Lot 60946 – Railhead: 1901 (Feb 24) Envelope from a worker on the Uganda Railway with 1896-1901 1a tied by the rare “RAILHEAD / MOMBASSA” squared circle ds plus loose stamps

Railhead: 1901 (Feb 24) Envelope to India from a worker on the Uganda Railway with 1896-1901 1a top marginal tied by a weak strike of the rare “RAILHEAD / MOMBASA” squared circle ds (stamp still with some of the pink interleaving paper used to stop sheets sticking together in the humidity), reverse with Mombasa despatch and Jhelum arrivals, plus single stamps incl. 4R with squared circle and two 1a with Railhead cds as well as seven single stamps with the “EXPERIMENTAL P.O. / E.A.P” cds (one noted as earliest recorded date).