades of the green ink that was used to print the stamps. It is curious to me that Gibbons does not list any shade variations for this value at all. The individual scans below show each of these shades more closely:<br />
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This is an almost exact match to the basic green shade on the Stanley Gibbons colour key. </div>
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This is closest to deep grey-green on the Stanley Gibbons colour key, but contains a hint of olive. It is a very distinct colour that is completely different from any other examples of this stamp that is currently in my stock. </div>
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This shade is an exact match to Gibbons's myrtle green shade. </div>
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This is close to Gibbons's basic green shade, but is paler. </div>
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There is considerable variation in the paper used to print these stamps, as well as the gum that was applied. In terms of paper, the basic types are horizontal wove papers and vertical wove papers. Within each of these categories there are differences in opacity and in the spacing of the wire mesh upon which the pulp was placed during the paper making process. </div>
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I have found four types of vertical wove paper, and three types of gum as shown in the scan below:</div>
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Three of these papers are somewhat translucent in that the design is visible through the back of the stamp. However, the paper on the right is opaque. The design does not show through, and you have to hold the paper up to a strong back light in order to see the mesh in the paper, which is spaced closely together. The gum is cream coloured, crackly and has a semi-gloss sheen. The two papers on the left bosh show coarse vertical mesh, with the spacing being slightly narrower on the left stamp. The gum is generally a light yellowish cream with a semi-gloss sheen. The third stamp from the left is on a paper that shows fine vertical mesh only when viewed through back lighting. The gum is cream coloured, semi-crackly gum with a semi-gloss sheen. </div>
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I have found two different types of horizontal wove paper on these stamps, as shown below:</div>
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The two end stamps are printed on paper that shows fine horizontal mesh clearly, even without the use of back lighting. The gum is a smooth cream gum with a satin sheen. The paper of the middle stamp is translucent, and shows coarse horizontal mesh. It has the same type of gum as the two end stamps. </div>
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The usual range of CDS and squared circle cancellations are found on this value, including two examples of the Benin River CDS struck in red. </div>
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These two examples are dated February 12, and March 17, 1894.<br />
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These are all time code A, and dated between January 29, 1894 and April 4, 1894.<br />
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I only have one example with the Brass River CDS. The example shown above is time code C, dated March 14, 1894. </div>
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I have only one example of the Old Calabar CDS with time code C, dated May 8, 1894.</div>
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These are two squared circles dated April 24, 1894 and August 16, 1894.<br />
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<b><i>Old Calabar River</i></b><br />
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This is the most common cancellation by far. I have ten examples as shown above. All are time code A and most are dated in 1894.<br />
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<b><i>Opobo River</i></b><br />
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This squared circle is dated May 25, 1894.</div>
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This is a less common cancellation during this time period, but is much more common after 1914. This single example is time code C, dated August 6, 1894. </div>
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All of the stamps on the plate display the following characteristics, and so are not plate flaws:</div>
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<li>1. The "T" of "Coast" does not print fully on most stamps.</li>
<li>There is a plate dot in the centre of each "2", and in the final "E" of "Pence", toward the lower left of the letter. </li>
<li>There is a remnant of an additional circle to the left of the "T" of "Coast', just outside the outer perimeter circle enclosing the right "2". </li>
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The following plate positions can be identified by the characteristics described as follows:</div>
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<li>Positions 13, 17, 19, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 50, 51, 56, 59 - Up to three or more horizontal graver marks in the upper arm of the final "E" of Protectorate. </li>
<li>Positions 12, 21, 22, 44, 32, 41, 43, 51, 52, 53 - Partial doubling of the outer circle enclosing the left hand 2, near the foot of the "N" of "Niger".</li>
<li>Position 10 - The outer right hand circle enclosing the "2" is broken to the right of where it intersects the "S" of "Coast". There is also faint doubling of the circle below the "T" of "Coast".</li>
<li>Position 13 - There is a small dot of colour to the left, and above the T of "Coast", the outer perimeter line enclosing the right hand 2 is doubled and there is a thin hairline from the middle of the stem of the "T" in "Coast" to the 2 at right. </li>
<li>Position 17 - There is an extra line of colour in the right loop of the "P" or "Protectorate" and three consecutive graver marks in the final "E" of "Protectorate".</li>
<li>Position 21 - The left hand "2" is doubled, as is the dot inside the "2". There is an extra line of colour to the outer circle, by the "N" of "Niger". </li>
<li>Position 22 - All the letters of Niger Coast are doubled, the dot in the left 2 is only partially doubled, and there is an extra line of colour to the outer circle enclosing the 2. </li>
<li>Position 46 - The outer circle on the left 2 is broken just before the "N" of "Niger" and after the "G" of "Niger". The right hand circle is defective, giving a worn appearance. </li>
<li>Position 56 - The same frame breaks as in position 46, and 3 additional graving marks in the upper arm of the final "E" of "Protectorate", with a trace of a fourth line. </li>
<li>Position 60 - The right hand end of the frame enclosing "Protectorate" shows split or forking below the final "E". A line of colour intersects the loop at the top end of the adjacent scroll under the same "E". The letters "CT" of "Protectorate" show graving marks in the upper half of "C" and stem of "T". </li>
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Here we can see the partial doubling of the circle under the "N" of "Niger". </div>
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Here we see the extra graving marks inside the final "E" of "Protectorate". The number of marks inside the "E" is usually 3 or less. </div>
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The right circle is clearly broken just to the right of the "S". and there is some faint doubling of the outer circle below and to the left of the "T". </div>
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The dot to the upper left of the "T" is clearly visible, as is the diagonal hairline from the stem of the T, to the outer circle. </div>
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The additional line of colour inside the "P is almost invisible, but the three consecutive graver marks inside the top half of the "E" are clearly visible. </div>
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Here, we can see that the "2" is doubled, some of the shading lines near the flower ornament protrude into the white circle, and there is some doubling of the outer circle below the "N". </div>
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Here, note the large breaks in the outer circle at the left, as well as the almost complete absence of the circular framelines surrounding the right "2". </div>
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Note the vertical dash in the letter "T" of "Protectorate", and the additional line of colour on the curve below the final "E" of "Protectorate". </div>
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In addition to the above known positions, I have found three stamps that show similar plate characteristics, but are definitely not the same positions, either because one element of the required flaw is missing, or the flaw is entirely different. </div>
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The scans below show these three positions:</div>
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On this example, there is a very distinct dot of colour at the end of the lower right scroll. </div>
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Here, the left hand circle is broken in a similar fashion to position 46, but unlike position 46, the right hand circle is not broken at all.<br />
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Here, the dot inside the left "2" is partially doubled, and the horizontal shading lines of the portrait medallion below "Oil" extend into the white oval surrounding the portrait. </div>
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This concludes the first part of my post dealing with this value. Next week I will complete this value with an examination of the perforations, and will begin on the 2.5d lake stamp. </div>
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Last week I covered most of the aspects of the 1d blue stamp from this first Waterlow printed series. However, the two aspects that I did not cover were the paper, gum and perforations. Those aspects of this stamp will be the subject of this week's post.<br />
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<b><u>Perforations</u></b><br />
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According to Gibbons, there are 4 basic perforations:<br />
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<li>14.5 to 15.</li>
<li>13.5 to 14.</li>
<li>13.5 to 14 compound with 12-13 and</li>
<li>12-13.</li>
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However, in reality the measurements are quite a bit more complicated than that. So far, I have found the following perforation measurements:</div>
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<li>14.9 x 15 x 15 x 15</li>
<li>14.6 x 14.75 x 14.6 x 14.75</li>
<li>15 </li>
<li>15 x 14.6 x 14.8 x 14.6</li>
<li>14.6 x 14.5 x 14.7 x 14.5 </li>
<li>14.5 </li>
<li>14 x 12;12.6</li>
<li>14.2 x 14</li>
<li>14.5 x 14.5 x 14.8 x 14.5</li>
<li>14;12.3 x 14 </li>
<li>14.4 x 14.6 </li>
<li>14.6 x 14.5 x 14.5 x 14.6</li>
<li>15 x 14.8</li>
<li>15 x 14.6 x 14.5 x 14.6</li>
<li>13.9 x 12.4;14 x 14 x 14</li>
<li>14.8 x 14.9 </li>
<li>14.8 x 14.5</li>
<li>14</li>
<li>14 x 13.9 </li>
<li>14.7 x 14.7 x 14.7 x 14.6</li>
<li>14.5 x 14.5 x 14.5 x 14.75</li>
<li>14.5 x 14.7</li>
<li>14.9</li>
<li>14.6 x 15 x 14.8 x 15.1</li>
<li>15 x 14.9</li>
<li>14.9 x 14.6</li>
<li>14.6 x 14.5</li>
<li>14.6 x 14.8</li>
<li>14.75 x 14.5</li>
<li>14;12.3</li>
<li>15 x 15 x 14.7 x 15</li>
<li>14.6 x 15</li>
<li>15.1 </li>
<li>15 x 15.1 x 15.1 x 15</li>
<li>14.6 x 14.7 x 14.7 x 14.7</li>
<li>14 x 13.7;12.4</li>
<li>12.1;12.7 x 13.2;12.8;13 x 14 x 13.9;13 </li>
<li>15 x 13.65 x 15 x 15</li>
<li>15 x 14.6 x 14.8 x 14.5</li>
<li>14.3 x 14.5 x 14.5 x 14.5</li>
<li>15 x 15 x 15 x 15.1</li>
<li>14.4 x 14.1;12.1 x 14 x 12.1;14.1</li>
<li>14 x 14.1;12.2 x 14;12.2 x 12.2;14</li>
<li>12.5 x 14; </li>
<li>14 x 14;12.2 </li>
<li>13.5 x 14;12.8 </li>
<li>14.9 x 14.9;14.4 x 14.9 x 14.7</li>
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Where I have a measurement denoted as say 14.9;14.4 this means that for a portion of the side the gauge is 14.9, and then it switches to 14.4 for the remaining length of that side. If you try to obtain a single measurement for the entire side, you will not be able, try as you might to match all of the lines on the instanta gauge with all the teeth. </div>
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What is very interesting is that by far, the most common perforations are 15 and 14 exactly on all 4 sides. I have 23 examples of the perf. 15 and 5 of perf. 14, compared with just 1-3 examples of all the other measurements. In most cases I have only one example of a measurement. </div>
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In terms of the Gibbons listings:</div>
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<li>14.5 to 15 would include 1-6, 9, 11-14, 16-17, 20-29, 31-35, 39-41, 47 above.</li>
<li>13.5 to 14 would include 8, 18-19 above.</li>
<li>13.5 to 14 compound 12-13 would include 7, 10, 15, 30, 36, 37, 42-46</li>
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I have never seen an example of a perf. 12-13, and 38 is an unlisted compound which would be closest to 15 compound with 13.5. What is curious about this is that it shows how catalogue values are often not tied to scarcity in the strictest sense. Clearly the perfs between 14.5 and 15 are the most common, and represent the majority of examples. Yet, the 13.5 to 14 measurements are scarcer than the 13.4 to 14 compound with 12-13 perfs. But the perf. 14.5-15 list in Gibbons for 5-6 pounds, whereas the 13.5 to 14 measurements list for only 4-4.75 pounds, even though they are demonstrably scarcer. The 13.5 to 14 compound with 12-13 measurements list for 25-30 pounds. That is probably on the mark, given that I only have 1 example of each measurement - 11 stamps. But the perf. 13.5 to 14 measurements are clearly undervalued, given that I have just 3 examples out of 85 stamps. </div>
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In examining these stamps, I have found four different paper types. All four are vertical wove papers. I have yet to find an example of the 1d stamp on horizontal wove paper. The four paper types are shown all together below:<br />
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The main difference between these paper types is the opacity, and the fineness of the mesh. The two stamps on the left are relatively translucent, while the paper of the two stamps on the right is opaque.<br />
To appreciate the differences in weave, it is necessary to look at each paper individually, close up. So, to that end, I show each of the above stamps below:<br />
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The gum on this issue shows only slight variation it is generally thin and colourless. However, there is a fair amount of variation in the sheen, with some stamps showing a satin sheen, and others having gum that shows a definite semi-gloss sheen.<br />
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This concludes my examination of the 1d blue from this series. Next week I will look at the 2d green.<br />
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Today I begin looking at the 1d blue from this series. There are too many stamps in my collection for me to cover all attributes in detail in one post. So, I will limit myself today to the shades, the re-entries and plate flaws and then the cancellations.<br />
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Gibbons lists a pale blue and a dull blue shade for this stamp, though in reality, there are at least 7 shades that I have been able to identify. Four of these would be classified by Gibbons as pale blue, while the other three would likely be classified as dull blue. However, it is clear that there should be more shade groups included in the catalogue, since some of the stamps here completely do not fit either shade name.<br />
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The scans below show the shades I have identified:<br />
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The first stamp on the left is a perfect match to Gibbons's Prussian blue. The second stamp from the left is a little brighter, being a very close match to deep dull blue on the Gibbons colour key. The third stamp from the left is brighter still and a little lighter, being a very close match to Gibbons's dull blue. So these three stamps are what Gibbons would classify as dull blue. The stamp on the right does not really match any of the colours on the Gibbons key exactly. It is closest to light blue, but is duller and contains a hint more green. This is the first of the shades that would fall under the heading of pale blue in the Gibbons catalogue.<br />
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The stamp on the left is very close to Gibbons's light blue shade, except that the colour is a bit deeper. The middle stamp is closest to Gibbons's deep turquoise blue, but is a bit duller. The stamp on the right is very similar to the one on the left, but is just a touch lighter.<br />
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<b><u>Re-Entries and Plate Flaws</u></b><br />
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Ince and Osborne identified 12 plate flaws, re-entries or other characteristic that can be used as the basis for plating these stamps. Some of the flaws occur on all stamps or several stamps, making them less useful for identification. However there are six positons that can be positively identified using some of these plate flaws.<br />
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The following occur on all or several of the positions in the sheet:<br />
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<li>All stamps in the sheet show an additional short vertical line at the top left corner of the picture. </li>
<li>Positions 19, 33, 36 and 53: a single line of colour appears in the upper half of the left margin.</li>
<li>Positions 13 and 23 a double line of colour appears in the upper half of the left margin.</li>
<li>Positions: 3, 6, 8, 10, 20, 25, 42: a graver line extends from the upper arm of the "E" in Niger towards the loop of the "R".</li>
<li>Position 12: similar to above except a line extends from the "R" back to the E, and these two lines join up. </li>
<li>Position 44: similar to (5), but there is a heavy mark at the top right arm of the E, descending at 45 degrees, resembling a white triangle. </li>
<li>Positions 9, 18, 21, 32, 43, 56 - an extra graving line appears on the right hand loop of the "R" in Niger, towards the "C" of "Coast". </li>
<li>Position 30: similar to (7) above, but the line appears midway between R and C.</li>
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<li>Position 1: The outer vertical framelines at the top left are increasingly double as they descend. </li>
<li>Position 11: Similar to position 1, except that there is also a line of colour in the upper left hand margin descending at 45 degrees. </li>
<li>Position 39: two long lines of colour at left, from below N of "Niger", descending at an angle to intersect the outer perimeter line, and continuing down to the margin half way. </li>
<li>Position 40: Extra lines to the oval at left and right just below centre. Extra line of colour to the frame at left opposite R of PRO and also on the right of the frame opposite of ATE. </li>
<li>Positions 50 and 60: the oval surrounding the Queen's head has a double line on both sides just below centre. There is also an additional horizontal frameline at the top right corner, and extending to the right.</li>
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I have examples of most of these positions, which I will show below:</div>
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On this position, the both outer and inner framelines at the top left are doubled, and as they move down the stamp, they diverge from the actual framelines, which accentuates the doubling. The close up scan below shows this difference clearly:</div>
