Nigeria

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Nigeria is a country on the central western coast of Africa. It was formed by the union of Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria.

 File:Nigeria 1915 2.5d A.webp|1915 2½d George V (die I) File:Nigeria 1931 3d die IIA.webp|1915 3d George V (die II) File:Nigeria 1936 3d KGV A.webp|1936 3d value le:Nigeria 2sh6 KGVI p12 A.webp|2/6 George VI definitive, perf 12 File:Nigeria 1953 1d A.webp|1953 1d horsemen definitive 
 * In 1914-29, King George V keytype definitives on Multiple Crown CA watermarked paper.
 * In 1921-32, definitives were issued with Multiple Script CA watermark, and most values were in die I or II types.
 * In 1935, the Silver Jubilee set was issued, the first of the colonial omnibus issues to follow.
 * In 1936, George V pictorials were issued.
 * In 1938, George VI issues were issued perf 12½, the 2/6 and 5/- values with pictorial designs and perf 13x11½. The small designs would be issued in perf 11½ in 1950-51, the high values in perf 13½ (1942), perf 14 (1942-48), and perf 12 (1949-51).
 * In 1953-58, new pictorial designs were issued.

Independent state
In 1960, Nigeria gained full independence. (more to follow)  File:Nigeria 3d 1960 indep A.webp|1960 3d independence File:Nigeria 2d pottery 1961.jpg|1961 2d pottery definitive File:Nigeria 5sh 1961 A.webp|1961 5/- definitive File:Nigeria UPU.webp|1961 3d UPU File:Nigeria 1sh kingfishers A.webp|1965 1/- kingfishers definitive 
 * In October 1960, an independence set was issued, inscribed FEDERATION OF NIGERIA.
 * In 1961, a pictorial definitive series was issued, the low values small, 2/6 values and above large. These were now inscribed "NIGERIA".
 * In 1965-66, a wild animals definitive series was released.





Postage due

 * In 1959, a numeral design was issued on Multiple Script CA watermark paper.
 * In 1961, it was reissued on Multipe FN watermark paper
 * In 1973, a similar design was issued, now denominated in kobo ("k"), perfed.
 * In 1987-94, three values were reissued rouletted.
 * In 2004, larger vertical format stamps were issued.



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