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1932-34 Air Mail covers bearing 1s - 10s values, comprising 1s single franking on registered cover to G.B, 2s + 30c pair on cover to G.B, single 3s franking on cover to Holland, 3s + 20c + 5c on cover to G.B, single 5s franking on cover to G.B, and 10s with six other stamps totalling 11s.30c on registered cover to Italy with "LOCAL AIR FEE PAID" cachet. (6). £200-240
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Parcel and Sample Post. 1924-32 Parcel tags (4) sent to Tanganyika at sample post rate of 1s60c, AR sample post to G.B franked 2s30c (2) or parcel post to G.B franked 4s; piece from a parcel to G.B franked 4s55c, and a parcel label sent internally franked 1s50c. (6). £160-200
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1933 (Feb 2) Air Mail cover from Nairobi to England franked 75c with violet "Late fee).....cts 10". This 10c late fee introduced in August 1933 for northbound airmail posted at the aerodrome between 5pm and 6pm; by the end of September only eight letters had been posted after 5pm and the service was therefore withdrawn. Very scarce. £100-120
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1s - £10 Fiscally used including 5s watermark inverted, £1 (6), £5 (2), £10 and £50, and a piece bearing 2s pair, £1 pair and two £5 pairs all with "LAW COURTS / NAIROBI" datestamps; pieces with stamps tied by red embossed "Kenya Revenue" seals including £1 (2), £2 (2), £4 and £10; and the scarce £100 with an Inland Revenue datestamp, several pinholes but still a good looking stamp. Also six 1s - £1 stamps with "KENYA / JUDICIAL" overprints. S.G. £2,795 (£1 - £10 values) + £2,000 (£100 value, faults) + others. (57). Photo on Page 91. £500-600
| 1935-37 KUT 1c - £1 Pictorial Set, S.G. 110-123 | |
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Stamp size photographic essays of six designs submitted to the competition for the new pictorial definitive issue, all affixed to a card headed "Stamp Designs - 1st Pictorial Issue for East Africa Territories by G. Gill-Holmes", signed by Gill-Holmes and dated "111/5/34", the six essays all without value. The Mt. Kilimanjaro design was used for the issued 15c and 2s stamps, whilst the similar design below this won third prize in the design competition. Photo on Page 93. £500-600
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Photographic essays of designs submitted to the design competition by G. Gill-Holmes, all without value, four stamp size (one with enlarged detail of native's head and spear alongside), two others enlarged in size, one with the cachet of G. Gill-Holmes on the reverse. One of Gill-Holmes other designs was used for the issued 15c and 2s stamps. (6). £300-350
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Stamp size photographic essays of four of the original designs chosen for this issue, comprising 1c design with smaller central oval numbered "107" and dated "11.10.34" on the reverse and the redrawn design with adopted central oval endorsed and dated "107", revised design for 2 colours, 16.11.34" on the reverse, 5/- essay in the design used for the 5c and 50c values, 10/- essay in the design used for the 10c and £1 value, similar £1 essay in the issued design but without horizontal shading at the top, and 1/- essay in the issued design but without horizontal shading around the head and value, the last four all with a manuscript letter or number and the date "11.10.34" on the reverse. (6). Photo on Page 87. £400-500
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2/- Frame Die Proof in black on white paper, 35x29mm, affixed to a piece of quadrille paper cut from an appendix page, endorsed "Appd for border die, 5/2" and initialled. Unique. Photo on Page 87. £400-500
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1c - £1 Set of fourteen perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. £475. (14). Photo on Page 64. £150-200
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5c Black and green, perf 13x12, rope joined to sail, margin at left, fine mint. S.G. 111ba, £850. Photo on Page 91. £160-200
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3/- Blue and black, perf 13x12, fine mint. S.G. 120a, £2,500. Photo on Page 91. £700-800
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3/- Blue and black, perf 13x12, mint, one short perf at left, otherwise fine. S.G. 120a, £2,500. Photo on Page 91. £400-500
