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Return To Catalogue - British East Africa 1896-1902 - Kenia and Uganda - East Africa and Uganda Protectorate - Malakote and Witu
Note: on my website many of the pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the cd's;
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Images reproduced with permission from: http://www.sandafayre.com
(Reduced size)
'1/2 ANNA' on 1 p lilac '1 ANNA' on 2 p green and red '4 ANNAS' on 5 p violet and blue
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1/2 a on 1 p | RR | RR | |
| 1 a on 2 p | RR | RR | |
| 4 a on 5 p | RR | RR | |
At least the forger Fournier made forged overprints on genuine stamps of Great Britain. All values can be found in 'the Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries'. For examples of these forged overprints see after the 1895 issue of this country. These three values were offered for 3 Swiss Francs in his 1914 pricelist.
1/2 a brown 1 a green 2 a red 2 1/2 a black on yellow 3 a black on red 4 a brown 4 a grey 4 1/2 a violet 8 a blue 1 R red
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1/2 a | *** | *** | |
| 1 a | *** | *** | |
| 2 a | *** | *** | |
| 2 1/2 a | *** | *** | |
| 3 a | *** | *** | |
| 4 a | *** | *** | |
| 4 1/2 a | *** | *** | |
| 8 a | *** | *** | |
| 1 R | R | R | |
1/2 a brown 1 a green 2 a red 2 1/2 a black on yellow 3 a black on red 4 a brown 4 1/2 a violet 5 a black on blue 7 1/2 a black 8 a blue 8 a grey 1 R red 1 R grey
These stamps have perforation 14
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1/2 a | * | ** | |
| 1 a | * | *** | |
| 2 a | ** | *** | |
| 2 1/2 a | *** | *** | |
| 3 a | ** | *** | |
| 4 a | ** | *** | |
| 4 1/2 a | ** | R | |
| 5 a | * | R | |
| 7 1/2 a | * | R | |
| 8 a blue | ** | *** | |
| 8 a grey | RR | RR | |
| 1 R red | ** | *** | |
| 1 R grey | RR | RR | |
Larger size
2 R brown 3 R violet 4 R blue 5 R olive
These stamps have perforation 14.
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 2 R | *** | *** | |
| 3 R | *** | *** | |
| 4 R | *** | R | |
| 5 R | *** | R | |
Surcharged
(These two images were obtained from a Shreves auction)
'1/2 Anna' (manuscript) on 2 a red '1/2 Anna' on 2 a red (additional 'ad' added) '1/2 Anna' (manuscript) on 3 a black on red '1 Anna' (manuscript) on 3 a black on red '1 Anna' (manuscript) on 4 a brown '1 Anna' on 4 a brown (additional 'ab' added) '5 ANNAS.' on 8 a blue '7 1/2 ANNAS.' on 1 R red
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| All manuscript surcharges | RRR | RRR | |
| 1/2 a on 2 a | RRR | RRR | |
| 1 a on 4 a | RRR | RRR | |
| 5 a on 8 a | RR | RR | |
| 7 1/2 a on 1 R | RR | RR | |
Note: stamps with one or two sides imperforated can be found and are not rare. The outer borders of stamp sheets were imperforated, the imperforated sides come from these borders.
(Fournier forgeries?)
Fournier made forgeries of the 2, 4 and 5 R stamps. He offers them for 2 Swiss Francs in his 1914 pricelist as first choice forgeries. The above stamps are forgeries, I presume they are Founier forgeries.
This Fournier forgery has a 'FAUX' overprint, it is taken from a Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries
(Forged 8 a stamp, '8' placed too far to the right)
(Fiscal stamp; postage stamp overprinted 'INLAND REVENUE')
Sperati also seems to have made forgeries of these stamps, examples of some blackprints of his forgeries and a cancel:
1/2 a brown 1 a green 2 a red 2 1/2 a black on yellow 3 a black on red 4 a brown 4 1/2 a violet 5 a black on blue 7 1/2 a black 8 a blue 1 R red Larger size
2 R brown 3 R violet 4 R blue 5 R olive and surcharged (1895) in red '2 1/2' on 4 1/2 a violet
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1/2 a | RR | R | |
| 1 a | RR | RR | |
| 2 a | RR | RR | |
| 2 1/2 a | RR | RR | |
| 3 a | RR | RR | |
| 4 a | R | R | |
| 4 1/2 a | RR | RR | |
| 5 a | RR | RR | |
| 7 1/2 a | RR | RR | |
| 8 a | RR | RR | |
| 1 R | RR | RR | |
| 2 R | RRR | RRR | |
| 3 R | RR | RR | |
| 4 R | RR | RR | |
| 5 R | RRR | RRR | |
| 2 1/2 on 4 1/2 a | RR | RR | |
Forgeries, example:
Fournier also offered the values 2 R, 4 R and 5 R (on his forged stamps from the previous issue) with overprint 'BRITISH EAST AFRICA' in his 1914 pricelist (fac-similes of overprints, 2 Swiss Francs for the 3 values together). The overprint '2 1/2' on 4 1/2 a violet was also forged by him.
(Cuts with examples of Fournier's overprints from the Fournier album)
The first overprint was used on the 1895 issue, the second overprint was used on stamps of India to simulate the 1896 issue. The next three overprints 'HALF ANNA', '1 ANNA' and '4 ANNAS' were used on genuine stamps of Great Britain to simulate the 1890 issue. The '2 1/2' was used on stamps of 1895 (not listed in Fourniers 1914 pricelist). The '5 ANNAS.' might have been used on genuine 1890 stamps?
For stamps of British East Africa issued from 1896 to 1902, click here.
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