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BRITISH EAST AFRICA, 1890-1895

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1890 Stamps of Great Britain, overprinted 'BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY'

Images reproduced with permission from: http://www.sandafayre.com

(Reduced size)

  'HALF ANNA' on 1 p lilac
  '1 ANNA' on 2 p green and red
  '4 ANNAS' on 5 p violet and blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

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.

Fournier forged overprint.

Forged overprint on a stamp used in Newport Pagnel (Great Britain)

Another forged overprint.

Very dubious item...

1890 Inscription 'IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY LIGHT AND LIBERTY', imperforated

  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

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1890 Inscription 'IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY', perforated

  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

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Larger size

  2 R brown
  3 R violet
  4 R blue
  5 R olive

These stamps have perforation 14.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

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

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

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.

I've seen postal stationary in a slightly modified design, in the value 1/2 a brown, with "POSTAGE" in a straight line at the top of the design instead of "POSTAGE REVENUE".

Cancels

Mombasa circular date cancel.

Sun-cancel; I've only seen this cancel once.

Circular cancel 'LAMU' with corners at the outside. It also exists for the town of Mombasa.

Numeral cancel '954'?

A cancel consisting of a pattern of lozenges

Fiscal stamps

Fiscal stamp; postage stamp overprinted "INLAND REVENUE". This overprint exists in the colors black or violet on several values (including the high value larger sized stamps).

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1895 Stamps of 1890 overprinted 'British East Africa'

  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

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

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