The one penny could have a "used abroad" cancellation. Pity that a number is not visible as that would give the location. It was not uncommon for stamps to be bisected in the far-flung empire when shortages arose. Perhaps the stamp was part of a sheet made ready for bisecting and then not cut diagonally as the need for bisects was unnecessary.
The genuine overprints were used on Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers) but are nothing like these monstrosities which do not exist on the basic British stamps,
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