Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71191
Symbol: H,F,W
Cat No: Collection
1890-1905, Small mixed group of three items: 1890-95 2 1/2a pair with Mombasa squared circle, 1896-1901 1a block of four with Lamu hatched circle ds, and 1905 KEVII postal stationery card from a mission station at Ikusa cancelled by a very smudged Kibwezi cds (crease). (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71192
Symbol: C
Cat No: 7cb
1890-95 2 1/2a black on bright yellow imperforate pair, mint part o.g., couple of light bends, fine (S.G. £1'200). (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71193
Symbol: F
Cat No: 7
1892 (Jan 4) envelope from Lamu to HMS Edinburgh in the Mediterranean Squadron at Malta (Dundas correspondence), with 1890-95 2 1/2a black on yellow-buff paying the single 2 1/2a rare to Europe, tied by clear Lamu code A squared circle ds with further strike adjacent, reverse with Aden transit and Malta arrival, redirected to Syra (Syros, Greece) with Malta despatch on front, ex Rossiter (1983, lot 62).
Note: The sender was Captain F. G. Dundas R.N. who was engaged by the Imperial East Africa Company in March 1891 to command the Company's stern-wheel steamer "Kenia" to explire the Tana and Juba rivers, which at the time were seen as highways into the interior for the opening up of commerce. This cover was addressed to his son when he was in Lamu while the "Kenia" underwent a re-fit after the Tana expedition and before departing in April for the Juba. Only 5 covers are known from the Dundas correspondence. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71194
Symbol: F
Cat No: 7
1892 (Jan 4) 2a registered envelope from Lamu to Germany, with 1890-95 2 1/2a black on yellow-buff (Sep 1891 first printing) paying the single 2 1/2a rare to Europe, tied by crisp Lamu code A cds with further strike adjacent, reverse with Zeitz arrival cds, adhesive residue at far left, very fine, ex Rowell. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71195
Symbol: F
Cat No: 9, 13
1892 (Jun 22) Envelope sent registered from the Gustav Denhardt correspondence from Lamu to his brother in Germany, with 1890-95 4a yellow-brown and 8a grey paying the quadruple rate to Europe plus 2a registration, tied by Lamu code A squared circle ds with further strike below, reverse with Aden transit and Ilmenau arrival ds, fine and very rare usage of the 8a.
Note: G. Denhardt & Co. operated a German trading company in Lamu on land at the mouth of the Tana river, formerly part of the German protectorate of Wituland. He will have been very aware of the mailboat schedules from East Africa nad has sent this cover by freighter to his agents in Bombay to catch the P&O SS "Rome" which sale from Brindisi on 18th November and docked there on 1st December. The alternative service per SS "Admiral" from Zanzibar would not have reached Hamburg until 24th December. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71196
Symbol: F
1893 (Nov) Envelope from the Gustav Denhardt correspondence from Lamu to his wife in Germany, reverse with his Lamu commercial cachet, routed via his agents in Bombay with India 1892-97 2a6p pair tied by agent's cachet and Bombay squared circles, reverse with Sea Post Office transit and Zeitz arrival cds, fine, ex Krieger.
Note: G. Denhardt & Co. operated a German trading company in Lamu on land at the mouth of the Tana river, formerly part of the German protectorate of Wituland. He will have been very aware of the mailboat schedules from East Africa nad has sent this cover by freighter to his agents in Bombay to catch the P&O SS "Rome" which sale from Brindisi on 18th November and docked there on 1st December. The alternative service per SS "Admiral" from Zanzibar would not have reached Hamburg until 24th December. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71197
Symbol: F
Cat No: 4, 6
1894 (Jul 18) Envelope from Lamu to the Acting Governor of German East Africa, with 1890-95 1/2a and 2a tied by crisp Lamu code A squared circle, reverse with partial Zanzibar transit, Mombasa transit and Dar-Es-Salam arrival, central cover fold, reverse with large glassine hinges, very scarce mail sent to another colony in Africa, ex Minto and Minns. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71198
Symbol: F
Cat No: 4, 5
1894 (Aug 10) "On Postal Service" printed envelope from the Postmaster at Mombasa, sent to the USA with 1890-95 1/2a and two 1a paying the overseas rate, tied by Mombasa code A cds with further strike adjacent, reverse with Zanzibar, New York and Roxbury Station datestamps, a few cover imperfections, thought to be the only recorded example of this "On Postal Service" envelope, ex Krieger.
Note: It is likely that the privilege of free postage for official mail was not applicable on mail to foreign countries. No franking was required for internal official mail and were therefore probably discarded. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71199
Symbol: F
1894 (Nov 21) 2 1/2a postal stationery envelope from Melindi to India, cancelled by neat Melindi code A squared circle ds, endorsed "per SS Safari" (Deutsche Ost Afrika Line), reverse with Mombasa and Bombay transits, Poona arrival, fine and rare from Melindi.
