NG-1968-07
The Nigerian Eagle — 2/6
2/6 · 1968 · First Republic Definitives
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Face value
10/-
Issued
1962
Status
Withdrawn
Independence & Anniversaries
Independence era
Key value
Map of the Federation — 10/-
Carries a cartouche map of the federation with the year of issue below. Issued Independence Definitives.
- Catalogue no.
- NG-1962-09
- Issued on
- 25 May 1962
- Withdrawn
- 25 May 1967
- Designer
- Bruce Onobrakpeya (after)
- Printer
- De La Rue, London
- Process
- Lithography
- Perforation
- 14 × 13½
- Watermark
- Sideways NIPOST logo
- Size
- 41 × 27 mm
- Colours
- Sepia & carmine
- Print run
- 250,000
- Stanley Gibbons
- SG 1126
- Scott
- 774
Varieties & notes
A minor perforation shift is recorded on the second printing.