Lot 71201 – 1895 (Aug 5) Envelope from a missionary in Uganda, to the Church Missionary House in London, endorsed at lower left « R. H. L. »

On 1st July 1895, administrative control in British East Africa passed to the Crown following the liquidation of the company and declaration of Protectorate status by the British Government. The remaining stock of Company stamps held at Mombasa were handstamped « British / East / Africa » under Remington’s supervision.

1895 (Aug 5) Envelope from a missionary in Uganda, to the Church Missionary House in London, endorsed at lower left « R. H. L. » by Richard Herbert Leakey and charged to account on evidence of these initials and franked on arrival in Mombasa with 1895 Provisional 2 1/2a tied by Mombasa squared circle ds, London arrival bs, very fine and rare usage of this issue being one of only around 30 in total, signed Holcombe, ex Shivani.

Note: Richard Herbert Leakey was a lay missionary stationed at Koki, west of Lake Victoria.