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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 27

British East Africa 1890-1900 Stamps of India used in British East Africa 1890 (20 Aug.) Eastern Telegraph Company Limited printed envelope (227x104mm.) registered from Mombasa to London, bearing 1/2a. blue-green, 1a. plum, 2a. blue, 8a. dull mauve (4) and 1r. slate, all but the first initialled "B.E.A." in red ink and all neatly cancelled with c.d.s., showing manuscript "Registered" in the same red ink alongside oval-framed "R" and with London Registered oval d.s. (9.9) in red additionally tying the 1/2a., the reverse with Aden transit c.d.s. (26.8); vertical fold towards left clear of the adhesives. A unique and colourful franking of Indian stamps used in Mombasa, being the record equalling earliest recorded date of the few covers recorded during the first usage period of August-September 1890. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 Note: The Eastern Telegraph Co. was engaged in laying an underwater cable between Mombasa and Lamu, having previously completed a cable link between Zanzibar and Mombasa provenance: Lt.. Col. T.L. Rose-Hutchinson, 1949 Donald R. Hunt, 1966

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