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Postage stamps were issued specifically for Northern Nigeria beginning
in March 1890. All stamps issued were the of Key Plate design. A 25-pound stamp was issued in 1904. This was really intended
as a revenue stamp used to pay for imported liquor
licences. It is the great rarity of philately; mint copies commanding a
price of around US$90,000.
Southern Nigeria Protectorate was a British protectorate in the coastal
areas of modern-day Nigeria, formed in 1900 from union of the Niger
Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company
below Lokoja on the Niger River. The colony around Lagos was added in
1906, and the territory was officially renamed the Colony and
Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. In 1914, Southern Nigeria was joined
with Northern Nigeria to form the single colony of Nigeria.
Nigerian Territories
Biafra 1968 - 1969 ,
Lagos 1874 - 1906 ,
Niger Coast Protectorate 1892 - 1902 ,
Northern Nigeria 1900 - 1914 ,
Oil Rivers Protectorate 1892 - 1893 ,
Southern Cameroons 1960 - 1961 ,
Southern Nigeria 1901 -
Initially using the postage
stamps of the Coast Protectorate, in March 1901 a set of nine values,
depicting Queen Victoria portrait, went on sale but was soon
replaced by a profile of the King In 1912, the vignette was
replaced with a portrait of George V, for a set of 12.
The rarest stamp is the 1 Pound value of 1903, priced at
around US$300 used.
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