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Auction: 13040 - British East Africa and Uganda - The Award-Winning Collections of George T. Krieger
Lot: 74

(x) British East Africa
British East Africa Company Administration
1891 Mombasa Provisionals
New value handstamped in dull violet, with original face value obliterated and initials added in black manuscript
Unused
"½ Anna" on 2a. vermilion initialled "AD" (Andrew Dick, Chief Accountant), fresh unused without gum; tiny brown mark at left, otherwise fine. An exceptional example of this very rare stamp of which only six unused examples recorded. S.G. 20, £9,500. Photo

Note: Andrew Dick was appointed on 10 October 1889. He subsequently left the Company to become a freelance trader in East Africa. He was killed by Masai warriors on 29 November 1895 when attempting to avenge the Kedong Valley massacre

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Sold for
£7,800