Lot 160 Niger Coast Protectorate SG#2 1d Lilac & Deep Lilac Queen Victoria, 1892-1894 Overprinted 1887 Jubilee Issue, 2 FOG Singles Showing Different Column Printings,

2 FOG singles of the 1d lilac & deep lilac Queen Victoria from the 1892-1894 Overprinted 1887 Jubilee Issue showing different column printings

the first stamp is lilac shade with slightly raised H in British from columns 6 & 12, and the second is deep lilac with slanting R in British from columns 4 & 10.

Gibbons values these at £26 for very fine, so we estimate them at $13. The stamps offered here grade between 65 and 70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/70, 40/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

For this issue, the total number of stamps overprinted for each value is; 1/2d (50,000), 1d (50,000), 2d (42,000), 2.5d (72,500), 5d (36,000) & 1/- (10,000). The overprints were done in 12 columns per sheet with the overprints display constant, and distinct characteristic in every 2nd column of the sheet.