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lot # 6416 - brit. colonies british east africa
British East Africa Protectorate 1896/1901: ½ a. yellow-green in a horizontal pair and single 2 a. chocolate used on 1903 registered cover to Port Blair, Andaman Islands tied by RABAI / E.A. PROTECTORATE circular datestamps (Sept 3) with registration cachet below, stamps also tied by Aden-Bombay oval registration cachet. Reverse with "Foreign Registration Dept. Mombasa" transit cds (Sept 4), Bombay cds (Sept 17) and Port-Blair arrival cds (Sept 29). A remarkable destination and most unusual.
Michel Catalogue 295: The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part IV)
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