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Auction: 3032 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 797

1898 envelope (embossed seal of the Church Mission Society for Africa and the East on reverse) to Kisitala, bearing 1896 typeset 2a. tied by blue crayon cross; the envelope then re-used to Mengo bearing 1a. pair (affixed over 2a. with sealing wax) and cancelled in manuscript "Kisitala, 15.5.98". A rare and most unusual usage. Holcombe Certificate (1986). Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, 1971 Stuart Rossiter, 1983

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