The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: Master die proof, stamp-sized in black on thick wove paper with external guidelines at corners, value tablet blank. Ex Minns and Baillie. One of two known master die proofs. Photo. (Image1)

The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: Imperf. colour trials on ungummed wove paper, value tablets black, each upper left corner marginal, In yellow-green, issued colour of 1/2a. Ex Minns and Baillie. Attractive, at least 30 variations exist, two recorded on gummed paper. Photo. (Image1)

The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: Imperf. colour trials on ungummed wove paper, value tablets black, each upper left corner marginal, In red, issued colour of 1a. Ex Minns and Baillie. Attractive, at least 30 variations exist, two recorded on gummed paper. Photo. (Image1)

The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: Imperf. colour trials on ungummed wove paper, value tablets black, each upper left corner marginal, In deep blue, issued colour of 21/2a. Ex Minns and Baillie. Attractive, at least 30 variations exist, two recorded on gummed paper. Photo. (Image1)

The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: Imperf. colour trials on ungummed wove paper, value tablets black, each upper left corner marginal, In pale bright blue, issued colour of 1r. Ex Minns and Baillie. Attractive, at least 30 variations exist, two recorded on gummed paper. Photo. (Image1)

The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: Imperf. colour trials on ungummed wove paper, value tablets black, each upper left corner marginal, In orange, issued colour of 2r. Ex Minns and Baillie. Attractive, at least 30 variations exist, two recorded on gummed paper. Photo. (Image1)

The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: Specimen Stamps, 1/2a. to 5r. set overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Samuel type D12), 2r. slight oxidisation otherwise mainly fine without gum. (15) S.G. 65s-79s, cat. £350. Photo. (Image1)

The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: 1a. carmine-rose, variety watermark reversed, fresh mint, fine. S.G. 66x, cat. £375. Ex Krieger. Photo. (Image1)

The John Wilks British East Africa: 1896-1901 'Small Queen' Issue: 5r. sepia, variety thin "U" in "RUPEES" [R. 3/2], mint, fine. S.G. 79a, cat. £1,800. Photo. (Image1)