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Auction: 24023 - British East Africa - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 98

British East Africa
1891 Mombasa Provisionals
New value handstamped in dull violet, with original face value obliterated and initials added in black manuscript
Unused
"½ Anna" on 2a. vermilion initialled "AD" (Andrew Dick, Chief Accountant), a top right corner example, unused without gum; repaired and repainted, nevertheless a good example of this very rare stamp of which only six unused examples are recorded. Brandon Certificate (1979). S.G. 20, £15,000. Photo

Note: Andrew Dick was appointed on 10 October 1889. He subsequently left the Company to become a freelance trader in East Africa. He was killed by Masai warriors on 29 November 1895 when attempting to avenge the Kedong Valley massacre.

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Sold for
£3,500