Lot 71490 – 1897 Part cover front to England with 1896 4a uncancelled in combination with British East Africa 1896-1901 2 1/2a

1897 Part cover front to England with 1896 4a uncancelled in combination with British East Africa 1896-1901 2 1/2a tied by indistinct Mombasa squared circle ds, Liverpool arrival adjacent, fine and unusual as outgoing covers from Uganda prior to mid-1897 ordinarily bear B.E.A. stamps only, hence from the earliest known Uganda despatch of combination covers probably in mid-March, ex Dunstan (lot 130 in the Dunstan sale carried a BEA stamp only and it is cancelled in Mombasa MY 22 97 and arrived in Great Yarmouth on the same day (JU 14 97) as this cover front).

Note: The Reverend Ernest Millar was CMS Postmaster until 23rd May and it was not his practice to affix typeset stamps to outgoing mail. After Millar went on furlough Archdeacon Walker assumed the duties and started putting typeset stamps on outgoing covers but not cancelling them, in order to pay the 4a rate to the border.