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Auction: 13040 - British East Africa and Uganda - The Award-Winning Collections of George T. Krieger
Lot: 99

(x) British East Africa
British East Africa Company Administration
1891 Mombasa Provisionals
Manuscript value and initials in black
1a. on 4a. Brown initialled "AB"
This surcharge was applied in two different "hands"
"Mombasa Provisional", Thin Manuscript
Used
"1 Anna" on 4a. brown, cancelled in manuscript and with "paid" handstamp in violet, a revenue usage on which an attempt has been made to remove the fiscal cancellation; at a later date cancelled by a genuine Mombasa c.d.s. for 28 February 1891, before the date of issue to give appearance of a genuine used postally used example; most unusual. Holcombe Opinion (1996). Photo

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Sold for
£200