Lot 51379 – British East AfricaBritish East Africa Company Administration1891

1891 Mombasa Provisionals Manuscript value and initials in black thick manuscript ½a. on 2a. vermilion initialled « AB » (This surcharge was applied in three different « hands », the third variant being similar to that on the ½a. on 3a. provisional also initialled « AB » « Lamu Provisional »), unused with large part original gum (hinge remainder on reverse). A very fine example of this very rare stamp of which five unused examples are recorded, cert. BPA (1990) (S.G. £11’000).