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1c - £1 Mint with additional shades and blocks, including 5c rope joined to sail corner block of four, 10c imprint block of eight and coil join pair, rare 1/- perf 13x12 unfortunately with a repaired corner, blocks of four of the 20c - 3/- values (65c block with imprint), also a few modern forgeries and 1935 printed notice regarding the sale of stamps to dealers and philatelists. S.G. £985+ (+ S.G. 120, £2,500, faults). (83). £240-300
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5c Black and green, perf 13x12, rope not joined to sail, fine used with 1936 (Jan. 3) c.d.s of Maro Moru. Very scarce. S.G. 111b, £950. Photo on Page 91. £250-350
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1/- Black and green, perf 14, variety frame double one albino, fine used. S.G. list this variety on the 15c value but not on this 1/- value. Very scarce. S.G. 118, var. Photo on Page 91. £300-400
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1/- Black and green, perf 13x12, variety frame treble, two impressions albino, fine used with violet parcel cancel. S.G. list a frame double one albino variety on the 15c value, but no similar varieties on this value. Very scarce. S.G. 118a, var. Photo on Page 91. £400-500
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£1 Black and red pair, fine used. S.G. £800. Photo on Page 64. £180-220
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1c - £1 Set used including covers (16), 5c perf 13x12 with rope joined to sail, 1/- perf 13x12, 10/- (2, one a Madame Joseph cancel) and £1. S.G. £986+. (38 + 16 covers). Photo on Page 64. £200-240
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1937-38 Registered covers from Nairobi to G.B or Ireland bearing a single 5/- or 10/-, the first on the reverse of Post Office O.H.M.S cover with "B. LEWIS / CHIEF ACCOUNTANT / POST OFFICE & TELEGRAPHS" cachet; the 10/- cover with accompanying C.O.P, closed opening tear at upper edge, otherwise fine and a scarce stamp on cover. (2). £100-120
| 1935 Silver Jubilee 20c - 1/- Set of Four, S.G. 124-127 | |
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The specialised mint collection on seven pages including the set of four perfined "SPECIMEN"; corner blocks of four of the 20c, 65c and 1/- all including the variety diagonal line by turret; 20c varieties dash by turret, dot to left of chapel (light crease) and dot by flagstaff; 30c varieties dot by flagstaff, dot to left of chapel, diagonal line by turret, dash by turret, also re-entry to frame and value tablet; 65c dot to left of chapel; 1/- varieties dot to left of chapel and hairline through 1910, also a differing hairline variety within a block of four, the 20c and 65c varieties and the blocks unmounted. S.G. £4,350+. (43). £1,000-1,200
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The specialised used collection including 20c varieties dot to left of chapel (2), dot by flagstaff, diagonal line by turret; 30c dot to left of chapel; 65c varieties diagonal line by turret and dot to left of chapel; 1/- varieties diagonal line by turret, dot to left of chapel (thinned) and hairline through 1910, some of these varieties very scarce used. S.G. £1,300 + S.G. 125g, 126f, 127g, unpriced. (17). Photo on Page 91. £450-600
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1935-36 Covers including Post Office O.H.M.S cover to USA with "F. BIRKITT / CHIEF ACCOUNTANT / POST OFFICE & TELEGRAPHS" cachet bearing two 30c stamps, one with variety diagonal line by turret (S.G. 125f, £225); set of four on similar official registered cover and on May 6 F.D.C from Fort Portal; cover from Naivasha to Kisumu franked 20c with violet "UNKNOWN" and "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED" and Nairobi R.L.O c.d.s; cover to Belgium with Tanganyika Airmail cachet franked 1/- and pictorial 1c both unusually cancelled "OFFICIAL PAID / DARESSALAAM" c.d.s in black, etc. (8). £230-260
| 1928-33 Postage Dues | |
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5c - 1s Set of six overprinted or perfined "SPECIMEN", mint and used. S.G. D1/6, £585. (18). Photo on Page 146. £150-180
| Other KGV Postal History | |
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Official Mail/Telegrams. 1914-44 Covers and cards including official mail with various official cachets including "Custodian of Enemy Property" Postal Frank, another to the Crown Agents in London endorsed "Colonial Office Fast Mail" and sent by diplomatic bag. Also 1933 Kenya and Uganda Telegraphs message form with "NAIROBI / TELEGRAPHS" c.d.s in a Telegram envelope. (9). £100-120
