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Auction: 24023 - British East Africa - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 293

British East Africa
The balance of the collection in a stockbook and on pages including 1890 (May) ½a. on 1d. used (3, one slightly washed), 1890-95 ½a., 1a. and 8a. blue handstamped "specimen" in violet, ½a. mint multiples and imperf singles used (3, one on piece), 2½a. mint including an unused vertical pair imperforate between (damaged top left corner) and used (6), 3a. mint (3) and a used vertical pair imperforate between (tear at left), 4a. yellow-brown with some mint multiples and two used imperforate singles, 4½a. dull violet used (2), 4½a. brown-purple mint (3) and used, 8a. blue mint multiples, 8a. grey mint, 1r. carmine mint multiples, 1r. grey without gum (soiled) and used, 2r. mint (3), 3r. mint, 4r. used (4) and 5r. mint (2) and used (2), 1894 (Nov.) 5a. on 8a. handstamped "specimen" (2), mint (13 including a block of four and three pairs) and used, and 7½a. on 1r. handstamped "specimen" (2), mint blocks of four (2) and a used single, 1895 (Jan.) 5a. and 7½a. mint multiples, 1895 (July) ½a. mint (2), 1a. mint pair and used, 2a. mint and used, 2½a. unused and used, 3a. used (2, one with overprint double - faults - Brandon certificate), 4a. mint (4 including a pair) and used, 7½a. mint, 8a. mint and used (3 including a vertical piar on piece), 1r. mint (3 including a pair) and 5r. used, 1895-96 on India with a good range and including ½a. strip of three and pairs (4, one vertical all with overprint double, one inverted), 1a. mint block of twenty-five, 1a.6p. mint block of ten, 2a. used blocks of nine and six (3), 4a. mint (2) and used (3), 6a. mint (5) and used, 8a. dull mauve mint, 8a. magenta mint (5) and used (4), 12a. mint (2) and used, 1r. slate mint and used (2), 1r. green and carmine mint (2), 2r. mint (3) and used, 3r. mint (8) and used, 5r. mint (5, one toned) and used (2), 1895 (Dec.) "2½" on 1½a. (4) and used (6 including a block of four), 1896-1901 with a good range with values to 5r. (one mint and two used) including a few mint multiples to 8a. and ½a. to 5r. overprinted "specimen", 1897 on Zanzibar including ½a. mint block of six, 1a., 2a., 4½a. and 5a. mint blocks of four, a good group of 1897 "2½" surcharges and 1897-1903 1r. used (6, shades) and 1r. dull blue mint pair, 2r. mint pair and used (4), 3r. used, 10r., 20r.and 50r. (thinned) overprinted "specimen" and 20r. mint (creased), also a few covers including 1895 (15 Mar.) Whitfield King envelope registered from Mombasa to Ipswich bearing 1890 4a. on 5d. pair - badly water damaged. A valuable lot, condition a bit mixed as to be expected with a lot of this nature. Cat. £30,000+

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