1890-95 1/2a Brown imperf. lower marginal block of four (pos.43, 44, 53, 54) with neat Mombassa FE 12 94 cds, very fine and rare in a block of four (SG £750+) (Image)

1890-95 4 1/2a Dull Violet imperf. between vertical pair in block of four, Mombassa JA 16 94 squared circle ds, fine, the only recorded block of four of this variety (SG £1'000+) Note: All the sheets of the part perforated stamps were bought in London by a philatelist called Hayman, who used a portion of them to frank a series of self addressed covers which he despatched to Mombassa. This block originates from such a cover (Image)

1898 (Apr 26) Envelope sent registered to Germany with 1896-1901 5R tied by Lamu cds, with Zanzibar registered transit cds, Baden-Baden arrival bs, very fine philatelic franking of the highest value in the set (Image)

1897-1903 Wmk Crown CC 50R mauve on philatelic cover sent registered within Lamu tied by clear LAMU / 3.NO.1902 cds with similar alongside, addressee over-written and partly erased, otherwise very fine and beautiful cover, extremely rare as it is one of only two known frankings of the 50R, a British Africa rarity, cert. RPS (2016) (SG £9'000 as a used single) Note: We sold a 50R with reversed watermark on a piece that looks identical to the paper of this envelope with the same cancel on the same day for £6'600 including commission (Image)

1890-97 Old-time collection on three large hand-drawn album pages showing a good deal of completion, mostly mint or unused, including a few UPU Specimen overprints, many complete sets with values to 5r, 10r, 15r, 20r & 50r, a few lightly stuck down and remnants, archival fresh colours, very fine and wonderful assembly (SG £5'200+) (Image)