Lot 60828 – 1894 1/2a postal stationery card from Wasin with squared circle ds

1894 1/2a postal stationery card from Wasin cancelled with squared circle ds, addressed to Münster, Germany, and changed to Mombasa, no text on reverse, crease, fine and very scarce, plus 1/2a strip of three and 4a with Wasin squared circle cancels.

Note: Wasin, otherwise known as Wasini Islands, was a small coastal settlement on the border with German East Africa. Establishing a presence gave no commercial advantage to the BEA Company, however Wasin was a notorious staging post for Arab slave raiders and a presence there was politically essential to stamp out the traffic.