David Feldman Great Britain, British Empire & Ireland June 7, 2019

477 Great Britain & British Empire – June 7, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG N° Estimate ( £ ) 50466 H J 99 1897-1903Wmk Crown CC 50Rmauve on philatelic cover sent registered within Lamu tied by clear LAMU / 3.NO.1902 cds with similar alongside, addressee over-written and partly erased, otherwise very fine and beautiful cover, extremely rare as it is one of only two known frankings of the 50R, a British Africa rarity, cert. RPS (2016) (SG £9’000 as a used single) Note: We sold a 50R with reversed watermark on a piece that looks identical to the paper of this envelope with the same cancel on the same day for £6’600 including commission 8’000 - 12’000 50467 C H DCE S 1890-97 Old-time collection on three large hand-drawn album pages showing a good deal of completion, mostly mint or unused, including a few UPU Specimen overprints, many complete sets with values to 5r, 10r, 15r, 20r & 50r, a few lightly stuck down and remnants, archival fresh colours, very fine and wonderful assembly (SG £5’200+) 600 - 900 Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 50468 P / 476 1903-04 1/2a De La Rue Appendix Sheet (which has been broken up) with 8 imperf. colour trials affixed on individual pieces of quadrile paper with ms notations adjacent for the proposed face value for these colours from 1/2a to 8a, together with two pieces from the heading of the page with title and date, fine, ex De La Rue archives and Baillie Note: This colour scheme was submitted following an interview with Mr. E. A. Crowe at the Foreign Office. All these colour trial suggestions were accepted except for the 4a where the head was changed from grey to grey-green for the issued stamp 800 - 1’200