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On this position, there is a short horizontal line protruding from the top of the "E" of "Niger". This example happens to be on the only used example I have with a Brass River CDS cancel, from November 11, 1895. </div>
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This is similar to the the above, except that in addition to a line from the E towards the R, there is also a line from the "R" back towards the "E", and it almost looks as if these join up. This particular example is especially nice as it occurs on a well centered stamp that has a compound perf, and is cancelled at Sombriero River, at an early 1894 date. </div>
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You can just make out the projection from the R in the above scan. In addition to this, the horizontal shading lines of the portrait oval just protrude into the oval frame just below Oil and opposite the star ornament at left, as seen in this close up scan:<br />
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In addition to the lines, this example also shows a weakening of the lower left leg of the "N" of "Nigeria". The scan below shows both these attributes clearly:</div>
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<b><i>Positions 19, 33, 36 and 53</i></b></div>
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On these positions, instead of a double line in the upper left margin, there is a single line in the upper left margin, and often in the upper right margin also:</div>
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Here is the line in the upper left margin:</div>
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Here is the very faint line in the upper right margin:</div>
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On this position, there is a clear horizontal line emerging from the middle of the "R" of "Niger". This example is especially nice because it occurs on a stamp with one of the scarcer compound perforations, as we will discuss next week. </div>
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The close up scan below shows this horizontal line very clearly:</div>
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This position shows the most distinctive flaw of them all: a diagonal line from the "N" of "Niger", that crosses the outer frameline and then bends so that it continues down the margin, parallel with the outer frameline. This example is also on a stamp that has one of the scarcer compound perforations:</div>
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I have two examples of this position: one in each of the major shades. In this position, there is a vertical line of colour in the inner white frameline, just below the first "R" and last "T" of "Protectorate". The solid oval is partially doubled below "PRO" and "ATE" of Protectorate. </div>
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The doubling of the oval can be difficult to see if you don't know what to look for. An obvious thing to look for is a narrowing of the outer white oval frame where the doubling occurs:</div>
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Here is the example in the dull blue shade. This one should hopefully show the doubling more clearly because the colour is darker. </div>
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As expected, the doubling appears much clearer on this stamp:<br />
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In addition to the above listed positions, I have found four other re-entries that are not listed by Ince and Osborne. Two of these are fairly minor, but still worth mentioning:</div>
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On this first stamp, the horizontal shading lines of the portrait oval protrude ever so slightly into the outer white oval, across from the letters "Prot"</div>
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The next example shows similar doubling to the position 40 stamps, except that:</div>
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<li>The doubling only occurs on the right side.</li>
<li>The doubling of the oval occurs both above and below the letters "ATE".</li>
<li>Instead of a vertical line of colour inside the outer frameline, there is a slight extension of some of the horizontal shading lines into this frame. </li>
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The next stamp shows traces of the same doubling above and below "ATE" on the right side. In addition the outer and inner top framelines have been strengthened between the letters "S" and "T" of "Coast". Unlike the other positions that share similar doubling, there is no vertical line of colour in the outer frameline. </div>
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Note the strengthening of the upper framelines between the S and T of "Coast": </div>
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Note the lack of vertical line in the inner white vertical frameline:</div>
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This next stamp is a very minor re-entry in which the horizontal shading lines in the portrait oval extend very slightly into the white oval frame, just across from the star ornament on the left that is below the "O" of "Oil".</div>
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<b><i>Bonny River</i></b><br />
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This is one of the more common cancellations during this issue. The scan below shows eight examples of the CDS Cancellation, dated between May 1, 1894 and March 16, 1895, and two examples of the squarred circle cancellation:<br />
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<b><i>Brass River</i></b></div>
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This village is less common than Old Calabar, Old Calabar River and Bonny, but it is not rare. Here, I have one CDS cancellation dated November 11, 1895, which is a little on the late side for this issue, but still within period. </div>
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I also have three examples of the squarred circle postmark for Brass River. These are all dated in 1894:</div>
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This is one of the scarcest of the villages to find cancellations from or this time period. Proud lists any pre-February 22 1897 cancellations as being worth 10 pounds. This cancellation is doubly struck, with one impression being inverted relative to the other.<br />
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This is one of the more common cancellations for this period. The cancellations for Old Calabar were originally to read "Old Calabar River", but the "Old Calabar CDS was introduced in January 1894. I have five CDS cancellations, two registered oval postmarks, which Proud lists at ten pounds each , and two squared circle cancellstions, which Proud lists for six poinds. </div>
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<b><i>Opobo River</i></b><br />
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This is one of the scarcer villages for this issue, and accordingly I have only one squarred circle postmark for Opobo, dated December 14, 1894. This lists at ten pounds in Proud.<br />
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This is easily the one of the scarcest cancels for this issue. Proud lists it as having a value of 250 pounds!</div>
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<b><i>Old Calabar River</i></b><br />
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Interestingly, I have many more of these cancellations than any of the other villages, and yet Proud values them at six pounds each.<br />
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Note that there are some identical dates included in the above selection of 14 stamps.</div>
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This brings me to the end of this section of the post dealing with the 1d blue. Next week, I will look at the perforations, paper, and gum, before moving on to the 2d value the following week. </div>
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Today's post will explore the 1/2d vermilion stamp from this series in detail.<br />
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<b><u>Perforations</u></b><br />
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I have found the following perforations:<br />
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<li>15.1 </li>
<li>15.1 x 14.5</li>
<li>13.9 x 14 x 14.15 x 14.1</li>
<li>14.1 x 14 x 14 x 13.6;14.3</li>
<li>14 x 14.25 </li>
<li>14 x 14.1 x 14.1 x 14.25</li>
<li>13.9 x 14 x 14.25 x 14</li>
<li>15.1 x 14.75</li>
<li>14.1 x 14.25 </li>
<li>14.1 x 14</li>
<li>13.9 x 14.1</li>
<li>15 </li>
<li>15 x 14.9 </li>
<li>14.7 x 14.8</li>
<li>14.5</li>
<li>14.9 x 14.7 </li>
<li>13.9</li>
<li>14.5 x 13.9</li>
<li>14.9 x 14.5</li>
<li>15 x 14.4</li>
<li>14.9</li>
<li>14</li>
<li>14 x 14.1 x 13.9 x 14.25</li>
<li>14.9 x 14.6</li>
<li>15 x 14.6</li>
<li>14.4 x 14.1 x 14.1 x 14.4</li>
<li>14.1</li>
<li>14.5 x 14.1</li>
<li>14.1 x 13.9</li>
<li>14.25 x 14.1</li>
<li>14.1 x 13.75</li>
<li>14.1 x 13.75 x 14.1 x 14.1</li>
<li>14.1 x 15; 13.75 </li>
<li>14.25</li>
<li>14 x 13.75</li>
<li>13.75 x 14.25</li>
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The most common of these are the perf. 15, 15 x 14.9 and 14.1. There are several where the perforation is different on more than 2 sides. There are always scarce, with usually just one example. There are two compound perforations in this the gauge changes part way down a side. So for example 14.1 x 15;13.75 means that the top and bottom are perf. 14.1, while the top part of the side margins is 15, the gauge changes to 13.75 part way down the sides. These are the scarcest of all, with only two different measurements noted and one example of each. </div>
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<b><u>Shades</u></b></div>
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I have identified eight different shades of the ink used to print these stamps, though I would point out that some of these variations may be the result of oxidation, as the orange vermilion ink is particularly susceptible to this. </div>
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I show them in pairs, in the following scans:</div>
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The stamp on the left is a dull shade that is very close to Gibbons's red shade. The stamp on the right is closest to Gibbons's dull vermilion, but with a more orange undertone.<br />
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The stamp on the left here is also a dull vermilion shade, but it is deeper than the one shown above. The right stamp is an almost perfect match to Gibbons's orange vermilion shade, but is a hint duller than what is shown on the swatch.<br />
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The stamp on the left is very close to Gibbons's orange-red, but contains a hint of dull vermilion to the colour. It is almost like what you would expect to see if you took the dull vermilion swatches and orange-red swatches on the Gibbons colour key and combined them. The stamp on the right is closest to Gibbons's red shade, but deeper and duller.<br />
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The stamp on the left is closest to Gibbons's dull vermilion shade, but paler. I would call it the pale dull vermilion. Finally, the stamp on the right is a perfect match to Gibbons's orange-red shade. </div>
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<b><u>Papers</u></b><br />
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The scans below show the paper types that I have found on these stamps:<br />
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The first two paper types that seem to occur on most of the stamps I looked at is a thin wove paper that shows a coarse mesh. The paper is found both horizontally and vertically wove. The vertical wove is on the left, while the horizontal wove is on the right. </div>
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<b><u>Re-Entries and Plate Flaws</u></b><br />
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Ince and Osborne note some 17 different plate flaws and/or re-entries on this stamp. Some of the flaws are to be found on every stamp in the plate, while others are confined to selected positions from the plate.<br />
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The flaws or distinguishing characteristics that can be found on every stamp from the plate are:<br />
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<li>A plate dot inside the curl of both 2's. </li>
<li>There are only 8 circular white dots around the base of the centre oval on the left side, but nine are visible on the right. </li>
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The plate flaws or characteristics that are specific to one or several positions in the sheet are as follows:</div>
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<li>Position 14 - The final right hand graving line of the decorative sideways "v" on the right centre of the oval extends through to the outer margin, with an additional line in the lower arm of the sideways "v". </li>
<li>Positions 10, 13, 20, 30, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45 and 50 - there is a single or double additional line in the outer right hand margin.</li>
<li>Position 6 - A line of colour passes through the right hand fraction of 1 of "1/2d, extending through the circle to the triangular ornament above. The right hand vertical frameline extends well beyond the upper horizontal frameline. </li>
<li>Position 9 - There are additional lines to the circle and frame above "one", the "P" of "Penny" is slightly distorted, the background of the centre oval overlaps slightly at lower left, there are small dots in the pearls at lower left and finally there is re-touching of lines at the top of "F" of "Half" and "P" of "Penny". </li>
<li>Position 21 - A small additional frame line extends horizontally to the right from foot of "T" of "Coast", the background of centre oval overlaps slightly at the top right, and finally the horizontal shading lines in the curl of the right hand scroll overlap the scroll to the right. </li>
<li>Position 51 and 52 - There is an additional vertical stroke to the stem of the "T" of "Coast" on the left hand side, finishing short of cross-piece. </li>
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The scans below show examples of these positions. </div>
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This is one of the 11 identified positions that shows the additional line of colour in the outside right hand margin of the sideways "v" ornament at right. </div>
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It is not a very strong line, but you can see it at the top, and then just below the centre.<br />
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The next stamp is position 6, showing the diagonal line through the right "1" and the extended vertical frameline at upper right.<br />
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Here, you can see a thin diagonal line through the "1". </div>
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The next stamp is a nice example of the Position 51 re-entry showing the distinct doubling of the left side of the "T" of "Coast":</div>
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The next stamp is an example of position 9, in which there are extensions of the medalion shading lines into the oval frame, extensions of shading lines on the Queen's dress into the frame, dots inside the pearls at lower left, and retouching of the "F" of "Half" and "P" of "Penny":</div>
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If you look very carefully at the lower left of the portrait medalion, you can see the extension of the shading lines into the white frame. Similarly, you can just make out the extension of the shading lines on the dress into the white frame above one. However, the following close up scans will help show these better:</div>
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Note the extension of the portrait shading lines into the white frame and the dots inside the first two pearls.<br />
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Here you can see three shading lines extending into the white frame above "One", as well as the retouching of the "F" of "Half" and the "P" of "Penny". </div>
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So, it would seem that the only one of these for which I do not have an example is position 21. </div>
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In addition to the above plated re-entries. I have identified a few re-entries shown below, that are not plated and consequently are not mentioned by Ince and Osborne:</div>
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On this stamp, the horizontal lines of the design extend slightly into the right margin at the upper right, causing a slight bulge in the frameline at upper right:</div>
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In this close up image, you can clearly see that the outer right frameline is not straight, but you can see remnants of the original guideline which would have represented a straight frameline, had the horizontal lines not crossed it. </div>
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The next example is similar to the above, but instead of the re-entry affecting the top right side of the stamp, the area affected is at upper left. </div>
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A wide variety of cancellations, most of which are circular date stamps can be found on these stamps. The scans that follow show the cancellations in my possession:</div>
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<b><i>Old Calabar River</i></b></div>
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This is one of the more common cancellations found on this stamp. The 10 examples above are all dated between March 16, 1894 and December 7, 1895. The dates are contemporaneous with the issue, and are therefore unlikely to be cancelled-to-order. All are black, except for the right stamp in the second row, which is struck in violet. All are time code A.</div>
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<b><i>Bonny River</i></b></div>
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This is another fairly common cancellation. The 8 examples shown here are all dated between January 6, 1894 and March 16, 1895. Again, all are time code A.</div>
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The next scan below shows four of the squared circle postmarks for Bonny River, also with time code A:</div>
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These are all dated between May 1, 1894 and April 13, 1895. </div>
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<b><i>Old Calabar</i></b></div>
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Old Calabar was the original name for Old Calabar River. It's use on these issues is generally thought to be a CTO cancel. The fact that these examples are all dated either July 4 or July 5, 1894, tends to support this notion. All of the examples shown here are time code C. </div>
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<b><i>Benin River</i></b></div>
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This is one of the scarcer villages, though not as scarce as Buguma. I have one CDS cancel struck in red and two squared circle postmarks:</div>
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These are dated May 21, 1894 (time code C) and September 7, 1895 (time code A). The stamp on the left is another example of position 6. </div>
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<i><b>Brass River</b></i></div>
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I have one single example of the squared circle cancellation from Brass River on piece, dated May 24, 1894:</div>
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Today's post marks the beginning of a new series of posts devoted to the first of three issues that Waterlow and Sons produced for the Niger Coast Protectorate, before it became part of Southern Nigeria in 1900.<br />
