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British Commonwealth: S.W. Africa - Zanzibar
TRISTAN DA CUNHA
1374 1923, Set ting II over print on South Af rica
KGV 5s & 10s KGV (13-14), o.g., lightly hinged, bright and
fresh, Very Fine. SG 13-14; £650 ($1,030). Scott $735.
Estimate $300 - 400
TOGO
1377 1927, out bound taxed cover to
Westminister, Eng land, with type III ca chet, and "1-1/2d/
123" handstamp due mark ing, sat is fied by Brit ish 1d & ½d
post age dues added in Lon don on May 5, 1927, re di rected
to Leicester and backstamped in Bue nos Ai res, Ar gen tina;
mi nor re pairs on top not af fect ing ad he sives, F.-V.F.
Estimate $150 - 200
1375 S 1916, ½d-20s “ANGLO-FRENCH
OCCUPATION” on Gold Coast, Lon don over prints
over printed “Spec i men” (80S-91S), o.g., never hinged,
re mark ably fresh, Very Fine. Nor mally found heavily hinged
and of ten with out gum, this is a truly rare set in its orig i nal,
never hinged state. SG H47/58; £350 for hinged ($560).
Estimate $300 - 400
UGANDA
TRINIDAD
1376 a 1853, “Bri tan nia” en graved (1d) brown ish
red on blued pa per (4var), block of 4, o.g., clear to am ple
mar gins all around; light soil ing, oth er wise F.-V.F., Scarce
mul ti ple. SG 7; £1,200 as sin gles ($1,910).
Estimate $300 - 400
1378 1896, Type set Is sue, reg u lar 1a black and
over printed “L”, 2a black on cover, leaving Kampala
April 15, 1899, with "prim i tives" 1 anna (SG #55) and 2
annas with L over print (SG#71), mak ing 3 annas rate to
Eng land. Dur ing tran sit in Uganda, a post age due mark ing
was ap plied and then re scinded, with "T" mark ing ap plied,
then crossed out in blue crayon. How ever since the let ter
was re ceived open in Mboa post of fice, it was then of fi cially
sealed with East Af rica Pro tec tor ate stamp sel vage on the
16th May 1899, some 30 days later dur ing its tran sit across
Uganda! The mark ing in red by the post mas ter of Mboa on
the re verse of the en ve lope could well be in a di luted goat's
blood, as was oc ca sion ally the case in Uganda as of ink of
any color was a scarce com mod ity. A fab u lous cover, the
"L" over print cats £120 with a min i mum pre mium rate x 12
on cover in Gib bons, with out any pre mium af fixed to the
fab u lous us age with sel vage used as of fi cial seals. An ex hi -
bi tion item, full of character. SG 55, 71; £1,440 ++ ($2,290).
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
ZANZIBAR
1379 1908-09, Sul tan & Port, 1¢-5r com plete
(99-112), o.g., hinge rem nants, F.-V.F. SG 225/38; £275
($440). Scott $307 (photo on web site).
Estimate $150 - 200
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