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Auction: 24023 - British East Africa - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 11

British East Africa
India Used In British East Africa
Following the purchase of Mombasa stock of the first issue by Whitfield King & Co., Indian Stamps were obtained, almost certainly from Zanzibar, and were put into use at the Imperial British East Africa Co. Post Office at Mombasa between 23 May and 31 December 1890.
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1894 (5 Apr.) envelope to Zanzibar bearing, on reverse, 1a. and 4a. tied by light Mombasa squared-circle d.s. with arrival c.d.s. (6.4), the face panel with large part despatch d.s. Photo

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