Lot 71195 – 1892 (Jun 22) Envelope sent registered from the Gustav Denhardt correspondence from Lamu with 1890-95 4a and 8a

1892 (Jun 22) Envelope sent registered from the Gustav Denhardt correspondence from Lamu to his brother in Germany, with 1890-95 4a yellow-brown and 8a grey paying the quadruple rate to Europe plus 2a registration, tied by Lamu code A squared circle ds with further strike below, reverse with Aden transit and Ilmenau arrival ds, fine and very rare usage of the 8a.

Note: G. Denhardt & Co. operated a German trading company in Lamu on land at the mouth of the Tana river, formerly part of the German protectorate of Wituland. He will have been very aware of the mailboat schedules from East Africa nad has sent this cover by freighter to his agents in Bombay to catch the P&O SS “Rome” which sale from Brindisi on 18th November and docked there on 1st December. The alternative service per SS “Admiral” from Zanzibar would not have reached Hamburg until 24th December.