Note: Melindi (now Malindi) was an Arab coastal town situated 76 miles north of Mombasa. The harbour was very shallow and steamers had to anchor a considerable distance off shore. In the IBEA Company period to 1895, there were just four offices; Mombasa, Lamu, Melindi and Wasin. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71200
Symbol: F
Cat No: 7c
1895 (May 11) 2a registered envelope (size F, type 1cb) from Mombasa to England, with 1890-95 2 1/2a black on bright yellow paying the single rate to Europe, tied by Mombasa code A cds, redirected within London with datestamps adjacent and on reverse, fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71201
Symbol: F
Cat No: 36
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. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71202
Symbol: F
1895 (Aug 29) Provisional 2 1/2a postal stationery envelope from Mombasa to the Admiralty in Whitehall, London, cancelled by Mombasa code A squared circle ds, arrival bs, fine and scarce.
Note: The recipient of this cover, Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford GCB had an illustrious naval career and had been present at the bombardments of Odessa and Sevastopol. In 1892 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief Cape of Good Hope Station. In 1894 he was involved in an action against the Chief of Benin in the Niger Coast Protectorate. In 1895 he was appointed Second Naval Lord and in 1899 Commander-in-Chief North America and West Indies Station. In 1903 he was made Governor of Western Australia. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71203
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
1895 (Oct 10) Provisional 2a registered envelope (size J) from Lamu to Germany (Denhardt correspondence), with 1895 Provisional 7 1/2a paying the triple rate, tied by Lamu code A squared circle ds, reverse with Mombasa, Zanzibar and Aden transits and Ilmenau arrival ds, very fine and extremely rare usage, one of only two recorded covers bearing this value and one of only five with this issue from Lamu (with only around 30 in total).
Note: On 1st July 1895, Remington held 1140 of this value in stock for handstamping in Mombasa, and just 200 of these size J envelopes. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71204
Symbol: F
Cat No: 49-50, 52-53
1895 (Nov 11) First day of issue "Powter" envelope sent locally in Mombasa on the first day after the transfer of control of the Indian PO in Zanzibar, franked with the four values issued on that day; 1895-96 "On India" 1/2a, 1a, 2a and 2a6p, each tied by Mombasa code A squared circle ds with cds struck on reverse, very fine and rare, one of only six "first day" covers recorded by Minns (Supplement p.12).
Note: Gilbert Edward Powter was treasurer to the I. B. E. A Company and became treasurer to the East Africa Protectorate. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71205
Symbol: F
Cat No: 53
1896 (Sep 14) Envelope from Mombasa to India with 1895-96 "On India" Provisional 2a6p tied by crisp Mombasa code A cds, reverse with Sea Post Office transit and Calcutta arrival, some minor foxing, fine and scarce, ex Rossiter. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71206
Symbol: F
Cat No: 66
Machakos: 1901 (Aug 10) Envelope from Machakos to England with 1896-1901 1a tied by a crisp strike of the Machakos hatched circle ds, with Mombasa single-ring cds, missing backflap, fine and scarce with such a good strike. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71207
Symbol: F
Mombasa: 1897 (Jan 31) Envelope from "Capt. Dugmore Commdg Troops Kenia District Masailand" to the USA, with 1896-1901 2 1/2a tied by Mombasa squared circle, reverse with Aden, London and New York transits and Montpelier arrival, toned and roughly opened at right, rare mail from this origin, ex Rossiter.
Note: This letter was probably sent down by runner from Ngong before January 1st 1897 when stamps and cancellers arrived at Ndii, Kikuyu and Machakos. The mail normally took 13-22 days to Mombasa but Hall, District Collector of Kiyuku, recorded on January 11th 1897: "We are at present completely cut off from the the coast...everything is being sacrificed and every available man employed on the railway..." If Dugmore was on safari, from his usual forward base at Ngong, his runner probably left before the new system started. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71208
Symbol: F
Mombasa: 1899 (Feb 24) Commercial envelope sent underpaid from Mombasa to Austria with 1896-1901 1a tied by light Mombasa code A squared circle, underpaying the 2 1/2a rate but not taxed, reverse with Aden transit and Vienna arrival, fine and most unusual. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71209
Symbol: F
Rabai: 1900 (Nov 18) Envelope sent registered from Rabai to Germany, with 1896-1901 2 1/2a pair (overpaying the single rate and registration by 1/2a) tied by Rabai hatched cds with registration hs below, reverse with Mombasa and Zanzibar transits and German arrival, fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71210
Symbol: F
1897 (Oct 23) Zanzibar 1a postal stationery card sent to Lamu in native language, cancelled in transit with Mombasa cds, Lamu arrival cds adjacent, very fine and unusual, ex Dubro. (Image)
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Sale No: 22DG
Lot No: 71211
Symbol: F
1906 (Dec 5) Incoming 12 1/2c postal stationery envelope from Dutch Surinam, sent from the British Consulate in Paramaribo (hs on reverse) to the Christian Missionary Society in Kikuyu, reverse with Mombasa E.A.P. double circle ds and Kikuyu hatched circle arrival, redirected to the CMS station's agency address in Nairobi with arrival bs, some trivial imperfections, fine and very scarce incoming mail. (Image)
