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Auction: 13040 - British East Africa and Uganda - The Award-Winning Collections of George T. Krieger
Lot: 86

(x) British East Africa
British East Africa Company Administration
1891 Mombasa Provisionals
Manuscript value and initials in black
½a. on 2a. Vermilion initialled "AB"
This surcharge was applied in three different "hands", the third variant being similar to that on the ½a. on 3a. provisional also initialled "AB"
"Lamu Provisional", Thick Manuscript
Unused
"½ Anna" on 2a. vermilion, unused without gum; small tear at foot and small crease at upper right corner. A presentable example of this very rare stamp on which five unused examples are recorded. Brandon Certificate (1987). S.G. 23, £9,500. Photo

provenance:
Howard and Torie Gibralter Estate, September 2000

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Sold for
£6,500