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The first of these issues is unwatermarked and is unique in the sense that it is essentially an overprinted set in which the overprint has been incorporated into the design. The stamps were originally inscribed "Oil Rivers", which was the name previously given to the protectorate. However, by the time the stamp designs were ready for production, the name of the protectorate had changed to "The Niger Coast Protectorate". So, rather than produce completely new designs, the existing designs were altered to obliterate the words "Oil Rivers" and to add the words "Niger Coast". The alterations were done so well, that the stamps look as if they were originally designed this way.<br />
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This is a reasonably complicated issue, and so today's post will serve as an overview of the areas which I will cover in more detail over the next several weeks.<br />
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There were three printings made between June 1893 and March 1894, which themselves were relatively small, resulting in total issue quantities of between 16,000 and 46,000 of each value. These are fairly low printing quantities - especially when the number of varieties in existence for each stamp is considered. What it generally means is that most all of the specific varieties of this issue are scarce. Also, because of the relatively low quantity of sheets produced, multiples of any kind, mint or used are very scarce indeed.<br />
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<b><u>The Basic Designs, Printings Made, Dates and Quantities Printed</u></b><br />
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1/2d vermilion </div>
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June 2, 1893 - 9,000 stamps (150 sheets of 60)</div>
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January 9, 1894 - 8,000 stamps (133 sheets of 60)</div>
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March 12, 1894 - 20,000 stamps (353 sheets of 60)</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmc0WmS9-kux-DiBJ5a9OzLBwfXwbfYqty2s7LBHZHWmLA9wTeUNlcwenS1IxmdBiAfi3LcprnU5BMUsr6HlFDo4H5zBSe-mOYm02MoE4LwDpCn36mrZ-4y3VuZDTo6kSqsaXCi9pihsM/s1600/1d+deep+blue+unwatermarked001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="705" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmc0WmS9-kux-DiBJ5a9OzLBwfXwbfYqty2s7LBHZHWmLA9wTeUNlcwenS1IxmdBiAfi3LcprnU5BMUsr6HlFDo4H5zBSe-mOYm02MoE4LwDpCn36mrZ-4y3VuZDTo6kSqsaXCi9pihsM/s640/1d+deep+blue+unwatermarked001.jpg" width="544" /></a></div>
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1d blue</div>
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June 2, 1893 - 11,000 stamps (183 sheets of 60)</div>
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January 9, 1894 - 10,000 stamps (166 sheets of 60)</div>
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March 12, 1894 - 18,400 stamps (306 sheets of 60)</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7v4o0ObI6y2sl0ZQxQNCuvURTfzGWLnmAk7QAquG69RxKFaJ-yF7tN0B052KBk_rcmsAfRueQzJjRnykkxI43V4orvylpqJSI42_60bqol0XODYN_bJUYTdg0oyCOvlnW8xcs-0P0-16/s1600/2d+green+unwatermarked001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7v4o0ObI6y2sl0ZQxQNCuvURTfzGWLnmAk7QAquG69RxKFaJ-yF7tN0B052KBk_rcmsAfRueQzJjRnykkxI43V4orvylpqJSI42_60bqol0XODYN_bJUYTdg0oyCOvlnW8xcs-0P0-16/s640/2d+green+unwatermarked001.jpg" width="552" /></a></div>
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2d green</div>
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June 2, 1893 - 6,000 stamps (100 sheets of 60)</div>
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January 9, 1894 - 5,000 stamps (83 sheets of 60)</div>
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March 12, 1894 - 5,000 stamps (83 sheets of 60)</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDTM7S3wg7yJoUdc_uJKxrAS7ivo9SsfC0APwPT1Nwtte0mG0iBJueTQyctIGptdIzEOo20rwCWjr7wQc9-4jkhh0XRqsMF0fsbmvSQAd0Ah8QExxjs8cfvzT8Wf_BpU5_K7dYKbFlIFm/s1600/2.5d+carmine001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="957" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDTM7S3wg7yJoUdc_uJKxrAS7ivo9SsfC0APwPT1Nwtte0mG0iBJueTQyctIGptdIzEOo20rwCWjr7wQc9-4jkhh0XRqsMF0fsbmvSQAd0Ah8QExxjs8cfvzT8Wf_BpU5_K7dYKbFlIFm/s640/2.5d+carmine001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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2.5d carmine-lake </div>
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June 2, 1893 - 16,000 stamps (333 sheets of 48)</div>
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January 9, 1894 - 15,000 stamps (312 sheets of 48)</div>
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March 12, 1894 - 15,000 stamps (312 sheets of 48)</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcYrh3zIkkRGM99EgltpElBZvF0VU-iBlQaZ-NNe4LJDCXhyNyc5LGVkYRcI5IP7FamomRXp6BQS4yeupZv4eeCPYBY3T6ykLFWAkIdv93Mpac16jBbvbPDRh4ZZAYNFmg5-cqYzDMBEc2/s1600/5c+grey+unwatermarked001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="681" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcYrh3zIkkRGM99EgltpElBZvF0VU-iBlQaZ-NNe4LJDCXhyNyc5LGVkYRcI5IP7FamomRXp6BQS4yeupZv4eeCPYBY3T6ykLFWAkIdv93Mpac16jBbvbPDRh4ZZAYNFmg5-cqYzDMBEc2/s640/5c+grey+unwatermarked001.jpg" width="540" /></a></div>
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5d grey-lilac </div>
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June 2, 1893 - 9,000 stamps (187 sheets of 48)</div>
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January 9, 1894 - 9,000 stamps (187 sheets of 48)</div>
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March 12, 1894 - 8,000 stamps (166 sheets of 48)</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU01DwlB3ZEI1gmovY4MebwdZ4sKWl8iqHcijdt4sXLN6C6FbIfTNdYuVoiN4GTcUSGzPb5FdEcJI7p-ocpQMQ_RW99mZqeXFHBsYeesT9lt6Sq4RBrgmhWZBfC4n9TdTUeLJzQnelwBTk/s1600/1s+black001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="651" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU01DwlB3ZEI1gmovY4MebwdZ4sKWl8iqHcijdt4sXLN6C6FbIfTNdYuVoiN4GTcUSGzPb5FdEcJI7p-ocpQMQ_RW99mZqeXFHBsYeesT9lt6Sq4RBrgmhWZBfC4n9TdTUeLJzQnelwBTk/s640/1s+black001.jpg" width="530" /></a></div>
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1/- black</div>
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June 2, 1893 - 6,000 stamps (200 sheets of 30)</div>
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January 1, 1894 - 5,000 stamps (166 sheets of 30)</div>
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March 12, 1894 - 5,000 stamps (166 sheets of 30)</div>
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<b><u>Shade Variations</u></b><br />
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There are a number of shade variations on each value in the set, with the 5d having the most variation. Some of these are listed in Gibbons, but others are not, which is curious given that most of the shade variations are quite pronounced.<br />
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The scans below show some of the shade variations that can be found on the stamps of this set. I will deal with the shades in detail in another post, but I wanted to give you some idea of the range of variation that can be found:<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsizr5MMkzoXfXMpmIXDWQtOyBa2jSlRWUKyBGGdOHT4DBM-Gd_u_iY8GcfeJsMy0KkLgartpMwtWdXnV3G9NoSz9hNv_rxMdh2W0M3db-kMAKfDH663wmLsFqOqG5MwGPe7A8KYUv4uG/s1600/.5d+vermilion+shades001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1253" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsizr5MMkzoXfXMpmIXDWQtOyBa2jSlRWUKyBGGdOHT4DBM-Gd_u_iY8GcfeJsMy0KkLgartpMwtWdXnV3G9NoSz9hNv_rxMdh2W0M3db-kMAKfDH663wmLsFqOqG5MwGPe7A8KYUv4uG/s640/.5d+vermilion+shades001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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1/2d orange vermilion and dull vermilion.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXNNKJZew6UVnc2Eo7YCL5ubzPFC20tqRyEJvHqctgkoBWv1m4k-WkMyOLglcnt7CSjZAIyohAr969h70fpwl-0gZM3gBzrT_VaPnID5y-2n8p3i0iUSGZnFRCQ51oO3G0VfCVSQqjaoT/s1600/1d+blue+unwatermarked+shades001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1248" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXNNKJZew6UVnc2Eo7YCL5ubzPFC20tqRyEJvHqctgkoBWv1m4k-WkMyOLglcnt7CSjZAIyohAr969h70fpwl-0gZM3gBzrT_VaPnID5y-2n8p3i0iUSGZnFRCQ51oO3G0VfCVSQqjaoT/s640/1d+blue+unwatermarked+shades001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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1d deep bright blue and pale blue</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI7oZmINg1TKI4F7FYANNYxleaF-0AinO0aHHsSoE-my9N_Je0LhMz6xXxfq4xeValgY16mhC-lW2jZhNDzjpVhecafQDfyvLs7rM37B2QoGBxaQLOGvlvviqLwWUR264Vry5XrkxthNb/s1600/2d+green+shades001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1304" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI7oZmINg1TKI4F7FYANNYxleaF-0AinO0aHHsSoE-my9N_Je0LhMz6xXxfq4xeValgY16mhC-lW2jZhNDzjpVhecafQDfyvLs7rM37B2QoGBxaQLOGvlvviqLwWUR264Vry5XrkxthNb/s640/2d+green+shades001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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2d green and dark green</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0rOZp45vU4ewr52mAI0HxIRXpejGcPA8Rd52k0fwrWaX6CleomZrkhamagAV_jN0cqQOPuqOCQBfhzzNjwo9cF9qkVkXluEtr857kddfjMucO2ao0IX22TjF4ZKZQLqnBXG50gbwpnyy/s1600/2.5d+carmine+shades001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1247" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0rOZp45vU4ewr52mAI0HxIRXpejGcPA8Rd52k0fwrWaX6CleomZrkhamagAV_jN0cqQOPuqOCQBfhzzNjwo9cF9qkVkXluEtr857kddfjMucO2ao0IX22TjF4ZKZQLqnBXG50gbwpnyy/s640/2.5d+carmine+shades001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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2d carmine-lake and crimson lake</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQA8zBCixZf8MFTFoHouLPyYxW408SJ7LzQIQhFituO9nvIIK8RihNMdhyphenhyphenLXAVuR_E26PBXOBudclqRaodvo6zpf8IxYxAhzP8zYU_YyvNUmOEN1aTilVbYvP3z26I0j4DKOEdLYx-Mpuc/s1600/5c+grey+shades001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1489" data-original-width="1600" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQA8zBCixZf8MFTFoHouLPyYxW408SJ7LzQIQhFituO9nvIIK8RihNMdhyphenhyphenLXAVuR_E26PBXOBudclqRaodvo6zpf8IxYxAhzP8zYU_YyvNUmOEN1aTilVbYvP3z26I0j4DKOEdLYx-Mpuc/s640/5c+grey+shades001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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5d in various shades of grey and lilac</div>
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<b><u>Perforations - Simple and Compound Perforations</u></b><br />
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It has been reported by Ince that 6 separate machines were used to perforate the stamps of this issue. These machines had different guages, some of which were regular, and some of which were not. The perforation measurements vary from 12.5 all the way to 15. Gibbons simplifies them into three basic measurements:<br />
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<li>14.5 to 15</li>
<li>13.5 to 14</li>
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The more common perforations are those with the same measurement all around the stamp, usually 13.5 to 14. The scarcest ones are those that contain 12-13 on any side. </div>
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One interesting aspect to this issue is that the perforations can not only be different on 2 sides of the stamp, but on 3 and 4 sides, as well as within a side. In this later variety, a stamp will be seen to have perforation teeth that are significantly narrower on part of the side compared to the others, and if you try to obtain an accurate Instanta reading, along the entire edge, you will not be able to. You will have to break the measurement up into two sections, one for each perforation. Then, and only then , will you be able to get accurate readings. This is an area that has not received much attention from specialists, as it was not thought to have much significance. However, I believe this to be incorrect, and I will deal with the perforations in detail in a separate post, or series of posts. </div>
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The scans below show the difference between a simple perforation and the compound perforations typically found on this issue:</div>
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This first scan shows a simple perf. 15 example of the 1d pale blue on the left, and a perf. 14.3 x 12-12.3 on the right. The compound perforation on the right is simple in the sense that the top and bottom sides are the same perf, and the right and left sides are the same perf. </div>
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The picture below shows an example of a stamp where the perforation measurements on each side are different, and where the gauge changes part way down one side:</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0ondNVl0HnTFyp7ZR359PPJ7Zgf7oNVrMpdw1BJ6T40FzY0ImXeX3-6uQKVo34uCS3oth8vZF7A4Z5PDSQgO7X4tIL7DceAiw7n_SG5sHGHZrs6DVVy0et2zMRtEHWEytCQSLpOSjjLx/s1600/2.5d+carmine+compound001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="663" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0ondNVl0HnTFyp7ZR359PPJ7Zgf7oNVrMpdw1BJ6T40FzY0ImXeX3-6uQKVo34uCS3oth8vZF7A4Z5PDSQgO7X4tIL7DceAiw7n_SG5sHGHZrs6DVVy0et2zMRtEHWEytCQSLpOSjjLx/s640/2.5d+carmine+compound001.jpg" width="536" /></a></div>
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The top edge of this 2.5d stamp is perf 12.5-12.6, the right side is 14.3 for the first four perforation teeth from the top, and then it changes to 12.3 for the rest of the edge. Then the bottom edge is perf. 14.3, while the left edge is also perf. 14.3. So, a very unusual set of measurements that indicates the use of more than one machine to perforate the sheet from which this stamp came. </div>
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<b><u>Horizontal And Vertical Wove Papers</u></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsizr5MMkzoXfXMpmIXDWQtOyBa2jSlRWUKyBGGdOHT4DBM-Gd_u_iY8GcfeJsMy0KkLgartpMwtWdXnV3G9NoSz9hNv_rxMdh2W0M3db-kMAKfDH663wmLsFqOqG5MwGPe7A8KYUv4uG/s1600/.5d+vermilion+shades001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1253" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsizr5MMkzoXfXMpmIXDWQtOyBa2jSlRWUKyBGGdOHT4DBM-Gd_u_iY8GcfeJsMy0KkLgartpMwtWdXnV3G9NoSz9hNv_rxMdh2W0M3db-kMAKfDH663wmLsFqOqG5MwGPe7A8KYUv4uG/s640/.5d+vermilion+shades001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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Ince notes that a number of different papers were used to print the stamps of this issue. Most papers are fairly thin, and fragile, which makes these stamps notoriously susceptible to tears, creases and thins. There are however thick papers and a thick toned paper that can be found on all values, which according to Ince is very scarce.<br />
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In addition to the thickness of the paper, differences in the weave direction can also be found. The paper can be found horizontally wove and vertically wove. Stamps on the horizontal wove paper tend to appear shorter and wider than the stamps on vertical wove paper, which appear taller and narrower. The scan above shows both types on the 1/2d, with the horizontal wove paper being on the left, and the vertical wove paper being on the right.<br />
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<b><u>Sheet Numberings</u></b><br />
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The vast majority of the sheets bore no numbers or markings of any kind. However, there are a small number of sheets that appear to have been numbered in the corner in blue pencil, presumably at the printers. It appears from studies that have been done that the sheets from the first printings were not numbered, whereas the sheets from the second and third printings were numbered. It also appears that more than one person did the numbering as two distinct styles of handwriting have been seen, each in a slightly different colour of blue pencil. Finally, it appears that the sheet numbers were not progressive through both printings 2 and 3, but started again from 1 in the fourth printing.<br />
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There are a number of re-entries to be found on the stamps of this issue. For those of you who are not familiar with what a re-entry is, it is a doubling or extension of part of the design that results from a re-entry of the transfer roll into the printing plate in order to strengthen the printing impression.<br />
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The scan below shows one example of a re-entry on the 5d involving the horizontal shading lines near the left inner frameline. If you look closely at the middle of the picture you can see that the horizontal shading lines extend slightly into and beyond the inner left frameline. This is a reasonably strong re-entry.<br />
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Ince contains a comprehensive listing of the re-entries that are to be found on this issue. I will devote an entire post to explaining what these are, as well as showing you the examples that reside in this collection. </div>
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The cancellations that are typically found on this issue are similar to those found on the earlier issues, except that the squared circles are more predominant in this issue, and the circular date stamps are larger than those used on the 1892-1894 issues. Like the previous issue, these cancellations can be found struck in violet and red.<br />
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The scan below shows a few of these cancellations on the 1/2d vermilion:<br />
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Based on the numbers printed, the two end stamps are most likely to be from the 3rd printing, but the middle stamp must be from either the first or second printing, because it is dated prior to March 12, 1894. </div>
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The total number of sheets printed for the stamps of this issue varies from a low of 266 sheets on the 2d green to a high of 957 sheets of the 2.5d. These numbers are extremely small, so that the chances of any significant number of pairs or blocks surviving into the present day is very small. Consequently, I only have a few multiples in my collection, some of which are shown here:</div>
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A nice block of the 1d deeper blue used at Old Calabar River on July 4, 1894.</div>
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A lower left block of 9 of the 2.5d. The sheets were 48 stamps, so they were likely 6 x 8, or 8 x 6. This block bears no sheet number, but it is possible that it is from a printing in which the numbers were placed on the top right block in the sheet. </div>
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A nice block of the 1/- black that shows traces of re-entries on all four stamps in the block. I will detail these again in the post about the re-entries on this issue. </div>
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I have very few covers bearing the stamps of this issue, but one such cover that I do have, which bears the entire set, and is likely philatelic is shown below:<br />
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It is a registered cover sent to Ludwig Zissler, who I believe was a London stamp dealer on January 6, 1896, after this set had been replaced by the second unwatermarked Waterlow issue. </div>
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This concludes my overview of this issue. Next week, I will look at the shades, perforations, papers and Re-entries on the 1/2d vermillion in more detail. </div>
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This week will be my last post about the overprinted issues of Great Britain that were produced for use in the Niger Coast Protectorate. This week, I will look at some larger mint multiples of the overprinted issues, as well as the provisional surcharges that were issued at Old Calabar and Opobo between September and December 1893.<br />
