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Lagos
10th June 1874
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perf 12½, Crown CC wmk, typo
Printed by De La Rue, London.
| Description | Date † | Scott# | SG# | Mi# | Y&T# | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 penny lilac | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2d blue | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3d red brown | 1875 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4p rose | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 6d blue green | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 1 shilling orange | 1875 | 6 | 8 |
† Date of issue, where not 1874.
Gibbons [1] lists Lagos at the beginning of Nigeria. Scott [2] has a separate listing and notes the following checkered administrative history:
- 1861 - bought by the British and administered from Sierra Leone
- 1874 - became part of Gold Coast
- 1886 - Protectorate of Lagos established
- 1899 - "Lagos and the territories of the Royal Niger Company were surrendered to the Crown of Great Britain and formed into the Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorates"
- 1906 - "Lagos and Southern Nigeria were united to form the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria."