NG-1960-02
The River Niger — 1d
1d · 1960 · Independence Definitives
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Face value
2d
Issued
1966
Status
Withdrawn
Independence & Anniversaries
First Republic
The Niger–Benue Confluence — 2d
Carries a cartouche map of the federation with the year of issue below. Issued First Republic Definitives.
- Catalogue no.
- NG-1966-03
- Issued on
- 7 November 1966
- Withdrawn
- 7 November 1971
- Designer
- Bruce Onobrakpeya (after)
- Printer
- Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem
- Process
- Recess & lithography
- Perforation
- 13 × 13½
- Watermark
- Sideways NIPOST logo
- Size
- 41 × 27 mm
- Colours
- Blue & gold
- Print run
- 750,000
- Stanley Gibbons
- SG 1294
- Scott
- 886