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These surcharges together constitute one of the most elusive and expensive areas in all of British Commonwealth Philately. A staggering 38 basic provisional surcharges were produced, and some of these list in Gibbons for up to £140,000 each. In addition to the basic Gibbons listed numbers, most of these surcharges exist in different orientations from the normal setting, so vertical, inverted, diagonal etc., as well as doubled. Most of these are insanely rare, with fewer than a dozen examples known in most cases. The main reason for the immense rarity of these surcharges is that each stamp in a typical sheet of 60 received a slightly different surcharge, and this accounts for the staggering number of listed varieties. Because of this rarity, it is advisable to only buy them with certificates. That being said, once you know what the inks used for the genuine overprints look like, it will be fairly easy to spot the originals and distinguish them from the many fakes that are out there. I have a small number of genuine examples, which I will show here as well as some high quality fakes that have been produced using, what appears to be, a laser printer.<br />
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The provisional surcharges can be subdivided into five groups as follows:<br />
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<li>The Old Calabar Half Penny Provisional</li>
<li>The Old Calabar "Half Penny" Surcharges.</li>
<li>The Old Calabar "One Shilling" Surcharges.</li>
<li>The Old Calabar 5/- and 10/- Surcharges.</li>
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The very large number of different typefaces used and the fact that the surcharges were produced in such a way as to make the majority of them extremely rare does tend to suggest, quite surprisingly to many philatelists, that these issues, while having postal necessity owing to a shortage of halfpenny stamps were largely philatelic in nature. These issues are a perfect example to show to those collectors who eschew philatelic material, as being a largely modern creation, that philatelic issues indeed go all the way back well into the 19th century. </div>
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<b><u>The Old Calabar Half Penny Provisional</u></b></div>
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On September 3, 1893, sheets of the 1d lilac were surcharged with a 1/2d in either red or violet and had a dividing line diagonally from one corner of the stamp to the other. Generally this line ran from right to left so that this made a "pair" out of each stamp. The pairs of red and violet surcharges were produced se-tenant in the sheets. Se-tenant pairs of unsevered pairs and unsevered pairs of these stamps are extremely rare and worth tens of thousands of pounds. The majority of stamps surcharged, were done in red, while only a few stamps in a sheet were surcharged in violet. This accounts for the huge difference in catalogue values (£140-160 for red versus £5,000-7,000 for violet. The red surcharge can also be found with the surcharge reversed and inverted and reversed. In these cases, the dividing line runs from left at the top to right at the bottom. </div>
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The scans below show two genuine examples of the red surcharge:</div>
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If you look carefully at the above, you will see that the dividing line is generally well aligned with the corners and that the red ink is not fully saturated. It has a somewhat vermilion quality to it and you can still see the underlying stamp design through it. This is important, as these characteristics will help distinguish it from the common forgeries that are so often found, as we shall see.<br />
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The next scan shows a close up of the surcharge:<br />
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Note how the 2 and the d are broken in places. This is another important characteristic of the genuine overprint.<br />
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Here is another genuine example. This time the dividing line does not exactly meet the top right corner of the stamp. However, the surcharge possesses all the characteristics of a genuine overprint.<br />
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Now, you may have noticed that both examples show a curved top to the "1" in 1/2. There is a variation of the overprint that is worth more that shows a straight top to the "1". </div>
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Here are two examples of forgeries made with genuine overprinted stamps, onto which the dividing line and surcharge have been added using an ink-jet printer:</div>
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Here is a forgery of the red overprint. Note how strong the colour of the ink is and how it is fully saturated. Also the dividing line is way off in terms of the angle. Also, the font is all wrong, as the close up scan below shows:</div>
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The letters and numerals are too thick and not broken or thin in any place the way that they are with the genuine surcharge.<br />
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Here is a forgery of the violet surcharge:<br />
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Again, the fonts are incorrect, the dividing lines are off, and if you look closely at the ink, you will see layering that is characteristic of ink jet printing. </div>
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But because they look good and are on genuine stamps, they could easily fool a collector that has not seen the real surcharge. </div>
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This group of provisionals consists of 29 different surcharges. All of them are either on the 2d green and carmine or the 2.5d purple on blue. The vast majority, being 24 of these are on the 2.5d, and the rest are on the 2d. </div>
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Eight different styles of lettering were employed:</div>
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<li>The first two of these show the words in straight sans-serif capitals of equal height. The only difference between the two has to do with the width of the word "Half", the space between the words, and the length of the bar. In the first type the word half is wide, being 9.5 mm wide. The space between the words is a narrow 1.5 mm, and the bar ends below the stop. In the second type, the word half is narrower, being 8.5 mm wide. The space between the words is 2.5 mm and the bar extends beyond the stop. In practice, not all of these characteristics are visible, as the letters and bars of the genuine overprint are often broken. </li>
<li>The second two types also employ sans-serif lettering, but the P and Y of "Penny" are both raised, relative to the other letters. In type 3, there is a period after the second "N" of "Penny", while the type 4 lacks this period. </li>
<li>The next two types employ curved, serifed letters that are upper and lower case and are italicized. In the fifth type, the serifs of "nny" are curved, the "a" of "half" and "e" of "penny" are narrow and the distance between the words is 5.5 mm. In the sixth type the serifs of "nny" are straight, the "a" and "e" are wider, and the distance between the words is 4.25 mm.</li>
<li>The seventh type uses straight sans serif letters that have elongated strokes. </li>
<li>The last type consists of italicized serifed roman capitals. </li>
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<li>Type 1 is found with violet, vermilion and carmine colours. Vermilion exists inverted, vertical or diagonal. </li>
<li>Type 2 is found in vermilion, green, carmine, blue, black and blue black. The green exists doubled. Black exists inverted, carmine exists omitted in a pair and green and black both exist diagonal inverted. </li>
<li>Type 3 is only known in vermilion and can be found doubled or vertical reading up.</li>
<li>Type 4 can be found in violet or vermilion. The vermilion can be found inverted, double, diagonal, omitted in a strip, vertical or diagonal inverted. </li>
<li>Type 5 can be found in violet, vermilion, blue or carmine. Both the 2d violet and 2.5d vermilion can be found double, vertical, diagonal, inverted or diagonal inverted. </li>
<li>Type 6 can be found in vermilion, blue, green and carmine. The vermilion exists diagonal while the green exists doubled.</li>
<li>Type 7 can be found in violet, blue and vermilion. The 2d blue and 2.5d vermilion exist doubled, while the 2.5d green exists doubled and doubled, with the second impression being vermilion. </li>
<li>Type 8 can be found only in green and vermilion.</li>
<li>The 2d is found only with types 1, 4, 5 and type 7. It is always violet.</li>
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Most all of these were produced se-tenant in the sheet and ocasionally se-tenant pairs can be found. </div>
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I have in my possession a genuine green example and blue example of the 2.5d with type 2 overprint:</div>
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As you can see the green is a basic green colour - not yellowish and not bluish. The letters are also somewhat broken, as was the case with the Old Calabar surcharge that I first looked at here.<br />
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Again, notice how the blue colour lacks saturation. The bar is broken below the period, but the spacing between the words is clearly more than 1.5 mm and the word "Half" is narrow. </div>
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The next scans show some crude forgeries of these surcharges that have been made from unoverprinted Great Britain stamps, by adding a fake oil rivers overprint and then a forged surcharge:</div>
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Of all the fakery going on here the surcharge is the best part, as it looks reasonably close to the genuine. But it is the Oil Rivers overprint as well as the heavy cancels that give it away. Generally, the Niger Coast Protectorate dis not apply the types of heavy cancellations that Great Britain did. So these are usually an indication of a forged stamp. The letters of the Oil Rivers overprint look nothing like the genuine overprint and the difference is obvious to anyone who has spent even a small amount of time working with these. </div>
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Here is another obvious forgery, this time of the red surcharge:<br />
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This time, the Oil Rivers overprint, the cancellation and the saturation of the red ink all point to it being an altered example of a common G.B used stamp. </div>
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<b><u>The Old Calabar One Shilling Surcharges</u></b></div>
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In December 1893, the 2d green and vermilion was surcharged with the words "One Shilling" in two lines, with a bar underneath "Shilling". The font used is upright Roman mixed case. it is found in violet, vermilion and black, with violet being the most common, though not common by any means. Generally, they can all be found inverted, diagonal or vertical, and the violet can also be found inverted and diagonal. </div>
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I do not have any genuine examples to illustrate here. But I do have a very crude forgery of a vertical violet overprint which has been added to a used 2d stamp from Great Britain:</div>
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Here, the cancellation for London S.W is a dead giveaway. But even without this, the crudeness of the surcharge itself is obvious. The Oil Rivers overprint is also crude and obviously not original. </div>
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<b><u>The Old Calabar 5/- and 10/- Surcharges</u></b></div>
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The genuine examples of these stamps are some of the rarest items in all of the British Commonwealth, with only 32 of the 10/- and 28 of the 5/- being printed at all. These surcharges consisted of either "5/-", "10/-", or "20-" with a long bar underneath. The 5/- was on the 2d, while the 10/- was on the 5d and the 20/- was on the 1s. The 5/- is only known in violet and can be found inverted , vertical or diagonal. The 10/- is vermilion and can be found with the same varieties as the 5/-. The 20/- can be found in vermilion, violet or black. The violet can be found inverted. Each of these 20/- surcharges lists for between £140,000 and £180,000!</div>
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Of course I do not have any genuine examples. However I do have one fairly good looking ink-jet forgery of the 10/- on a genuine 5d stamp, and a complete facsimile that at first glance looks eye-catching, but quickly gives itself away:</div>
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At first glance the pale vermilion ink of the surcharge and the font looks pretty darn good. However, when you look closely with a loupe, you can see tiny dots of colour across the entire stamp where the surcharge appears. These are indicative that the whole thing has been applied using an ink-jet. </div>
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Here is a close up to show what I mean:</div>
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If you look in the white space around the Queen you can see dozens of tiny blue dots.<br />
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What gives this away is that the purple of the stamp is too dark and the colour of the surcharge ink is too dark. </div>
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Between June and October 1894, there was a shortage of 1/2d stamps in Opobo. To alleviate the shortage, stocks of the 1d stamp were bisected and surcharged with a "1" in either vermilion or carmine as follows:</div>
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I have only seen the first type and I have in my possession one genuine example on piece and one very clever forgery, which has again been made using an ink jet printer and a genuine overprinted stamp:</div>
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Here is the genuine surcharge. Note how the colour of the ink is a vermilion, but how the design is still fully visible through it. Not also that the number appears weak in spots. Here is a closer look at the "1":</div>
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Here the number is too perfect, with no weak spots and uneven colour. Also the colour of the ink is not reddish enough to be a true vermilion. It is convincing though to an inexperienced collector. </div>
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The following are all examples of crude forgeries of some of the scarcer varieties of the overprints:</div>
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Here is an ink-jet forgery of the misplaced overprint on the 1d, where the top of the overprint appears at the bottom of the stamp, instead of at the top. Again, you can see the tiny blue ink-jet dots. </div>
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Here is a crude forgery of a double overprint in violet on a 1/2d G.B Jubilee stamp. For starters the overprint was never produced in violet, and to the best of my knowledge is not known doubled. </div>
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Here is an obvious ink-jet "Cancelled" overprint that has been applied to a genuine 1/2d stamp. The fuzziness of the lettering is the give away:</div>
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This week, I will finish off with four blocks of the regular overprinted issue that show the plate differences in the overprint quite nicely. It should be noted that fresh blocks and pairs of the stamps of this issue are quite elusive, as the examples shown here are the only ones I have come across in many years of collecting. </div>
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Here is a nice mint never hinged block of the 1d with the bottom right stamp showing the three dots between the R and I of "Rivers", from position 100 in the sheet of 240. That means that this block is positions 87-88 and 99-100, This means that it comes from columns 3 and 4. If you look carefully at the left two stamps, you can see that the "B" of "British" is lower, relative to the other letters, while the "H" is raised. </div>
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Here we have a nice used block of the 2.5d from columns 5 and 6 of the sheet. The two stamps on the left side of the block show the B and H of "British" raised slightly, while on the two right stamps, the B is level with the other letters while the H is raised. </div>
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Lastly, we have a beautiful, post office fresh, mint never hinged block of 4 of the 5d showing positions 105 and 117 of the overprint. Position 105, at the top right shows the malformed "R" and "T" of "Prot", while the "E" of "Ate" has a short, upturned foot. Position 117 at lower right shows the short "T" of "British" on the lower right stamp. These stamps were only issued in panes of 60, which means that this must be the 57th position from one of the overprint formes. So this is positions 46-47 and 56-57 in the sheet, which would be columns 11 and 12. This is indeed the case as the two left stamps show the B and H raised slightly, while the two right stamps show the B level and the H raised. </div>
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This week, I will showcase a number of covers and postcards from the Niger Coast Protectorate that fall into the period covered by the overprinted Great Britain issues. Two of these covers were featured in my post last week, but I will show them again here.<br />
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<b><u>Niger Company Territories</u></b><br />
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Before the formation of Northern and Southern Nigeria in 1901, the area north of the Oil Rivers Protectorate was known as the Niger Company Territories. Generally, prior to the issuance of the Oil Rivers stamps, stamps of Great Britain, or Postal Stationery items were used. The only way to identify them as Niger Company Territories is by the postmarks, which were generally violet boxed handstamps from Akassa, Burutu, Abutshi and Lokoja. Akassa and Burutu are the most common village names, but that being said, none of these are common by any means. Stamps with the postmarks are scarce enough, but covers and postcards are very scarce indeed.<br />
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Below are some stamps on piece, as well as some individual loose stamps that bear cancellations that can be identified as Niger Company Territories:<br />
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A single 3d purple on lemon Queen Victoria Jubilee definitive stamp, cancelled at Akassa (Gibbons Z33)</div>
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A single 1d cancelled with the same handstamp, on small piece (Gibbons Z30)<br />
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A lovely example of the 5d Jubilee definitive cancelled on piece with a full and clear strike of the Akassa handstamp with voided corners.<br />
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A very rare example of a Lagos 2.5d definitive used in Burutu, rather than a GB stamp. Neither Gibbons, nor Proud make any mention of Lagos stamps being used in the territory. This is the handstamp with Burutu in serifed capitals. The stamp has a few minor faults, but remains the only example of a non-GB stamp used in the territories.<br />
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A 5d Jubilee issue used in Burutu, on piece, bearing a nice strike of the same handstamp as was used on the 2.5d stamp above. This strike is quite crisp in that both framelines are clearly visible.<br />
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Here we have a 1d lilac used on piece with a slightly different Burutu hadstamp - this one having serifed capitals.<br />
