British East Africa: 1890-95 1/2a. 2nd printing, 1a. 1st printing (rare), 41/2a. dull violet, each in a mint block of four, the lower pairs unmounted, one 41/2a. has minor thin but a particularly rare multiple with only two other gummed blocks known, others mainly fine. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 1/2a. (3, one unused), 1a. (2, one unused), 2a., 21/2a. (4), 3a. (2), 4a. yellow-brown, 41/2a. (2), 8a. blue, 8a. grey, 1r. carmine, 1r. grey, 2r. to 5r., mainly fine used. S.G. 4-19. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 1/2a. vertical pair variety imperf. between, part original gum, slightly toned, otherwise fine. S.G. 4bc, cat. £1,400. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 1a. blue-green, horizontal strip of eight from the foot of the sheet [51-58], c.t.o. Mombasa Mar. 15 1895, pos. 55 showing “ANL” for “AND”, fine. Brandon certificate (2000) . S.G. 5, aa, cat. £1,219+. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 2a. imperforate printers sample in grey-blue on thick wove paper, perfined “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type B1), rare. One of only eight recorded examples. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 21/2a. black on bright yellow, variety horizontal pair imperf. between, one has rounded corner, otherwise fine used. S.G. 7cc, cat. £450. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 3a. vertical pair variety imperf. between, fine unused. S.G. 8ad, cat. £700.

British East Africa: 1890-95 4a. grey, imperforate, fine used on piece with 1a. and 4a. yellow-brown tied by Mombasa c.d.s’s. S.G. 10, cat. £1,400+. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 41/2a. brown-purple horizontal pair, variety imperf. between, fine unused. S.G. 11ac, cat. £1,500. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 8a. imperforate printers sample in deep purple on thick wove paper, perfined “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type B1), rare. One of only four recorded. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1890-95 issue, a collection on leaves, incl. 2a. in a mint part sheet of 55, 41/2a. dull violet mint strip of three, 1894 5a. on 8a., 71/2a. on 1r. mint, used and handstamped “SPECIMEN”, 1895 5a. in a complete mint sheet (10 x 6), etc., varied condition. (329)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” handstamped on 2a. vermilion, initialled “A.D.”, with face value obliterated, fine used. S.G. 20, cat. £1,100. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” handstamped on 2a. vermilion, initialled “A.D.”, with face value obliterated by handstamp used, a few blunted perfs, otherwise fine. S.G. 20, cat. £1,100. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” handstamped on 2a. vermilion, initialled “A.D.”, with original face value obliterated, used with Mombasa c.d.s., a few blunted perfs, otherwise fine. B.P.A. certificate (1989). S.G. 20, cat. £1,100. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1 Anna” handstamped on 4a. brown, initialled “A.B.” (Archibald Brown), used, cancelled Mombasa c.d.s., fine and scarce. S.G. 21, cat. £2,250. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” in ms. on 2a. vermilion with original face value not obliterated, initialled “A.D.”, used, a few shortish perfs., otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 22, cat. £4,750. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” in ms. on 2a. vermilion, initialled “A.B.”, used with Mombasa c.d.s’s, one or two short perfs. otherwise fine. S.G. 23, cat. £1,100. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” in ms. on 2a. vermilion, initialled “A.B.”, used with normal 1a. on fragment, Lamu c.d.s’s, fine. S.G. 23, cat. £1,100+. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” in ms. on 2a. vermilion, initialled “A.B.”, used on piece with Mombasa c.d.s., one or two short perfs. otherwise fine. S.G. 23, cat. £1,100. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” in ms. on 2a. vermilion, initialled “A.B.”, error “Annas”, used with Mombasa c.d.s’s, corner crease, otherwise fine. S.G. 23a, cat. £1,600. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1/2 Anna” in ms. on 3a. black on dull red, initialled “A.B.”, used with indistinct c.d.s., a few blunt perfs., otherwise fine and very scarce. S.G. 24, cat. £2,250. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1 Anna” in ms. on 3a. black on dull red, initialled “V.H.M.”, pen cancelled, fine. Brandon certificate (2002) states “fiscally used”. S.G. 25, cat. £1,750. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1 Anna” in ms. on 4a. brown, initialled “A.B.”, used with neat Mombasa c.d.s., fine. S.G. 26, cat. £2,250. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1891 Mombasa Provisionals, “1 Anna” in ms. on 4a. brown, initialled “A.B.”, used with neat Mombasa c.d.s’s. B.P.A. certificate (1943). S.G. 26, cat. £2,250. Photo. (Image1)

British East Africa: 1894 (Nov.) surcharges, 5a. on 8a. and 71/2a. on 1r., both in pairs used on small pieces fine. B.P.A. certificates (1963). S.G. 27, 28, cat. £380.