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Auction: 13040 - British East Africa and Uganda - The Award-Winning Collections of George T. Krieger
Lot: 77

(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
Used
"½ Anna" on 2a. vermilion initialled "AD", most unusually cancelled with Aden squared-circle datestamp (9.3) and with horizontal blue crayon stroke; fine and most attractive. Only two examples of this stamp are recorded with an Aden cancellation, one of which is in the Royal Philatelic Collection. Brandon Certificate (1995). S.G. 20, £950. Photo

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Sold for
£580