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Auction: 13040 - British East Africa and Uganda - The Award-Winning Collections of George T. Krieger
Lot: 9

(x) British East Africa
British East Africa Company Administration
1890-95 Imperial British East Africa "Sun and Crown" Definitive Issue
Specimen Stamps
½a., 1a., 2a., 8a. blue and 1r. grey, each handstamped "specimen" (BEA1), without gum as usual; ½a. and 1a. with small stains, otherwise fine. A rare group. Photo

Note: Stamps distributed by the U.P.U. in January 1891 were not overprinted. In November 1890 the IBEA applied a "SPECIMEN" handstamp to five values, as offered above, and attached them to letters promoting the Company's stamps

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Sold for
£1,600