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1917 Cover from G.B to "Lieut Strachan, D. Co., Sierra Leone Battn, W.A.F.F, Freetown, Sierra Leone" backstamped at Freetown and Daru, forwarded to Tanganyika with Indian F.P.O 322 backstamp, again forwarded to Iraq with Base Office, Base R.L.O and Enquiry Office backstamps, finally returned to London marked "Present Location Uncertain". The Sierra Leone Carrier Corps was the only Sierra Leone unit to serve in East Africa. An unusual cover. £100-120
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Mombasa Exhibition. 1934 (Jan 16) Reverse portion of a cover with 20c tied by "MOMBASA EXHIBITION" skeleton datestamp, 1936 cover from Mombasa to Kisumu franked 20c and bearing a 1936 Mombasa Exhibition advertising label, and single examples of the same label used and unused. (4). £60-80
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Postal Stationery. QV-QEII Mainly unused or specimen stationery from East Africa and Uganda Protectorate (15), British East Africa (7), Zanzibar (17), KUT (23, with KGVI 40c H and K size envelopes, also unused formula registration envelopes), Kenya (68, mainly formula air letters) or Uganda. (130). £200-250
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1934 15c Postcard stamp Die Proof in black on white glazed card, slightly reduced to 55x60mm, dated "12-12-34" and endorsed "Kenya 6819/4", fine and scarce. The last 15c KGV postcard was issued in 1935. Photo on Page 87. £200-250
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1933 50c Size H2 registration envelope (H&G 3b) sent from Lamu to Mombasa endorsed "Insured for eight hundred shillings only", franked 50c + 1s on the reverse, with red "INSURED / (VALEUR DECLAREE)" label, a little toning at lower right corner, very unusual and attractive. Also 1928-36 10c postcards (2, H&G 3, one uprated 5c) and 15c postcards (2, H&G 1, 4) all used internally. (5). £80-100
| King George VI Stamps & Covers | |
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1941 Perf 14 10c Red-brown and orange, in an unmounted mint block of four, superb. S.G. 134b, £520. Photo on Page 95. £200-250
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1947 Air Letter franked 50c, from a lady in the Polish Refugee Settlement at Masindi to her husband at Leighford Camp in England. Cancelled by "MASINDI 2 / UGANDA" double ring skeleton c.d.s with scarce "POLISH REFUGEE C / MASINDI" cachet. £100-120
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1949 Perf 13x11 3/4 5c reddish brown and orange and 10c black and green both in upper left corner marginal blocks of four, each stamp locally handstamped "SPECIMEN" in violet (Samuel type K4), the 10c block applied to backing paper, the 5c block with some paper adhering and one stamp thinned. Two unique positional blocks, just one sheet of one hundred stamps of each value received this Specimen handstamp. With photocopies of 1997 B.P.A. Certificates issued for the two sheets. Photo on Page 95. £300-350
| WW2 & Later Forces Mail | |
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1940-45 WW2 Covers including small boxed "O.H.M.S / No. .. / MILITARY / FRANKED" cachets (7, various numbers); 1942 (Nov 18) cover from A.P.O 2 to South Africa franked 30c and 1/- signed by Lieut. General W. Platt with an enclosed two page letter written and signed by Platt (G.O.C East Africa command); 1943 registered cover to Bulawayo with India stamps tied by very unusual "F.P.O 90" double ring c.d.s at Asmara; airgraphs (4, two pictorial); Christmas cards, etc. Also a 1936 Italian forces card from Asmara, and three postwar forces covers. (38). £220-260
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1941-45 Forces Air Letters unused (4) or used (46) including postal stationery type with printed 4c "meter mark" stamps in blue (5), similar stampless types with a red 25c meter mark (4), others stampless or with KUT, Ceylon or G.B stamps. Various uses from KUT, Sudan or Egypt, one franked 25c from A.P.O 2 handstamped "NOT A MILITARY ISSUE / SURFACE MAIL". (50). £350-400
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1942-45 Naval uses of Forces Air Letters including red "POSTAGE PAID" double ring datestamps (4, one with "CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS / 1942" printed on the front with violet "7 DEC PAID" cachet), other Christmas Greetings types for 1942 or 1944, one with black "NAVAL ISSUE" overprint in the upper left corner (not recorded by Daynes) or with "R.N" in the lower left corner below the blue triangle (Daynes N4), bearing G.B or KUT stamps or stampless, mostly from Mombasa or Kilindini. (13). £220-260
