Lot 351 Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika #5 1921 12c Slate Grey King George V, Watermark Script CA, Perforated 14, used with a neat partial Nairobi double circle c.d.s. cancel, fine-very fine. Described by the previous owner as “among the rarest used 20th century East Africa stamps, vastly undercatalogued”. Accompanied by a 2007 Brandon certificate. Stanley Gibbons catalogue #69. Estimate C$100.
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Lot 948, Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1948 three shilling KGVI Pictorial with “Damaged Mountain” Variety, VF hinged
Lot 948 Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika #82var 1948 3sh KGVI Pictorial with “Damaged Mountain” Variety, a mint hinged horizontal pair with the left stamp (pos. R6/7) showing the “Damaged Mountain” variety. Touch of toning on reverse, still very fine and quite rare. Unlisted in Scott, S.G. #147ab, £7,000. Accompanied by a KGVI Expertising certificate. Stanley Gibbons CV £7,000.
Lot 412, K.U.T. 1938 fifty cent purple and black King George VI, used pair with variety on bottom stamp
Lot 412 Kenya Uganda Tanganyika #144a 1938 50c purple and black King George VI, with “Rope Not Joined to Sail” Variety, on the bottom stamp of a vertical used pair, very fine. From the John Hillson Collections. S.G. CV £250.
Lot 737, 1938 KUT one pound George VI & Lion with curved SPECIMEN perfin, F-VF NH, sold for $149
Lot 737 1938 Kenya Uganda Tanganyika 1938 £1 KGVI and Lion with Curved SPECIMEN Perfin, Perforated 11¾ x 13, mint never hinged, fresh and fine-very fine. A scarce mint stamp and key value of the set. Scott #85a, $525 (for regular stamp), Stanley Gibbons #150, £500 (for regular stamp). Estimate $100, sold for C$130 plus buyer’s premium.