NIGER COAST 1894 ½d on 2½d blue variety, SG65b Space & Aviation A fine quality mint example

A fine quality mint example with original gum

A Neil Armstrong autograph with exceptional photographic provenance

type 16 surcharge with 4mm space between "4d" and "POSTAGE"

5 inch white card backing along with an 8 x 11 inch photograph (circa 2007)

NIGER COAST 1894 ½d on 2½d blue variety, SG65b Space & Aviation A fine quality mint exampleNiger Coast 1894 (10 Aug) d on 2d blue, type 17 surcharge, Old Calabar provisional, showing variety 'OIE' for 'ONE', from position 8 of the row of 8, cancelled by large part 'OLD CALABAR RIVER' squared circle date stamp, dated 'NO 7 94', SG65b. A fine used example despite a few shortish perforations, which is often the case with these issues. Very scarce as less than 120 originally existed and fewer surviving examples today. The Stanley Gibbons