Niger Coast Protectorate SG#45a 1/2d Queen Victoria, 1893-1894 Obliterated Oil Rivers Issue, 2 F&VF OG Singles On Horizontal & Vertical Wove Paper, Perf 13 1/2 - 14

2 F&VF OG singles of the 1/2d Queen Victoria from the 1893-1894 Obliterated Oil Rivers Issue on horizontal & vertical wove paper, perf 13 1/2 - 14. This issue has "Oil Rivers" obliterated and Niger Coast engraved into the design. The numbers issued, spread out over up to 5 different perforation measurements are as follows:
1/2d-37,000
1d-39,400
2d-16,000
2 1/2d-46,000
5d-25,000
1/- 16,000
Three printings make up these numbers , with the printings being June 1893, January 1894 and March 1894.
The common perforations are 14 1/2 -15 and 13 1/2 - 14. A very small number of sheets had to have the perforating completed using a machine gauging 12-13. This results in the compound perfs 14 1/2 -15 comp 12-13 and 13 1/2 - 14 comp 12-13.
These are actual rarities whose catalogue price does not reflect the true scarcity. In Addition to the difference in perfs, these stamps are also on vertical and horizontal wove paper

Our estimated value is $12.Gibbons values this at £16 The stamps offered here grades 72-75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70

Paper Freshness: 2/5,5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10