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1944 (Nov 14) Christmas Greetings "Postage Free" printed air letter illustrated on the address panel and inside, used from E.A A.P.O 81 to England, the message headed with the cachet "No. 1 (E.A) AMBULANCE TRAIN / E.A COMMAND", very unusual. £80-100
| KOREA
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1956-58 Air Mail covers from the DDR Embassy in Phyongyang, to Berlin, bearing various imperf North Korea stamps. (2). £140-160
| LEEWARD ISLANDS
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1897 QV Diamond Jubilee overprint issue, 1/2d, 4d, 7d, 1/- and 5/- mint, 1d and 2 1/2d used, the 1/- with a little perf staining and gum loss, otherwise fine. S.G. 9/12, 15/16, £707. (7). Photo on Page 146. £130-150
| MADAGASCAR
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1889 Cover to Reunion with circular "BRITISH / MAIL / 3 JUL. 89 / ANTANANARIVO" and a French Colonies 25c cancel at Tamatave (July 9). A fine cover sent within Madagascar by the British Consular Mail, to an unusual destination. Photo on Page 99. £800-1,000
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1938-42 Covers from France or sent within the island, all unpaid or underpaid and surcharged, bearing postage due stamps of the 1908-24 issue (3 covers) or the 1943 issue overprinted "France Libre" (4 covers), cancels include T.P.Os (2) and boxed "B.M". (7). £140-160
| MALAYA
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1867-1957 Mint and used collection on pages with Straits Settlements and Malayan States. (100s). £100-120
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Federated Malay States. 1900-25 1c - $5 Bicoloured stamps, eleven values with various watermarks comprising 1900-01 Crown CA 1c and 20c, 1904-22 Multiple Crown CA 3c - 10c, 50c, $1 and $2, and 1925 Multiple Script CA $5 green and blue, all mint, mainly fine. S.G. £600+. (11). Photo on Page 64. £120-140
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Federated Malay States. 1909 Multiple Crown CA $25 green and orange, margin at base, fine mint. S.G. £2,250. Photo on Front Cover. £600-800
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Johore. 1891 Sultan Aboubakar Master Die Proof with blank value tablets, in black on white glazed card stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING" and dated "9 Jul. 91", slightly reduced in size to 78x45mm. Photo on Page 62. £200-250
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Kedah. 1922 Malaya - Borneo Exhibition 21c (6), 25c (5) and 50c (2) mint, also a few stamps from other states. S.G. £500+. (23). £80-100
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Singapore. 1948-52 KGVI $1 Vertical strip of three fine used, the centre stamp with the error St. Edwards Crown in the watermark. A very rare error, with B.P.A Certificate (2015). S.G. 28a, £4,750. Photo on Front Cover. £1,700-2,000
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QV-QEII Postal stationery mint, used or overprinted "Specimen", including Straits 1897 3c + 3c reply card to Switzerland and F.M.S 1c + 1c reply card uprated 2c to Germany both with attached reply halves, F.M.S 2c cards and Perak 1c cards both in complete bundles of ten with wrapper bands, Perak 4c + 4c reply card with Adelaide c.d.s sent by the U.P.U to Australia as a specimen card, 1899 Negri Sembilan 1c + 1c reply card C.T.O at Port Dickson, Perak Government Service card unused, 1936 Penang O.H.M.S card used, Specimen overprints (10), registration envelopes, etc. (71). £400-500
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Singapore. 1967 30c Aerogramme proofs, two with the orchids in differing shades of red, a further five proofs with the red omitted from the stamp and the green in a much lighter shade, all unfolded, fine. (7). £200-250
| Postal History, Covers & Cancellations | |
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Cancellations. KEVII-KGVI Straits Settlements, Johore, Kedah, F.M.S or Negri Sembilan stamps in three stockbooks, all selected for their cancellations with many Singapore sub-offices and various offices in the Straits, F.M.S, Kedah, etc. An interesting lot. (1,000+). £250-300
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Meters/Paid Handstamps. 1928-38 Proof impressions on separate pieces comprising 1927 F.M.S 6c meter of Kuala Lumpur depicting a tiger; "POSTAGE PAID / 2 CTS / 6 MY / 1932 / KUALA LUMPUR" c.d.s; and 1938 Negri Sembilan 2c meter of Seremban, all in red, sent as specimens to the U.P.U, fine and unusual. (3). £100-120
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