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Auction: 25028 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1120

British East Africa
1890 ½a. on 1d. deep purple and 4a. on 5d. dull purple and blue, handstamped "cancelled", large part original gum; fine and very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). S.G. 1, 3. Photo

Note: Twelve stamps of each value received the 'cancelled' overprint at the printers. The Board of Inland Revenue inspectors at the factory then removed a block of six of each value to be held by the Board for reference purposes at Somerset House. These are now in the Postal Museum in London. The other six sets were retained by De la Rue and released during the sale of their archives , however only five complete sets are possible as two copies of the one anna are a vertical pair.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£650