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Auction: 13040 - British East Africa and Uganda - The Award-Winning Collections of George T. Krieger
Lot: 93

(x) British East Africa
British East Africa Company Administration
1891 Mombasa Provisionals
Manuscript value and initials in black
1a. on 3a. Black on Dull Red initialled "VHM"
Unused
"1 Anna" on 3a. black on dull red, unused with part original gum; a couple of trivial imperfections though a presentable example of this very rare stamp of which just four unused examples have been recorded. Holcombe Certificate (1996). S.G. 25, £14,000. Photo

Note: Victor Mackenzie was sent out from London by the Company to manage the bank started at Mombasa. He was appointed on 1 December 1890. He died of fever on 30 September 1892

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Sold for
£11,000