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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 26

British East Africa 1890 (23 May) Overprints on Stamps of Great Britain 4a. on 5d. dull purple and blue horizontal pair, each neatly cancelled with Mombasa c.d.s. and tied on 1895 (15 Mar.) Whitfield King envelope registered to England, showing boxed "registered." h.s. in violet above manuscript "142", London Registered oval d.s. (4.4) and, on reverse, Ipswich arrival c.d.s. (5.4); minor foxing above one stamp, otherwise fine. Scarce. Photo Estimate £ 600-700

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