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Here is another, less clear example of the same handstamp that was used to tie two 1d lilacs and a 1/2d vermilion to a large piece. This would likely have paid the foreign UPU letter rate to the UK. </div>
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In addition to the stamps, I have a postcard from Niger Coast Protectorate that is used in Akassa, which is located in the northern region of what became Southern Nigeria. I also have what appears to be a mint pre-stamped envelope from the post office in Burutu. This envelope is a sealed, pristine unaddressed envelope which bears a single Great Britain 1d lilac, which has been cancelled with the purple Burutu boxed handstamp.<br />
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The postcard is clearly a commercial card soliciting samples of merchandise. It is typewritten, which is early for a card mailed in 1898. The card itself is a Great Britain postcard that has been overprinted 'Niger Coast Protectorate", which indicates that it was overprinted after 1894. The territories did not have their own postal stationery, so a Niger Coast Protectorate card was simply used in the territories. It was mailed from the Akassa post office on September 13, 1898, and was received by the Liverpool Packet ship on October 8, 1898. There is no other marking to indicate when it arrived at its destination.<br />
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The envelope is curious and is shown below:<br />
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The Burutu boxed handstamp bears all the characteristics of being completely geninue: it is somewhat blurred and the ink colour is consistent with the kind that you see on other specimens of this period. The size and shape of the letters are all correct. So, this rules out the possibility of a fake made by taking an old envelope and affixing a cheap 1d lilac and then applying a fake cancel. But the mystery remains as to why it would be sealed and completely unaddressed.<br />
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I believe that what likely happened is that the postal clerk at the Burutu post office made up a small supply of these envelopes for sale to customers in advance. This was likely a leftover envelope from that stock. It is sealed because the gum on the flap was affected by the humidity there. That would mean that rather than being a cover, this is actually a mint postal stationery item that bears an actual stamp, and as such should be very rare.<br />
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<b><u>Early Oil Rivers (Pre-1894) Postcards</u></b><br />
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I have a group of Great Britain postcards, to which an overprint has been applied to indicate that they were to be used in the Oil Rivers. All except 1 of the cards are the 1887 scarlet Jubilee design, and were likely intended for foreign use. The sole 1/2d card that I have was likely intended for local use. Only one of these cards is addressed, but there are no mail markings of any kind on it, so that it is not clear whether or not it was actually sent to its destination through the postal system. Two of the cards are mint and two bear CDS cancellations for Old Calabar River and Bonny River, but are otherwise completely unaddressed. The cards are shown in the scans below:<br />
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This postcard is addressed to Bergedorf, Switzerland and bears a single name on the back. However, there are no other markings - no cancel for the protectorate to indicate that it had left, and no cancel to indicate that it arrived in Switzerland. So it may well have been addressed, but not sent.<br />
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This is a relatively fresh mint example of the 1d foreign rate postcard, bearing the Oil Rivers overprint.<br />
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Here is a card bearing a November 25, 1893 Bonny River cancellation with date code C. It is entirely unaddressed and bears no message.<br />
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Another unaddressed card bearing a cancellation - this time for Old Calabar River, dated October 8, 1893 with time code A.<br />
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It is not clear whether these two cards are philatelic or not, or whether they are actually precancelled postal cards that were prepared this way for sale to the public to save time in cancelling them later. Given the existence of the envelope from Burutu above, I suspect that they are actually precancelled items.<br />
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Here is an example of a 1/2d local postcard intended for use in the protectorate only. Interestingly, the overprint used here is slightly different from that applied to the 1d cards:</div>
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<li>The length is different. on the above card, the words "British Protectorate" approximately 41 mm to the end of the "E". on the other 1d postcards, the words measure 36.75 mm. </li>
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I have a series of mint registered envelopes, which appear to have been produced in 4 different sizes, and with slightly different information on the back in regards to registration fees. The first larger types are 96 mm wide and between 147 mm and 150 mm long. The front and back of each type both appear the same and are shown below:</div>
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This is a standard Great Britain envelope which has been overprinted for use in the Oil Rivers. You can tell by the lack of a country name in the stamp indicta on the back knife. These envelopes show the registration fees up to 11d for 50 pounds of coverage. </div>
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The smaller envelopes are 78-79 mm wide and 128-131 mm long. There are two types that differ in terms of what appears on each side of the envelope:</div>
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<li>The front does not show the words "Fee Paid" at all. The registration fee and compensation amounts are only shown from 2d and £5 to 6d and £25.</li>
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The scans below show some of these differences:</div>
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Note the "Fee Paid" underneath the "R" in the top left corner.<br />
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On this envelope, there is no "Fee Paid".<br />
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I have four registered covers bearing stamps of this issue. One of these is a mixed franking that includes stamps of the 1894 first Waterlow issue and second Waterlow issue from 1894. The first two of these are the 2/1d cover from Brass River to Dublin, and the 1/- cover to London that were featured in last weeks's post:<br />
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This cover may be philatelic, but on the other hand, the 1d stamp has a missing corner, which would very likely not have been the case on a philatelic cover. The back of the envelope shows that it was sent from the Vice Consulate in Brass, which does suggest that it may well have been commercial in nature. Interestingly, there are no registration markings on the envelope.</div>
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This cover was sent using a new, Niger Coast Protectorate Envelope. These envelopes had the indicta and knife on the front of the envelope instead of the back, and the registered letter rate table now occupies the entire back of the envelope as shown below:<br />
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There is no question that this is a commercial usage, as one of the stamps on the cover is badly damaged and from the haphazard arrangement of the stamps. This very likely contained valuable documents.<br />
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The next cover is an 8d cover sent to the UK on October 23, 1893, using an Oil Rivers envelope:<br />
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The UK letter rate was 2.5d, so 5.5d of registration fee has been paid. The closest increment is 5d of registration fee to insure £20. So this likely contained £20 of value and has been overpaid by 1/2d, because there were no 1/2d stamps available at the time of mailing. </div>
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The next cover is the mixed franking cover from 1896. It is a very late usage of this issue and technically, really should be included in the period of the next issues as well:</div>
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This commercial cover was sent from Opobo River to Manchester on December 19, 1896. The postage of 4.5d indicates that 2d was paid to provide indemnity to the tune of £5. The postage was paid with a 2d and 1/2d of this issue as well as 1d values from each of the next two issues. The backstamp is unclear, but the letters that are readable suggest that it is Manchester. It indicates that the cover arrived on January 25, 1897. </div>
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This concludes my exploration of the postal history of the 1892-1894 period of Niger Coast Protectorate and the Niger Company Territories. Next week I will look at the provisional surcharges as well as some larger mint multiples. Then I will have completed this issue and can start looking at the first Waterlow issue of 1894. </div>
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Today's post will look at the cancellations associated with these issues. Next week, I will look at postal history and the following week, I will look at the provisional surcharges, which include some of the rarest items in all of British Commonwealth philately.<br />
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<b><i>Post Offices</i></b><br />
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The Niger Coast Protectorate was the official name given to the protectorate, after an Order in Council, dated May 12, 1893 extended the Oil Rivers Protectorate indefinitely inland, which became necessary as trade expanded thoughout the region. 17 post offices were opened in the protectorate between November 1891 and April 18, 1895, as follows:<br />
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<li>Bakana - opening date unknown, earliest recorded date May 1, 1892.</li>
<li>Benin River - opened November 1891, and earliest recorded date is January 25, 1893.</li>
<li>Benin - opening date unknown, earliest recorded date March 29, 1893. </li>
<li>Bonny River - opened November 1891 and earliest recorded date is February 6, 1892.</li>
<li>Bonny - opening date unknown, earliest recorded date is April 19, 1894. </li>
<li>Brass River - opened November 1891, earliest recorded date is August 30, 1892.</li>
<li>Brass - opening date unknown, earliest recorded date is March 22, 1894.</li>
<li>Buguma - opened January 28, 1893, earliest recorded date is April 4, 1893. </li>
<li>Forcados River - opened August 28, 1892, earliest recorded date is September 26, 1892. </li>
<li>Old Calabar River - opened November 1891, earliest known date is February 7, 1892. </li>
<li>Old Calabar - opening date unknown, earliest known date is September 28, 1892.</li>
<li>Opobo River - opened in November 1891, earliest known date is June 24, 1892. </li>
<li>Opobo - opening date unknown, earliest known date is April 16. 1894. </li>
<li>Qua Iboe River - opened November 14, 1892, earliest known date is November 21, 1892.</li>
<li>Sapele - opened April 4, 1895, earliest known date is June 28, 1895.</li>
<li>Sombreiro River - opened December 23, 1892, earliest known date is April 1, 1893.</li>
<li>Warri - opened November 1891, earliest known date is December 26, 1893. </li>
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All of these post offices except for Sapele were open during the period covered by this issue. </div>
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<li>Circular date stamps: These come in two major types, which differ according to the size of the letters and the width of the circle enclosing the cancellation. The first type is a circle that varies from 20-22 mm in diameter. The town name appears at the top, and a two line date appears in the centre. The second type is 22 mm wide, with smaller, narrower letters (2.5 mm versus 3 mm). This second type did not come into use until 1898-1901, so should not be found on this issue. Many of these will exist as CTO's the easiest way to identify these being the presence of gum on the cancelled stamps. These cancellations can be found struck in black, violet and red. </li>
<li>Squared circle date stamps. These were generally used for registered mail only, but Warri used them in place of regular date stamps, as the regular CDS hammer was lost in transit and never arrived in Warri. No examples are recorded for Bakana, Buguma, Forcados, Qua Iboe and Sombriero River. </li>
<li>Heavy double circle parcel stamps. These are 27 mm across and the town name appears in the centre of the circle. No example is known as yet for Forcados. </li>
<li>Registered handstamps. There are three major types. The first is like a CDS that is 22 mm wide. According to Ince, it was not introduced until 1896, so it should not occur on this issue. The second type is a small oval measuring 28 x 22 mm. It is only recorded as having been used at Old Calabar, with the earliest date being June 11, 1894. The third type is a larger oval measuring 30 m x 22 mm, According to Ince, it was not introduced until after December 1899. So it is unlikely that this cancellation would be found on these issues. </li>
<li>A dumb cancellation for Bonny which consists of five parallelograms in solid black, separated by narrow white spaces. </li>
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According to Proud and Bailey, Bakana, Buguma, Qua Iboe and Sombriero River are by far the scarcest of these cancellations, being very highly prized in cover. Most are valued at 10 pounds on single stamps and 100 pounds on cover. Sombriero River is valued at 25 times these amounts for non-cto examples. </div>
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This lovely strike of a Bakana CDS is the only one that I have of the set, due to its scarcity. It shows date code C and is dated August 8, 1894.</div>
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For Benin River, I have the first three values of the set. Three of the cancellations are in red, dated January 8, 1894 and May 30, 1894. The 1d is dated April 1, 1893. All of the postmarks shown here have date code C.<br />
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For Bonny River I have examples for every value in the set, except for the 2d. All cancellations are in black, and all except the 1d are dated in 1893. All are time code C, except for the 1d, which is time code A. Below, I have an example of the 2.5d cancelled with time code B:</div>
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For Brass River, I have two loose singles and one cover that bears a complete set. Both postmarks are time code C and are black. The 2.5d stamp on the right is dated October 10, 1892, which is a reasonably early date, given that the earliest known date is August 30, 1892.<br />
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This cover, addressed to Ireland and sent on December 13, 1893 from the Vice Consulate in Brass, bears a complete set, each stamp of which is tied by a nice clear postmark with date code C.<br />
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Out of a few hundred used singles of this issue, I have only a few stamps that were cancelled outside the protectorate. The stamp above was cancelled in London on February 6, 1893. </div>
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These stamps bear the "Paid Liverpool Packet" handstamp that us usually struck on the envelope and usually in red, but also in black.<br />
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Many of the CTO's found on this set are cancelled at Old Calabar. However many in-period cancellations exist also. I have all values of the set except for the 1/- with this cancellation. All are struck in black, and all are time code C. All of the examples shown above are dated between March 1894 and June 1895. This is one of the more common cancellations from this issue. </div>
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These cancellations can also be found struck in violet, which are scarcer than black. Below is a time code C cancellation dated August 21, 1894:</div>
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This 1894 registered cover sent to London shows a nice example of the Old Calabar registered handstamp.<br />
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For Old Calabar River I have the entire set cancelled with this CDS. Dates are mostly in 1893 and 1894. All of the cancellations above are struck in black, with all values except the 1d being time code A, and the 1d being time code C.<br />
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Below is an example of the 2.5d with a time code A CDS struck in red:<br />
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Then, there are the oval registered cancellations:<br />
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The above 2d stamp is the only loose single stamp that I have which is cancelled with a strike of the Old Calabar River registered oval handstamp. </div>
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I have three examples of these scarce and seldom seen cancellations. The 1d on the left is an example of the "New Calabar" (Degema) cancellation. The 2.5d in the middle bears a red cancel for Benin. Finally the stamp at right shows a black strike of an Opobo parcel post cancel.<br />
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According to Proud and Bailey, this is one of the scarcest cancellations on this issue, with clear examples being valued at 250 pounds each. Both cancellations show time code C, and are dated late 1893/early 1894.<br />
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I have three of the five values of this set cancelled with squared circle cancellations. The town name on the 1/2 is not clear, but it is of interested because it is the only squared circle that I have seen that is not struck in black, but in red. The second stamp from the left is "Brass". Then we have two Warri squared circles and finally one for Benin. </div>
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This is another one of the very scarce cancellations from this period. Proud and Bailey value a clear cancellation off cover at 10 pounds. I have all values of the set cancelled with this CDS except for the 1/-. All of the strikes shown here are time code A, and all are dated in 1894.<br />
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I have only two stamps from the set cancelled at Forcados River. This cancellation becomes much more common in the subsequent issues, but for this issue it is quite scarce. Both cancellations are time code C and both are struck in black and date from<br />
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I have the entire set used at Opobo River, as shown by the examples above. All of these are struck in black, and all are time code A, being dated between June 1892 and September 1894. </div>
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This concludes my exhibit of the cancellations found on these issues. Next week I will look at the postal history, including postal stationery, and then the following week, I will look at the provisional surcharges. </div>
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This week's post continues my exploration of the first issue of the Niger Coast Protectorate, which consisted of the overprinted stamps of Great Britain. One very interesting aspect to these issues which is a study in and of itself concerns the constant varieties that can be found in the Oil Rivers overprint that was used on the stamps. In addition to constant varieties that can be found in the letters of the overprint itself, there were also variations in the exact length of the words used in the overprint.<br />
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These differences will be the focus of today's post.<br />
