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Auction: 13040 - British East Africa and Uganda - The Award-Winning Collections of George T. Krieger
Lot: 75

(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
"1 Anna" on 4a. brown initialled "AB" (Archibald Brown, Company Cashier) and showing a line at top in the same colour as the surcharge and which is believed to have been caused by the handheld printing device, fresh unused without gum; small crease at lower left corner, otherwise fine. A very rare stamp with only three unused examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2004) together with a letter from John Minns giving his opinion that the stamp is genuine unused. S.G. 21, £15,000. Photo

Note: Archibald Brown was principal assistant to Andrew Dick. Brown took up his appointment on 14 May 1890. He died in 1906

provenance:
Ingram
Spink, July 2004

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Sold for
£12,000