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Auction: 25026 - Stamps and Covers of Africa Featuring the 'Protea' Collection of South Africa
Lot: 1193

(x) Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
1938-54 Watermark Script CA
Issued Stamps
Perf. 13 x 11¾ group of mint imprint strips, blocks of four and larger from 5c. to 3/-, some with plate numbers including full plate number imprint strips of ten of 5c. black and green (Pl. 1A/2), 10c. red-brown and orange (Pl. 2) and 50c. purple and black (Pl. 1B/1); 5c. reddish brown and orange with blocks of four (4, Pl. 5, 7, 8) and an imprint block of twelve (Pl. 6), 10c. black and green blocks of four (2, Pl. 9) and an imprint block of twelve (Pl. 9), 10c. reddish brown and orange blocks of four (3) and corner block of six, 50c. purple and black blocks of four (2, brown purple and black and reddish purple and black) and a block of six in deep (dull) claret and black, 1/- black and yellowish-brown marginal block of four and 3/- dull ultramarine and black a corner block of four (Pl. 1) and a corner block of six; fine to very fine and a difficult group to replicate. S.G. cat. £2,300+

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320