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<b><u>How the Overprint Was Produced and Variations in Size</u></b><br />
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There were two plates used to overprint the stamps. Each plate had a setting of 60 overprints. The 1/2d and 1d stamps were issued in sheets of 240 stamps. So each sheet had to be run through the presses twice in order to ensure overprinting of all 240 stamps. The 2d, 2.5d ad 1/- stamps were printed in sheets of 120, so they only required one run through the presses, while the 5d stamp only required a single plate because the sheets were only 60 stamps.<br />
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There were differences in both the size of the various words in the overprint as well as the alignment of the letters, according to which column of the sheet the stamp comes from. It is thus possible to allocate single stamps to a particular column on the sheet. Then, if the overprint shows one of the constant varieties it can actually be fully plated.<br />
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The differences are as follows:<br />
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<li>The word "British" is 7.75 mm long on all columns except for columns 1 and 7 where it is 8 mm long. It is 1.75 mm high.</li>
<li>The word "Protectorate" is 16.5 mm long on every column except for columns 1 and 7 where it is 16.25 mm. On columns 2 and 8 it is just barely 16.5 mm.</li>
<li>The words "Oil Rivers" are 16.5 mm long on all columns except for columns 5 and 11, where they are 16.25 mm long.</li>
<li>The B.H of "British" are raised on columns 1, 7, 2 and 8.</li>
<li>The B is lowered and the H raised on columns 3 and 9.</li>
<li>The R of "British" is slanting and the H is raised on columns 4 and 10.</li>
<li>The B.H is raised only slightly on columns 5 and 11. </li>
<li>The B is level and the H is raised on columns 6 and 12.</li>
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So, in sorting these stamps the logical place to start is to look at the alignment of the letters, and then look at measuring the words only when trying to distinguish between columns 1 and 7 and 2 and 8. However, there are 31 constant flaws in the overprint that are identifiable by position in the sheet, and these will be detailed next. </div>
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Before I get to the constant varieties of the overprint, I wanted to illustrate examples of each of the above differences as they occur on the 1/2d vermilion stamp.</div>
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Here is an example of a stamp from either columns 5 or 11 of the sheet. The words "Oil Rivers" measure approximately 16.25 mm, and both the "B" and the "H" of "BRITISH" are raised slightly.<br />
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On this stamp, you can see that the "B" is level and the H is raised. So this one comes from either column 6 or column 12.<br />
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Here, the "B" is dropped and the "H" is raised. So this one comes from either columns 3 or 9.<br />
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On this stamp the "B" and "H" are both raised and "PROTECTORATE" is barely 16.5 mm long. So this stamp comes from either columns 1 or 7. </div>
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On this stamp the "B" and "H" are both raised and the word "PROTECTORATE" is a full 16.5 mm long. This stamp must come from either columns 2 or 8 of the sheet. </div>
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Here the "R" of "BRITISH" is slanting, while the "H" is raised. So this must come from either columns 4 or 10. </div>
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<b><u>Constant Flaws or Varieties of the Overprint Identified as to Plate Position</u></b></div>
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The London Philatelist in 1957/58 contained a listing of 31 identifiable varieties of the overprint that would allow a specialist to assign at least 31 of the 120 stamps in each sheet to a specific position on the sheet. The listing of these varieties is as follows:</div>
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<li><b><i>Position 3</i></b>: The I of "BRITISH" is bent to the right at the base.</li>
<li><b>Position 6</b>: The "E" of "RIVERS" has a break below the centre stroke.</li>
<li><b>Position 14</b>: The "L" of "OIL" has a break bear the top.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 16</i></b>: The "B; of "BRITISH" has the top corner broken off and the "E" of "ATE" has a curved foot.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 17</i></b>: The "E" of "ATE" is raised and has a short slanting top stroke and an extra long lower stroke with a curved toe.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 18</i></b>: The "P" of "PROTECTORATE" is short. The "E" of "ATE" has a short rounded lower stroke.</li>
<li><b>Position 31</b>: The second "T" of "PROTECTORATE" is bent to the right at the base.</li>
<li><b>Position 35</b>: The "P" of "PROTECTORATE" has a thin loop showing signs of fracture at the centre stroke.</li>
<li><b>Position 37</b>: The "T" of "PROTECTORATE" has a short stroke at the top left side. The "I" of "OIL" i broken at the bottom left. </li>
<li><b><i>Position 40</i></b>: There are three small dots between the "R" and "I" of "Rivers". In some values the "E" of "Rivers" shows a break. The "T" of "ATE" is short and slanting.</li>
<li><b>Position 41</b>: The "O" of "TOR" has a break at centre left. </li>
<li><b><i>Position 47</i></b>: The right leg of the "R" of "BRITISH" is rounded. The "O" of "TOR" has a slight bulge at the right. </li>
<li><b><i>Position 49</i></b>: The first "R" of "RIVERS" has a flaw at the junction of the loop and the diagonal stroke at right. Both "I"'s of "BRITISH" are slightly larger than the "T".</li>
<li><b><i>Position 52</i></b>: There is a triangular break in the second "R" of "RIVERS"at the junction of the loop with the upright stroke at left. </li>
<li><b>Position 58</b>: There is a short lower stroke to the "L" of "Oil".</li>
<li><b><i>Position 60</i></b>: The "R" of "PRO" is raised and slightly larger than the other letters. It also has a thick curved stroke at the right. </li>
<li><b><i>Position 61</i></b>: The "T" of "PROT" has a short top stroke at right and is set slanting.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 62</i></b>: The "O" of PRO" is elongated and malformed at right.</li>
<li><b>Position 64</b>: The "O" of "OIL" has a flaw at the base at right, almost resembling a break. </li>
<li><b>Position 65</b>: The "O" of "TOR" has a break in the centre at left.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 78</i></b>: The "I" of "OIL" is larger and has a small break near the top. The first "R" of "RIVERS" has a long left hand stroke.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 79</i></b>: There is a break in the centre "T" of "PROTECTORATE" at the junction of the vertical stroke and right horizontal bar. </li>
<li><b><i>Position 83</i></b>: There is a large stop between "R.S" of "RIVERS".</li>
<li><b>Position 85</b>: The second "R" of "RIVERS" is broad and malformed with a clear break in the centre at loop.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 95</i></b>: The "P" of "PRO" is broken through the upright and top of the loop.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 100</i></b>: The same as position 40, except that the "T" is not slanting.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 105</i></b>: The "R" and "T" of "PROT" are both malformed and have long strokes. The "E" of "ATE" has a short, upturned, curved foot.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 106</i></b>: There is a small dot between the "RI" of "RIVERS".</li>
<li><b>Position 112</b>: The "E" of "RIVERS" has a gash in the lower stroke, almost severing the end.</li>
<li><b><i>Position 117</i></b>: The "T" of "BRITISH" has a broken foot at the right. </li>
<li><b>Position 120</b>: The "E" of "ATE" is raised and the "T" is short and set slanting.</li>
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The positions shown in italics are those for which I have an illustrative example, which will be shown here. Others, I will add in a subsequent update as I come across them. </div>
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Ince notes two more varieties:</div>
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<li>The 5d is known with badly printed R.H of "BRITISH" and "CT" of "PROTECTORATE". The HCT were printed in afterwards so that these letters are doubly struck.</li>
<li>The 2d value is known with the lower right stem of the second "R" in "RIVER" missing. The second "T" of "PROTECTORATE" is mostly missing.</li>
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The varieties that I have described above now follow:</div>
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<b><u>Unplated Overprint Flaws</u></b></div>
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I have found a number of other flaws on the overprint, which have not yet been assigned to a position on the sheet:</div>
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This week I start on a whole new territory: the Niger Coast Protectorate, which issued its own stamps from July 1892 until the Protectorate amalgamated with Niger Company Territories to become Southern Nigeria in 1901.<br />
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My first series of posts on this very interesting Protectorate will deal with the very first issue, which consisted of six contemporary stamps of Great Britain that were overprinted for use in the Protectorate. The stamps in question were the 1/2d, 1d, 2d , 2.5d, 5d and 1/- stamps of the then current Queen Victoria Jubilee issue.<br />
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Two printings were made of each of these stamps, with the total quantity issued of each value being as follows:<br />
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<li>1/2d vermilion: 50,000 stamps.</li>
<li>1d lilac: 50,000 stamps.</li>
<li>2d green and carmine: 42,000 stamps.</li>
<li>2.5d purple on blue: 42,000 stamps.</li>
<li>5d purple and ultramarine: 36,000 stamps.</li>
<li>1/- dull green: 10,000 stamps.</li>
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The first printings were distributed equally to six post offices: Benin River, Brass River, Old Calabar River, Bonny River, Opobo River and Forcados River. The quantities issued in the first printing, which was released July 20, 1892 were:</div>
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<li>1/2d vermilion: 30,000 stamps.</li>
<li>1d lilac: 30,000 stamps.</li>
<li>2d green and carmine: 30,000 stamps.</li>
<li>2.5d purple on blue: 30,000 stamps.</li>
<li>5d purple and ultramarine: 30,000 stamps.</li>
<li>1/- dull green: 6,000 stamps.</li>
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The second printings were not distributed evenly. Bonny and Old Calabar each received double the number of stamps except for the 5d, which were received in the same quantity, as Benin, Warri, Brass and Opobo. Thus, it follows that cancellations from Bonny and Old Calabar should be more common than the other post offices. The second printings were sent to the Protectorate on March 27, 1893. The quantities overprinted were much smaller than the first printing:</div>
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<li>1/2d vermilion: 20,000 stamps.</li>
<li>1d lilac: 20,000 stamps.</li>
<li>2d green and carmine: 12,000 stamps.</li>
<li>2.5d purple on blue: 12,000 stamps.</li>
<li>5d purple and ultramarine: 6,000 stamps.</li>
<li>1/- dull green: 4,000 stamps.</li>
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Unlike the colonies whose stamps were generally overprinted with the De La Rue specimen overprint in sans-serif letters. The stamps sent to the Protectorate were overprinted at Somerset House in small serifed capitals. Only three specimens of each value were sent to the U.P.U members when the issue was released. By my calculations there were 79 member nations of the U.P.U in 1892. This there were no more than 237 of each of these specimen overprints produced, making them very, very rare. </div>
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Gibbons does not list anything other than die 2 on the 5d value. However, Ince notes that examples of die 1 do exist and are very, very rare. I have both dies in my collection and will show both below. As you may recall, the more common die 2 shows very thin vertical lines to the right of the d's in each value tablet. In contrast, the die 1 stamps show square dots to the right of the d's. The stamp on the left above is die 1, while the stamp on the right is the more common die 2. </div>
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The close up scans of the value tablets on each should show these differences clearly:</div>
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The left d of the die 1 - note how the dots to the right of the d are square and much more than just thin lines.</div>
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The left d of the die 2 - notice how much less substantial the dots to the right of the d are. </div>
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The right d of the die 1. Again, note how thick the dots to the right of the d are. </div>
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The right d of the die 2. Again, note how much less substantial the dots to the right of the d are. </div>
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There are several shade variations in each value, and at least two of each, given that all values in the set were printed more than once. I will deal with the specific shade names and all shades in a subsequent post. However, for now, I will show the most major shade groupings in this post. </div>
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1d dull lilac.</div>
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1d reddish lilac.</div>
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There were many different CDS cancellations and a few dumb cancellations in use throughout the protectorate during the period. Most are black, but a few are red and some are blue also. I will write a separate detailed post about the cancellations. But for now, here are some of the types of cancellations that are to be found on this issue:</div>
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A large variety of errors or defects occur in the overprint, like the one shown above, in which there is a slash between the R and I of "Rivers"According to Porter, there were 31 constant flaws in the overprint, each of which can be plated and identified. This will be the subject of another subsequent post. </div>
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Although Gibbons does not list any plate flaws for these stamps, the Gibbons specialized does list some plate flaws for the regular Great Britain Jubilee stamps. Therefore it does seem probable that at least some of the stamps issued to the Protectorate could include stamps that show constant plate flaws that are listed in the Gibbons specialized catalogue for Great Britain. </div>
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Between 1893 and 1894, a small number of these issues were surcharged or bisected for use in the local post offices. In many cases fewer than 5 or 10 of each type of overprint can exist. These will be the subject of another post. However, some of these are among the greatest rarities in Commonwealth Philately. Many of these have been extensively forged. I will present some genuine items in my collection as well as some clever forgeries. </div>
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One sheet of the 1d was printed out of register so that "Oil Rivers" appears at the top instead of the bottom. Only 8 examples from the bottom of the sheet are thought to have survived. </div>
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This week's post will be my last for the stamps of Lagos, and will present an interesting range of postal history from the 1904-1906 King Edward VII issue of Lagos. Included is an intriguing series of overpaid postcards all sent to Germany aboard a ship from the recipient's wife. All of the stamps are arranged in a way on the cards that suggests that the cards are not philatelic, but are in fact, actual commercial overpaid usages.<br />
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Here is a registered cover sent from Ibadan on August 14, 1906, after Amalgamation, to Holsheim, Germany. There is a U.K. transit backstamp dated September 3 1906, but no arrival backstamp in Germany. The postage paid is 2/3d over the 2d value of the envelope, for a total of 2/5d. This has been paid with chalky paper examples of the 1/2d, 1d, and 2.5d and ordinary paper examples of the 2d, 3d and 6d.<br />
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The next scans show a Southern Nigeria registered envelope used in Lagos after Amalgamation:</div>
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This envelope was sent from Forcados, which was part of the Niger Coast Protectorate, to London on October 4, 1907. What is very interesting is the low amount of postage affixed to the envelope, being only 1d over the registration fee. This would suggest that the printed matter rate was charged, rather than the letter rate. </div>
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This cover was sent to Grand Popo in Dahomey on April 30, 1907, and arrived there on May 4, 1907. The postage was 5d, paid by a pair of the 2.5d purple and ultramarine, type 2, which is tied by a Lagos, Southern Nigeria oval registered cancel.<br />
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This cover was sent from Forcados to the Colonial Postmaster General in Freetown, Sierra Leone on December 27, 1906. The postage was rated at 1d and was paid with a pair of 1/2d stamps on ordinary paper.<br />
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This 1907 postcard is by far one of my favourites. The depth of expression in the woman's face and the detail in her dress is very reminiscent of what you would see today if you were to attend a very formal party in Nigeria. This woman is probably at least 15 or 16 here, so she is long since deceased. She is holding a fan and what appears to be a lifeless chimpanzee. The message is written on the front of the card, as UPU regulations at this time prohibited the writing of messages on the back of foreign destination cards like this one. </div>
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The back of this postcard indicates that it was a German made card, and was sent to Glasgow on June 5, 1907. The town name is not readable, but is likely Lagos. </div>
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This 1905 postcard depicts the Government Vessels Department in Lagos, near the marina. The transformation of this part of Lagos to what it looks like today is staggering.<br />
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This card was sent from Lagos in July 1905. It arrived in Leighton-on-Sea on July 23, 1905, and was re-directed after it was unable to be delivered.<br />
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This one is particularly amusing for the message written on the card. Note the "Savage West Africa" written on the card in the lower right corner. This card depicts the colonial hospital in Lagos.<br />
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This card was sent from Lagos to the UK on September 2, 1905. </div>
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This card depicts a native canoe. The card inscription says "Bonny S.N (Southern Nigeria). Bonny was part of the Niger Coast Protectorate prior to Amalgamation.<br />
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This is a Spanish postcard, depicting Pico de Teide. It has been used in Lagos and sent to Bristol from Warri on August 24, 1906.<br />
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This card is franked with a pair of the 1/2d on chalky paper.<br />
