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Northern Nigeria Protectorate
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Northern Nigeria was a British colony formed in 1900 from the interior territories of the Royal Niger Company, north from about where the Niger River and Benin River joined at Lokoja. Territories to the south and along the coast were formed into Southern Nigeria; both were reorganized into a single Nigeria in 1914.
Postage stamps were issued specifically for Northern Nigeria beginning in March 1890. All stamps issued were the of Key Plate design, differing in the sovereign depicted, watermarks, and choice of colored or colorless numerals for the denomination.
Unusually, a 25-pound stamp was issued in 1904. This was really intended as a revenue stamp, it being nearly impossible to invent a piece of mail needing so much postage. It is the great rarity of the colony, unused copies commanding a price of around US$30,000.
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7 Dependencies of St. Helena since 1922 (Ascension Island) and 1938 (Tristan da Cunha). |
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