Lot# 4483 - Auction 309-320

Mombasa Provisionals 1891 (March): Provisional "1 Anna" in manuscript on 4 a. yellow-brown, watermarked, a used example, countersigned "AB" (Archibald Brown, chief cashier of the Imperial British East Africa Co.) in black ink at Lamu, of good colour and superb appearance, lightly cancelled by LAMU circular datestamp (June 2, 1891) in black. A very rare stamp. Signed Thier, Champion. Cert. BPA (1986) Gi = £ 2'250. rnrnProvenance: Collection "Shivani", Spink, London, 8 May 1997, lot 104.