NG-1968-07
The Nigerian Eagle — 2/6
2/6 · 1968 · First Republic Definitives
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Face value
1d
Issued
1960
Status
Withdrawn
Independence & Anniversaries
Independence era
The River Niger — 1d
Carries a cartouche map of the federation with the year of issue below. Issued Independence Definitives.
- Catalogue no.
- NG-1960-02
- Issued on
- 4 June 1960
- Withdrawn
- 4 June 1965
- Designer
- Adaeze Iloh
- Printer
- Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem
- Process
- Recess & lithography
- Perforation
- 13 × 13½
- Watermark
- Multiple NIPOST logo
- Size
- 30 × 40 mm
- Colours
- Blue & gold
- Print run
- 2,000,000
- Stanley Gibbons
- SG 979
- Scott
- 676