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This card depicts Susan's Bay in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The message states "From a hot country to a cold country. Greetings!!".<br />
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This card was sent from Calabar on September 15, 1906, to Vancouver BC. There is a receiving stamp from Duncan Station, BC, dated October 27, 1906. </div>
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A mint postcard from Lagos.</div>
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An unused postcard depicting Great Bridge Street in Lagos. </div>
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An anchor point for canoes near Warri Village. </div>
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The reverse of this card is German, and was sent from Forcados, which was part of the Niger Coast Protectorate, prior to Amalgamation, on August 10, 1906. The postage is paid with a pair of 1/2d stamps on chalky paper. </div>
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This is the first colour postcard I have seen from Lagos in this time period. Unfortunately there are no stamps, but the cancel left an imprint on the card that shows it was sent in 1911.<br />
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The message is intriguing: " The baskets on the ground are what they take chickens to market in. Everything, even an umbrella is carried on the head. The mats are to keep the sun from the front of the shop , which is open."<br />
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The bank of British West Africa in Lagos.<br />
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Unfortunately the stamps have been removed from the card, but the postmarks indicate that the card was sent from Lagos on March 11, 1907 to Labo Labo, Gold Coast. It arrived in Accra on March 13, and passed through Kpong on March 20, 1907. </div>
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The next four postcards were all sent by a woman aboard a ship (likely the First Bismarck) to her husband in Munnerstadt on October 27, 1905. All were franked with different amounts of postage, ranging from 4d to 1s5d. Clearly, the amount of postage is far in excess of what was required, and one one card, the stamps were carelessly affixed, resulting in damage to the stamps. This suggests that the cards are not philatelic, or if they are, the sender was unaware of how to affix the stamps in a way that avoided damaging them. </div>
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Hamburg Amerika Line postcard showing the Furst Bismarck.<br />
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This card is rated 4d and the postage is paid with a pair of 2d's on ordinary paper.<br />
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Another card showing the First Bismarck. </div>
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This card is rated 1/5d, paid with a 1/- black and green on ordinary paper and a pair of 2.5d purple and ultramarine on blue paper</div>
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This card shows the Kiautschou, another ship of the Hamburg Amerika Line.<br />
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This card is rated 1/0.5d, and the postage is paid with a pair of the 6d on ordinary paper and a single 1/2d on ordinary paper.<br />
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This card depicts the Auguste Victoria, another ship from the Hamburg Amerika Line.<br />
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This card is rated 1s2d with the postage being paid with a single of 1s green and black on ordinary paper, and a pair of the 1d purple and black on red, chalk-surfaced paper. </div>
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This concludes my coverage of the stamps of Lagos. Next week, I will begin my coverage of the stamps of Niger Coast Protectorate, with the overprinted issues of Great Britain. </div>
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Today's post comes a few days late, as I was away on a much needed temporary vacation. However, it will hopefully have been worth the wait, as today, I will be showing you a wide array of cancellations on this issue. Next week, I will complete my coverage of this issue, with a nice selection of covers and postal history.<br />
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<b><u>Cancellations on Single Stamps of the Issue </u></b><br />
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<b><i>Halfpenny Deep Dull Green and Myrtle Green on Ordinary Paper</i></b><br />
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The left stamp has a German seepost cancel. The second stamp from the left is postmarked with a Plymouth Paquebot cancel and is dated December 21, 1904.This is a relatively early date, as the stamp was first issued on October 10, 1904. The third stamp shows a large Ibadan May 25, 1905 CDS cancel, while the right stamp bears an Ogbomosho CDS cancel, dated January 1, 1905.<br />
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The left stamp is a faint Oyo cds, dated April 7, 1905. The right stamp is a January 1906 registered Lagos CDS.<br />
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These three stamps are all cancelled after Amalgamation. The left stamp is cancelled in Warri on April 12, 1907 and shows the "2" of the date inverted. The middle stamp is cancelled in Akassa, while the one on the right is cancelled in Ibadan, on October 19, 1906.<br />
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These stamps are also all cancelled after Amalgamation. All three are cancelled in Forcados between August 3, 1906 and September 13, 1907. Forcados was part of the Niger Coast Protectorate prior to Amalgamation.<br />
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The first two stamps in this row are canceled in Benin. One is an oval registered cancel, while the other is a CDS. The right stamp is cancelled in Ifon.<br />
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In this row we have a rare strike of the Lagos barred oval cancel, which had generally fallen out of use by 1898. The other two stamps are circular oval and "Post Office" cancels from Lagos. The middle stamp is cancelled May 1, 1906, which is just a couple of months after Amalgamation.<br />
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The pair of stamps on the left is cancelled in Bonny, April 6, 1907. Bonny was part of the Niger Coast Protectorate before amalgamation. The stamp on the right is cancelled in Onitsha on November 5. The date is not clear, but appears to be 1907.<br />
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These two stamps bear ship cancels. The left stamp is cancelled with a Plymouth paquebot cancel, while the right stamp is a Hamburg German Seepost cancel.<br />
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The left stamp is another scarce strike of a 5-bar Lagos grid cancel. The middle stamp is an early November 5, 1904 strike of a circular registered Lagos cancel. The right stamp bears a 21 mm Lagos CDS cancel dated October 22, 1904. These dates are both early, given that the stamp was first issued on October 10, 1904.<br />
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These three stamps are all cancelled after Amalgamation, and are all cancelled in villages that had been part of Niger Coast Protectorate. The left stamp bears a Bonny CDS, dated June 1, 1907. The middle stamp is Calabar, dated February 8, 1907 and the right stamp bears the new Calabar Southern Nigeria CDS dated May 2, 1907.<br />
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The first two stamps here are cancelled after Amalgamation, while the right stamp is cancelled before Amagamation on May 29, 1905. The left stamp is cancelled with a Plymouth paquebot cancel. The middle stamp is cancelled Ode Ondo, and the right stamp bears a Post Office Lagos CDS cancel.<br />
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At least two of the three stamps on this row are cancelled after amalgamation. The left stamp bears a registered cancel from Egwani. The middle stamp is cancelled with a Benin CDS dated May 1, 1907. The right stamp is cancelled with an Asaba CDS dated April 25, 1907.<br />
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These two multiples, consisting of a pair and a strip of 3, are both cancelled in Warri, with the pair being dated August 10, 1906 and the strip dated September 28, 1906. </div>
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These three stamps are all cancelled after Amalgamation. The two left stamps are cancelled in Ebute Metta, and the right stamp is cancelled in Aboh on February 28, 1907.<br />
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The stamp on the left bears a nice strike of an oval registered Southern Nigeria cancel. This one is likely to be Lagos, but could be another village. The middle stamp bears a German Hamburg Seepost cancel. The right stamp bears a lovely strike of an April 13, 1907 Ifon CDS.<br />
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The left stamp in this row is canceled before Amalgamation, at Ibadan, on May 26, 1905. The other two stamps are both cancelled at Onitsha in 1906 or 1907. The middle stamp is postmarked with a registered cancel and the right stamp is a CDS cancel.<br />
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These three stamps are also all cancelled after Amalgamation. On the left, we have a Forcados cancel dated March 31, 1907. The middle stamp is cancelled at "Egwanga" on April 20, 1907. The right stamp is canceled at Calabar on January 9, 1907. </div>
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These first three stamps are all cancelled after Amalgamation. The first stamp on the left is cancelled at Ibadan, the middle stamp is cancelled at Calabar and the right stamp is cancelled at Ogbomosho.<br />
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These three stamps are also cancelled after Amalgamation. The first two were used at sea and are cancelled with Plymouth paquebot cancels. The right stamp is cancelled with a Onitsha oval registered cancel.<br />
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These stamps are also cancelled after Amalgamation. The left stamp is cancelled with a Forcados CDS. The second stamp in the middle is cancelled in Warri, while the right stamp is cancelled in Calabar.<br />
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Finally, the last three stamps shown here are also cancelled after Amalgamation. The left stamp is cancelled with an Akassa CDS. The middle stamp is cancelled with an Abeokuta CDS, and the right stamp is cancelled in Forcados. </div>
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<b><i>2d Purple and Royal Blue on Ordinary Paper</i></b></div>
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Both of these stamps are cancelled in Abeokuta. The right stamp is cancelled sometime in 1905. The left stamp has a November cancel, but the date is not visible. </div>
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<b><i>2d Plum and Ultramarine on Chalk-Surfaced Paper</i></b></div>
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These first three stamps are all cancelled after Amalgamation in 1907. The left stamp is cancelled in Bonny. The middle stamp is cancelled in Egwang, which is a scarcer village name. The right stamp is cancelled at Asaba.<br />
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The left stamp is cancelled at Aboh. The middle stamp is cancelled at Onitsha and the right stamp is cancelled with a Degeema oval registered cancel. The middle and right stamp are both cancelled after Amalgmation.<br />
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Again, the three stamps shown here are all cancelled after Amalgamation. The left stamp is cancelled with a Lagos W.C.A CDS dated December 1, 1906. The middle stamp is cancelled in Calabar on July 12, 1907. Finally, the right stamp is cancelled with a Plymouth paquebot cancel.<br />
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Both this pair and the single stamp are cancelled at Warri after Amalgamation. The oval registered cancel is dated August 2, 1906. The right stamp is cancelled with a CDS cancel. </div>
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All three of these stamps were cancelled after Amalgamation. The left stamp is cancelled with a Lagos Registered cancel. The middle stamp is cancelled with a Badagry CDS, and the right stamp is cancelled with a Sapelle CDS. All three of these stamps appear to be type 2, with the larger letters of value.<br />
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The left stamp is cancelled with an Abeokuta CDS dated October 23, 1907. The right stamp is cancelled with a Lagos CDS. </div>
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Neither of these two stamps show a clear date. The left stamp is cancelled with an oval Lagos registered cancel. The right stamp is cancelled with an Ebute Metta CDS cancel. </div>
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These three stamps are all cancelled in Sapelle, but it is not clear whether or not it was after Amalgamation. The left stamp is cancelled with a CDS, but the other two stamps are cancelled with an oval registered cancel.<br />
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These four stamps are all cancelled after Amalgamation. The left stamp is cancelled in Onitsha. The second stamp from the left is cancelled in Forcados. The third stamp is cancelled with an oval Calabar registered cancellation. The right stamp is cancelled with an Egwang CDS.<br />
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These three stamps are also cancelled after Amalgamation. Both of the first two stamps are cancelled with Post Office Lagos WCA CDS cancels. The right stamp is cancelled at Obubra, which is another location which is seldom seen. </div>
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<b><i>6d Deep Purple and Purple on Chalk Surfaced Paper</i></b></div>
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I have quite a large number of used examples of this value, but most of them have smudgy, unreadable cancels. This stamp is cancelled with a nice clear strike of a Lagos CDS dated May 20, 1907. </div>
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Both of these stamps are cancelled in Lagos, with 21 mm Lagos CDS cancels. According to Ince this stamp was issued on October 15, 1904. Yet, the stamp at the left is dated October 8, 1904, which suggests that it was actually issued earlier. The right stamp appears to have been used December 16, 1904, which is another early date. </div>
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Both of these stamps are cancelled after Amalgamation. The town names are not readable, but the dates are: August 16, 1906 and September 13, 1906. </div>
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<b><i>Two Shillings Sixpence Dull Green and Carmine on Ordinary Paper</i></b></div>
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This is a nice used example of this high value, cancelled just 2 weeks after Amalgamation, on March 3, 1906, in Lagos. As per last week's post, only 6,240 of this value were ever printed, so the number of used examples like this is very limited. </div>
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<b><i>Two Shillings and Sixpence Dull Green and Carmine on Chalk Surfaced Paper</i></b></div>
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The left stamp is cancelled with a Warri parcel cancellation. The right stamp is cancelled with a lovely strike of a Aboh CDS. </div>
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<b><i>Five Shillings Dull Green and Ultramarine on Ordinary Paper</i></b></div>
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These two stamps are nice used examples, but the cancellations are not readable. Enough detail is visible to discern that these are Lagos cancels. </div>
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This lovely example is dated December 21, 1909 and is cancelled with a crisp strike of a Lagos registered CDS cancel. Only 6,240 of these stamps were ever printed and issued. So, an example like this with full original colour and crisp cancel is a true rarity. </div>
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<b><i>Ten Shillings Dull Green and Sepia Brown on Ordinary Paper</i></b></div>
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This beautiful example is cancelled with the same cancel as the five shilling above. It is a December 21, 1909 Lagos registered CDS. According to Ince, only 6,240 stamps were issued. </div>
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<b><i>Ten Shillings Dull Bluish Green and Sepia Brown on Chalk Surfaced Paper</i></b></div>
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This is another very nice example of this rare high value. This one is cancelled with a March 1, 1907 Lagos registered cancel. According to Ince, only 6,240 stamps were issued. </div>
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This concludes my showing of the cancels on this issue. Next week, I will finish this issue off with a lovely display of covers and postcards. </div>
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This week, I will begin looking at the last regular stamp issue of the crown colony of Lagos: the Edward VII issue on the multiple crown CA watermarked paper.<br />
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This issue used the exact same colour scheme and designs as the previous one. The reason for its issue was that the Crown Agents adopted the use of a new type of watermarked paper containing a repeating pattern of crowns over the initials CA. The use of a repeating pattern meant that the paper could be used for any size of commonwealth stamp, and would result in less paper wastage. The previous paper required the plate to be properly aligned with the paper so that each stamp would get one watermark, and often for larger stamps, this meant a smaller sheet size and more paper wastage.<br />
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Initially, the first printings, which were made in July 1904, and which replaced the existing issue in October that year, were printed on unsurfaced medium wove paper. all values were issued except for the 2.5d. The quantities printed were thus:<br />
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<li>1/2d: 120,360 stamps - issued October 10, 1904.</li>
<li>1d: 485,880 stamps - issued October 22, 1904.</li>
<li>2d: 36,360 stamps - issued February 1905</li>
<li>3d: 36,600 stamps - issued April 27, 1905.</li>
<li>6d: 24,480 stamps - issued October 31, 1904.</li>
<li>1/-: 24,000 stamps - issued October 15, 1904.</li>
<li>2/6d: 6,240 stamps - issued December 3, 1904.</li>
<li>5/-: 6,240 stamps - issued January 1905.</li>
<li>10/-: 6,240 stamps - issued December 3, 1904.</li>
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As you can see, although the 1/2d and 1d stamps are common, the total number printed is surprisingly low compared to the Queen Victoria stamps of the same denomination. The other values are much less common than one would think from looking at the catalogue values, and the three high values are all exactly the same scarcity, and yet their catalogue values differ quite widely, which is strange. </div>
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In 1905, the Crown Agents adopted a new chalk-surfaced paper in order to further prevent the cleaning and re-use of stamps. All the values including the 2.5d were reprinted on this paper, and in the case of the 1/2d, 1d and 6d there were two printings of each:</div>
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<li>1/2d: 121,400 (1st printing July 12, 1905) and 121,800 (2nd printing December 6, 1905).</li>
<li>1d: 240,000 (1st printing July 6, 1905) and 249,000 (2nd printing July 12, 1905).</li>
<li>2d: 36,960 stamps printed July 12, 1905.</li>
<li>2.5d: 60,000 stamps printed July 12, 1905. 12,000 were type 1 and 48,000 were type 2.</li>
<li>3d: 36,000 stamps printed July 12, 1905.</li>
<li>6d: 24,600 (1st printing July 12, 1905) and 60,960 (2nd printing December 6, 1905).</li>
<li>1/-: 24,600 stamps printed July 12, 1905.</li>
<li>2/6d: 6,240 stamps printed July 12, 1905.</li>
<li>5/-: 6,240 stamps printed July 12, 1905.</li>
<li>10/-: 6,240 stamps printed July 12, 1905. </li>
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Curiously, the number of stamps printed for each of the three high values is exactly the same for each stamp, and compared to the ordinary paper. All the other stamps were printed in roughly the same quantities as the stamps on ordinary paper except the 1/2d, which is twice as common. Yet the catalogue values are almost the same. The issue dates for the chalky paper stamps were:</div>
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1/2d: March 12, 1906.</div>
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1d: September 21, 1905.</div>
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2d: September 25, 1906.</div>
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3d: August 2, 1906.</div>
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2/6d: October 21, 1906.</div>
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5/-: October 21, 1906.</div>
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Like the first issue, values above the 1/- in postally used condition are extremely scarce. Again, the green ink used to print the stamps was still doubly fugitive and in addition, you had the chalk surfacing, which is prone to damage on soaking and rubbing. So, nice used examples of the 2/6d, 5/- and 10/- are very scarce to rare, it not as rare a those of the previous issue.</div>
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Amalgamation of Lagos with Southern Nigeria occurred on February 16, 1906. As you can see, the vast majority of the stamps on chalky paper were not issued until after this date, and so technically they are stamps of Southern Nigeria, and not Lagos per se. Because of this date, and the fact that many of these stamps were later re-issued during temporary shortages of Southern Nigeria stamps, postmarks and postal history become very interesting. This is due to the fact that we have three distinct periods:</div>
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1. Use before amalgamation.</div>
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3. Use in the later Edward VII period and early KGV period during shortages. </div>
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Later, we will indeed see many examples of the chalky paper stamps used between 1910 and 1914, well after they were issued and well after Southern Nigeria stamps had superceded the original issues. </div>
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<b><u>The Basic Stamps and Shade Varieties - Ordinary Paper</u></b></div>
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Despite there being only one printing of each value on ordinary paper, there are some slight shade variations on the head plate colours and in some cases the duty plate. </div>
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Here, there is a variation of both the head plate any duty plate colours. The left stamp is a deep dull green and green, while the one on the right is dull green and myrtle green.<br />
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Here, there is a slight variation in the intensity of the head plate colour, with the right stamp being a deeper shade of purple than the stamp on the left.<br />
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On this value, there is a very slight variation in the pale purple of the head plate.<br />
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The 6d value shows the usual variation in the thickness of the duty plate lettering, as well as a variation in the purple of the head plate. </div>
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The one shilling value shows variation in the head plate colour, with the stamp on the left being a pale dull green and the right stamp being a deep dull green.<br />
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There is little variation in the green on the 2/6d value. Yet, despite the low print quantity there are distinct variations in the duty plate colour. The stamp on the left has a deep carmine duty plate. The middle stamp has an aniline carmine duty plate, while the one on the right is bright aniline carmine. </div>
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I haven't found any significant variation in the colour of the 5/- value. It is dull green and ultramarine. </div>
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Likewise, I have found no variation in the colour of the 10/- value either. The colour is dull green and sepia brown. </div>
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Most values on the chalky paper exhibit 2 or more shade variations of both head and duty plate. This does correspond to the fact that there were 2 printings of the 1/2d, 1d and 6d. However, they are found even on stamps that were known to have only one printing, which suggests the use of more the one batch of ink. </div>
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On the 1/2d value, the duty plate colours are generally a myrtle green, but the head plate colours vary from pale dull blue green on the left, to dull green on the right.<br />
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On the 1d value, both the paper colour and the purple varies. On the left, the paper colour contains more orange, being a salmon colour, while the right stamp is more of a dull rose. The purple of the left stamp is more reddish while the one on the right is more bluish.<br />
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This is the most outstanding shade variation I have seen on a single printing stamp. Both head and duty plate colours vary, but the duty plate of both stamps are printed in entirely different colours. On the left we have a deep purple and grey-blue stamp. The normal shade combination is shown on the right, which is deep reddish purple and ultramarine.<br />
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The type 2 stamps with larger letters can be found in shades of deep purple and deep reddish purple. The blue colour of the paper is fairly consistent.<br />
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While the head plate colours are fairly consistent on the 3d, they duty plate colour varies from a chestnut colour on the left, to a deep lake-brown on the right.<br />
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The 6d shows the most variation, as it was printed twice. The duty plate colour is fairly consistent, but the head plate colour shows considerable variation from dull purple on the left, to pale reddish purple in the middle to deep purple on the right.<br />
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The 1/- value shows no significant variation that I can see. The colour is a deep dull bluish green. </div>
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Like the 2/6d on the ordinary paper, the 2/6d value on chalky paper shows variation in the duty plate, with the left stamp having a carmine duty plate, and the right stamp having a scarlet duty plate.<br />
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The 5/- value shows variation in both the head plate and duty plate colours. The stamp on the left is dull green and ultramarine. The stamp on the right is deep dull bluish green and dull ultramarine. </div>
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I have not seen any variation in the 10/- value. All of the stamps that I examines are dull green and sepia brown. </div>
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According to Ince, the 1/2d, 1d 2d and 1/- exist with inverted watermark. At present, I have the 2d on chalky paper, but none of the others. My example of the 2d is shown below:</div>
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These stamps are extremely rare, as in all likelihood, no more than one or possibly 2 full sheets of 120 stamps were ever printed thus. </div>
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There are curiously few printing flaws on the stamps of this issue, though I have noticed two examples of the deformed "Y' of "Penny" on the 2.5d, which I first discussed on the previous issue. I have also found a prominent lower frame break on the 3d from the chalky paper printing. These two varieties are shown below.</div>
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The above scan shows two examples of the 2.5d that each show a clearly lopsided and deformed "Y" in "Penny". The Y is distorted and is not straight. A close up scan shows this distortion more clearly:<br />
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This variety was discussed in the post covering the stamps of the last issue, so it is fairly certain that it is a constant variety.<br />
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The next variety may or may not be constant, since I am seeing it for the first time, but it is a break in the lower frame of the 3d on chalky paper:<br />
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The break is very obvious and clear, even without enlargement.<br />
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I have a few mint and used blocks of the stamps of this issue. They are a mix of ordinary and chalky papers. Again, blocks of this issue are generally quite scarce, even for the low values.</div>
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All values of the set exist with specimen overprint, but I do not have any of them to show here. </div>
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This concludes the first part of my post about this issue. Next week, I will post about the cancellations of the issue. I will be running late next week, so my post will be short and will deal with only the pre-amalgamation period. It will be posted on Thursday next week instead of Tuesday as usual. So don't worry if you see no new posts on Tuesday evening next week!</div>
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Last week I wrote a broad overview of the first King Edward VII Issue of Lagos, which was issued in 1904. I left off with an examination of some of the potentially constant plate flaws that occur on the issue, that are not listed in Gibbons. This week, I will show you some of the cancellations and postal history that can be found on these stamps.<br />
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Before I get into the specific cancellations, a word on the rarity of the high values in postally used condition. This issue had a useful life of no more than 9 or ten months. Last week we saw that there were no more than between 720 and 1,680 stamps issued in total - mint and used. The high values would have seen very little usage, as they would really only have been required on very valuable registered items. So it is highly doubtful that more than 5% or 10% of these stamps would have been used during the life of this issue, so the number of total extant used stamps is probably not more than 150 or so of each of the 5/- and 2/6d and maybe 75-100 of the 10/-. In addition to the overall rarity, is the fact that the green ink used for printing is doubly fugitive and fades with exposure to water. Thus, most of the used examples would have faded when they were soaked off envelopes. So, examples with full, original colour are extreme rarities that are vastly undervalued in the standard catalogues.<br />
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<b><u>Halfpenny Deep Dull Green and Myrtle Green</u></b><br />
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In the above scan, we have two Abeokuta CDS cancels dated August 5, 1904 and September 29, 1904. The middle stamp is badly faded through exposure to water and provides an excellent illustration of what I was just talking about with respect to the green ink. On the right we have a Lagos CDS cancellation dated June 10, 1904. The Abeokuta cancellations are noted to be reasonably scarce in the Proud Bailey handbook.<br />
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This cancellation is difficult to pinpoint, but is an unusual one from December 24, 1904. The place name ends in an H, but does not seem to fit any of the village names currently listed in Proud as ending in "H". So this may be an unrecorded postmark. </div>
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This a a selection of about half of the Lagos CDS cancels in my collection. I have another half dozen or so just like the ones shown here. They are generally not rare. The cancellation with the larger letters fourth from the left and the Post Office cancellation are a little more unusual, but again, not rare by any means.<br />
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Another selection of nice Abeokuta strikes, including one from March 11, 1904, which is quite an early date, as most of these are from June to August. Two types are shown here, both of which are listed in Proud. The smaller type is actually scarcer than the larger type, and is valued 4 times higher.<br />
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Here we have three more cancellations that are a little more unusual. The one on the left is Shagamu. The stamp in the middle is Ibadan, while the one on the right is Ebute Metta. </div>
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Here we have nice strikes of Lagos and Abeokuta, dated October 1, 1904 and September 12, 1904 respectively. </div>
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Here we have four stamps, two of which are type 1, with the thin lettering and two of which are type 2, with the thicker lettering. The two type 1 stamps are cancelled with Lagos and Abeokuta CDS's, while the type 2's are cancelled with Calabar and Onitsha CDS's. The dates are not clear, but are likely in 1904.<br />
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These are all type 2's. The stamp on the left has a late strike of a Forcados cancel dated June 30, 1907, which is after Amalgamation. Forcados was part of Niger Coast Protectorate, and so one would not usually see such a cancel on a Lagos stamp before amalgamation had occurred. Although not complete, I know that the cancel on the pair is Aboh, which is one of the scarcer villages from this period. </div>
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Here, we have some nice legible strikes of the Lagos CDS. As you can see these are generally all dated late in 1904.<br />
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Here we have another example of a Plymouth Paquebot cancel, and another Lagos CDS, this one dated in July 1904. </div>
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Here, we have four examples of the Lagos CDS, only these ones are a little different from the smaller type that we usually see from this period. Also, on the right is an example of the straight line Lagos Government Telegraphs cancellation. The CDS's are Proud type D16, which Proud notes is possibly telegraphic. </div>
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This is one value for which I did not have any really nice strikes of any particular cancellation. On the left there is a partial Lagos registered cancel, while the middle stamp is a messy strike of a Lagos CDS dated January 30th, which is a very early date, as the stamps were put on sale on January 22 - a mere week earlier. The stamp on the right is another example of a Plymouth Paquebot cancel. </div>
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Not a good used example of this high value, but the best one that I have. It is almost completely faded, having only about 25% of its original green colour. It has a messy but readable strike of a June 25, 1904 Lagos CDS cancel. Like I said earlier, as terrible as it is, it is still one of only about 125-150 in existence. </div>
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This is a suberb rarity: a genuine postally used example dated January 10, 1905 - a little after the MCA issue replaced this one, but not much. The cancellation is a Lagos Registered CDS that is listed in Proud as type R8. What makes this so suberb is that in addition to the centering, and the clarity of the cancel, the colour is completely, 100% full and original. </div>
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This is another nice stamp. It is faded partially, but not too badly. It has about 50-60% of it's original colour, which is not bad for a stamp that is this rare. In addition, it is canceled with a clear August 22, 1904 Abeokuta cancellation, which is one of the scarcer villages. </div>
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Most of my postal history from this period is from the next issue, with the multiple crown CA watermark. However, I do have a few pieces, including some mint postal stationery items that I can show here.</div>
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The first item of mint postal stationery that I have is a registered envelope as shown below:</div>
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This envelope is about 7 mm longer and 5 mm wider than a standard postcard of the period. The instructions and dividing lines are printed in the same colour as the stamp indicta on the reverse, which is a grey blue. </div>
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Here is the back of the same envelope showing the stamp indicta, along with the knife and the crossed lines, which indicate that the envelope is registered. The 2d stamp indicta is there to indicate payment of the registration fee. The sender then had to add the regular postage to the envelope to make up the correct rate. </div>
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The second piece of mint postal stationery that I have is a postcard on buff card stock. which bears a carmine stamp indicta, which differs from the design of the issued stamps:</div>
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I have but one registered cover franked with the stamps of this issue: a 5d registered cover sent to Cheshire on July 27, 1904:</div>
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The normal postage rate to the UK at this time was 2.5d, and registration was 2d, for a total of 4.5d. So this cover appears to have been overpaid by 1/2d, which is odd, given that there is a pair of 1/2d stamps on the cover. but the placement of the 1d stamp is such that it looks like it was applied after the blue registration markings were drawn on the envelope. It seems that the clerk noticed that the envelope was only franked with 4d, and needed to make up the deficiency, but did not have any more 1/2d stamps, and so used a 1d instead. It would further appear that there was no answer when delivery was attempted as indicated by the "No Ans" notation in pen on the front. </div>
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Finally I have one used registered envelope sent to Accra, Gold Coast and one postcard to the UK:</div>
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An interesting postcard, sent when the regulations still prohibited any message from being written on the address side for a foreign sending. The cryptic message "Yes he did" appears typewritten on the back. Clearly the card was sent in response to a question that had been asked in a previous letter. The date of the cancel is not completely clear, but it is from 1904, and so likely is the first issue. </div>
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The front of a registered envelope, printed in a deeper shade of the grey blue, but the same size as the mint envelope shown earlier. This was sent to Accra, Gold Coast on October 15, 1904. Accra, was considered to be an inland destination, even though it was another colony, and was this rated at 1d, so that the registered envelope required only a single 1d stamp.<br />
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The reverse of the envelope shows that the letter reached Accra on October 18, 1904 - 3 days later. </div>
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This brings me to the end of my discussion of the first Edward VII issue of Lagos. Next week, I will start looking at the second issue that was in use up to amalgamation and beyond. </div>
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