Description
Nigeria (Lagos) 1874-75 1s orange, Watermark CC, perforations 12½, with value 16½mm long, SG8a.
A brilliant mint example with large part original gum. A superb example with exceptional colour, perforations and centring.
The finest quality example we have ever handled and very scarce in this quality.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £425.
From 16 February 1906, Lagos became part of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate which then itself became part of modern Nigeria in 1914.