1891 Envelope sent by missionary Robert Walker whilst based in Mengo, Uganda (1891-92), endorsed "Boustead & Ridley i/c on acct", who were forwarding agents in Zanzibar who maintained a missionary mail service for the CMS missionaries in Uganda using runners along the old caravan (slave) route from Lake Victoria, posted at the French P.O. in Zanzibar with Peace & Commerce 25c (pulled corner perf.) tied by double circle ds, reverse with French paquebot octagonal ds and Great Yarmouth arrival, rare forerunner mail from Uganda and thought to be one of only two covers forwarded through the French P.O. at Zanzibar, ex DuBro (see fig. 5.6 on p.82 in his book "Zanzibar's Postal History legacy"). (Image)
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Lot No: 71486
Symbol: G
Cat No: 38
1895 (Nov) 20(c) violet tied to large cover piece by pencil cross, with dashes visible on more than 3 sides, addressed in the hand of Reverend Frank Rowling to "W. Grant Esq. / Budu / Uganda", fine and very rare, with only around 10 such items known on a cover or addressed piece, ex Chantry. (Image)
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Lot No: 71490
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Cat No: 58
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. (Image)
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Lot No: 71491
Symbol: F
Cat No: 58
1897 (Jun 16) Envelope from Dr Albert Ruskin Cook in Kampala to England with 1896 4a uncancelled in combination with British East Africa 1896-1901 2 1/2a tied by Mombasa squared circle ds, reverse with London Hampstead and Wareham ds, cover fault at top right, fine and scarce as outgoing covers from Uganda prior to mid-1897 ordinarily bear B.E.A. stamps only, ex Dunstan.
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. (Image)
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Lot No: 71492
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Cat No: 71
1897 "L" on 2a with good to large margins, cancelled on large piece with "Koki / 17/10/97" pen cancel, sent by Richard Herbert Leakey at CMS Koki to Reverend A J Pike at the CMS headquarters in Namirembe, fine and scarce, ex Chantry. (Image)
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Lot No: 71493
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1902 (Apr 26) G.E.A. 3p postal stationery card from Muanza to Germany, cancelled by neat Muanza cds, sent via British steamer across Lake Victoria to Kisumu with Uganda 1896-1901 1a tied by Kisumu double ring cds, then forwarded on the Ugandan railway to Mombasa with transit cds and Oppeln arrival cds adjacent, a scarce use of this route through British East Africa. (Image)
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Lot No: 71494
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Cat No: 84a
1903 (May 5) Envelope from Buddu to Archdeacon Walker Namirembe, Kampala, with 1898-1902 1a carmine-rose tied by Buddu cds, with Kampala arrival bs, fine and scarce local usage, with the Buddu cancellation only in use for less than four years, ex Krieger.
Note: Robert Henry Walker was one of the very first missionaries to reach Uganda in 1887. Until 1890 he was the leader of the CMS missionaries whose headquarters came to be established at Namirembe. He was ordained Archdeacon of Uganda in Zanzibar in 1893 and was acting CMS Postmaster from May 1897 to May 1898 whilst Millar was on furlough in the UK. (Image)
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Cat No: 84a
1904 (Mar 4) Envelope from Hoima to Ireland with 1898-1902 1a carmine-rose tied by clear Hoima cds, sender's "HW Tegart / CMS Uganda" endorsement at lower left, reverse with Mombasa transit and Dublin & Belfast TPO Down cds, fine, ex Krieger. (Image)
