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Auction: 16010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 430

British East Africa
1890-95 "Sun and Crown" Definitive Issue
Specimen Stamps
½a., 1a., 2a., 8a. blue and 1r. grey, each handstamped "specimen" (Type BEA1), without gum as usual; ½a. and 1a. with small stains, otherwise fine. A rare group. Photo

Note: Stamps distributed by the U.P.U. in January 1891 were not overprinted. In November 1890 the IBEA applied a "SPECIMEN" handstamp to five values, as offered above, and attached them to letters promoting the Company's stamps.

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Sold for
£950