Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 3076
Uganda Covers and Cancellations 1899 envelope of White Fathers origin, addressed to Monseigneur (Henri) Streicher, who had been appointed the Vicar-Apostle of the Nyanza area in 1896, at Maison-Carrée, Algiers, bearing type-set 2a. top left corner pair (corner crease) cancelled by blue crayon cross, in combination with BEA 2a. and 3a. tied by Mombasa c.d.s. (11.1). A rare and most attractive franking to a most unusual destination. Photo Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 provenance: Roy Dunstan, September 1985
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