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Auction: 11025 - Dr. Robert Towers Collection of British Empire
Lot: 120

British East Africa 1896-1901 1/2a. to 5r. with additional 2 1/2a. showing inverted "s" in "annas", 1897 (Jan.) on Zanzibar 1a. (2, one mint and made for UPU), 2a. (6 including a strip of three; one mint and made for UPU), 4 1/2a. (2, one with no right serif to left-hand "4" - forged overprint?), 5a. and 7 1/2a., 1897 (Jan.) "2 1/2" Types 13+14+14 (on piece) and 14 on 1a., "2 1/2" Types 12 (2), 13 and 14 (2) on 3a., and 1897-1903 1r. (3), 2r. and 3r.; all generally fine used. Cat. £1,700+ Estimate £ 500-600

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£500