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Auction: 13040 - British East Africa and Uganda - The Award-Winning Collections of George T. Krieger
Lot: 95

(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"
Cover
1893 (15 Dec.) Macallister envelope registered from Mombasa to London, bearing "1 Anna" on 3a. black on dull red, vertical pair in combination with 1890-95 2½a. black on bright yellow, twice neatly cancelled by squared-circle datestamps, showing "r" in oval, London (14.1) and Woolwich (15.1) oval registered datestamps, the reverse with Zanzibar (16.12) and Aden (29.12) c.d.s. Rare and attractive. Photo

Note: R.J.D. Macallister was an engineer on the IBEA staff at Mombasa during 1891-92. Eight covers bearing this provisional, all addressed to Macallister, are known. The first five were sent on 13 December 1893 as the cover offered above. The remaining three covers were posted on 15 October 1894

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£2,800