BR-NGA_1953_MiNr0074_pm_B002.jpg

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Stamp of Nigeria (British colony); 1953; definitive stamp of the issue "Country Motives - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom "; stamp drawing with a scenery at the tin mining (at the pithead) and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in oval with crown; stamp postmarked
Stamp : Michel: No.74; Yvert et Tellier: No. 79; Scott: No. 83
Color : yellow ochre / black
Watermark : Nigeria No. 2 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple St.Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value : 2 d. (Penny)
Postage validity : from 1 September 1953 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 36.0 x 22.5 mm
Date

(first issue day of the stamp)

(postmark)
Source scan of original
Author Royal Mail of the United Kingdom for Nigeria
Permission
( Reusing this file )
Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain .

This is because it is one of the following :

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply )
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Other versions
- stamp of the same drawing, watermark, perforation, but darker colors (lesser yellow) (Michel No. 83I from 1954)
- stamp of the same drawing, watermark, perforation, but two-lines, black overprint "ROYAL VISIT / 1956" (Michel No. 84 from 1956)
Picture description Drawing with a scenery at the tin mining (at the pithead) and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in oval with crown
First day of issue
Publisher Royal Mail of the United Kingdom for Nigeria
Design Leonard Vincent Phillips (1876-1954) (design and engraving of the oval with Queen Elizabeth II)

Maurice Fievet (1915-1997) (engraver of the oval and possibly also of the rest of the stamp picture)

Printer "Waterlow & Sons Limited", London
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14
MICHEL Nr. Nigeria, No. 74
SCOTT Nr. Nigeria, No. 83

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1 September 1953

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