The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1892 (Mar. 15) 2a. registered envelope size F type RE1 used to Zanzibar, stamp box and 21/2a. black and yellow-buff first printing (scarce on cover) affixed at left, both cancelled by Mombasa squared circle, backstamped on arrival. Ex Pennycuick. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1893 (Mar. 22) 1a. grey-black postcard used to London and locally redirected, with Mombasa and Apr. 10 arrival squared circles, carried on the S.S. "Kola", written and signed by Thomas Hobley. Hobley had arrived at Mombasa in May 1890 and had served on the 1891 Tana River Survey, later becoming District Officer to the Uganda Protectorate from Aug. 1894 and Assistant Deputy Commissioner for the East Africa Protectorate in Apr. 1902. Early use of the card, issued just four days before. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1893 (May 19) 1/2a. brown postcard uprated by 1890-95 1/2a. for use to Germany with fine Lamu squared circle cancellations, Bombay May 29 and Sea Post Office B transit c.d.s's and greeting from Richard Tiede on reverse. Ex Rossiter. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1893 (May 19) 1a. grey-black postcard used to Germany with fine Lamu squared circle, addressed by Gustav Denhardt to his brother Clemens in Jlmenau, Germany with Sea Post Office B c.d.s. and Denhardt's receiving handstamp. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1893 (Oct. 21) 2a. registered envelope size F type RE1a used internally from Lamu to Mombasa with squared circle cancellation, Oct. 24 arrival backstamp, believed carried on the "Juba", personal handstamp of sender "F.E. PURDEE" additionally tying adhesive. Ex Rossiter. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1893 (Nov. 26) 1a. grey-black postcard used to India with fine strike of Melindini squared circle, addressed by Telegraph Officer J. de Lima with Zanzibar Dec. 3 Sea Post Office A c.d.s's, backstamped Karachi Dec. 19 arrival, somewhat creased and stained but scarce. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1893 (Dec. 15) 21/2a. green type E1 embossed envelope addressed by postmaster Thomas E.C. Remington to I.B.E.A. Co. staff member Robert Macallister whilst on leave in England, with fine Mombasa squared circle, Zanzibar Dec. 16, Aden Dec. 29 and Plumstead Jan. 15 arrival backstamps. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1894 (Jan. 16) 2a. registered envelope size F type RE1c used with added 3a. to London, cancelled by Mombasa squared circle with red London Feb. 12 receiving marks alongside, some staining, also similarly cancelled 1a. grey-black postcard to the same addressee with handwritten schedule of the items' postal journey via the "Java" and "Shannon" etc. (2 items) Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1894 (June 21) 1/2a. brown postcard locally addressed with request for doctor's appointment, cancelled by fine, rare Wasin squared circle without code, addressed by Telegraph Officer J. de Lima with Zanzibar Dec. 3 Sea Post Office A c.d.s's, backstamped Karachi Dec. 19 arrival, somewhat creased and stained but scarce. Very few covers or cards with Wasin squared circle cancellations sent during the B.E.A. period have been recorded. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1894 (July 6) 2a. registered envelope size F type RE1a late usage at double rate addressed by postmaster Thomas E.C. Remington to London with added 21/2a. second printing on yellow (2) cancelled by Mombasa c.d.s's with July 29 red arrival oval below. Ex Walkley. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1894 (Nov. 25) 21/2a. yellow-green type E1a embossed envelope addressed to Engelholm, Sweden by Miss Carrie Svensson, a member of the Swedish-American Alliance Mission at Kulesa on the River Tana, with fine Lamu squared circle, Aden Dec. 3 and Swedish Dec. 17 receiving backstamps, unusual. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1895 (Jan. 16) 2a. registered envelope size J type RE2a with added new value 5a. sent at double rate to Ipswich, Mombasa c.d.s. cancellations, Feb. 10 London transit oval and next day arrival backstamp. Ex Rossiter. The earliest recorded date of usage of the 5a. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1895 (Mar. 16) 21/2a. bright yellow-green type E1b embossed envelope with added 1890-95 21/2a. addressed to Dr. A.R. (later Sir Albert) Cook in London, shortly before he began his noteable career as a C.M.S. medical missionary in Uganda, with Mombasa c.d.s. cancellations and carried on the S.S. "Purulia" with Apr. 4 arrival on reverse. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1895 (May 16) 1a. grey-black postcard used to Moschi, G.E.A. with light strike of Wasin squared circle with code A, transit c.d.s's of Mombasa, Zanzibar and Tanga alongside, written and signed by Alfred Hollis of Karl Perrot & Co. Very few covers or cards with Wasin squared circle cancellations sent during the B.E.A. period have been recorded. Sir Alfred Hollis GCMG, CBE (1873-1961) later became a distinguished colonial administrator in both East Africa and Sierra Leone. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: I.B.E.A. Co. Postal Stationery: 1895 (July 7) 21/2a. bright yellow-green type E1b embossed envelope addressed by postmaster Thomas E.C. Remington to the Colombian Consulate in Jersey, C.I., cancelled by fine Mombasa squared circle and carried on the "Purulia" with July 26 arrival backstamp. Ex Krieger. Illustrated in "British East Africa: The Stamps and Postal Stationery" by Minns (ed. Krieger, 2006), p. 59. Photo. (Image1)