1901-13 Southern Nigeria in Bud's Big Blue
Bud's Big BlueBud's Observations
(From Jim: Bud is well, but has a lot of non philatelic obligations and responsibilities at the moment. With his permission, I will upload country pages in his complete '69 Big Blue that so far has not been shown. He might add his observations later. Enjoy!)
Jim's Observations
The British protectorate of Southern Nigeria was formed on January 1, 1900 along coastal Nigeria and the Niger River by combining the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories held below Lokaja on the Niger River by the Royal Niger Company.
"Southern Nigeria" stamps depicting Queen Victoria were issued in 1901.
"Southern Nigeria" stamps depicting Queen Victoria were issued in 1901.
The British chartered Royal Niger Company had held the lands along the lower Niger beginning in 1879. This prevented the Germans under Bismarck from entering and controlling the lower Niger in the 1890s.
In 1906, Lagos colony was added, and the status was upgraded to Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria.
The capital was then Lagos, and the population was 7,800,000 in 1911.
In 1914, Southern Nigeria and the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria were combined to form the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.
So ended the stamp issues of Southern Nigeria.
So ended the stamp issues of Southern Nigeria.
The 2014 Scott Classic Specialized 1840-1940 catalogue has, for Southern Nigeria 1901-1912, 56 major descriptive numbers. Of those, 25 are CV <$1-$1+, or 45%. The higher denomination stamps are expensive, but the lower denominations have a reasonable CV for the WW classical collector.
Big Blue '69, on two lines of one page, has 14 spaces for the stamps of Southern Nigeria. Coverage is 25%.
The country coverage is located between Somali Coast and on the same page as Southern Rhodesia.
There are no required stamps crossing the CV $10 level.
Coverage could have been a little more generous, as I count eight stamps @ CV <$1-$1+ that could have been added- and, that does not include the stamps where only one stamp among several inexpensive (different watermarked) choices can be put into a space.
The "1902-07" spaces can take either wmk 2 or wmk 3 "Edward VII" stamps.
For more on the stamps themselves, click on the link below.
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