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Auction archive: Lot number 8

U5 1895 (28 Oct.) 2a. locally handstamped registered U5 (opened-out) to Hamburg, bearing 1895 (Nov.) "on India" 2½a. pair tied Lamu squared-circle d.s. and showing, on reverse, Aden (4 Nov.) transit and Hamburg (15 Nov.) arrival d.s. Rare. Photo

Auction 28.10.1992
28 Oct 1992
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$496 - US$662
Price realised:
£715
ca. US$1,184
Auction archive: Lot number 8

U5 1895 (28 Oct.) 2a. locally handstamped registered U5 (opened-out) to Hamburg, bearing 1895 (Nov.) "on India" 2½a. pair tied Lamu squared-circle d.s. and showing, on reverse, Aden (4 Nov.) transit and Hamburg (15 Nov.) arrival d.s. Rare. Photo

Auction 28.10.1992
28 Oct 1992
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$496 - US$662
Price realised:
£715
ca. US$1,184
Beschreibung:

U5 1895 (28 Oct.) 2a. locally handstamped registered U5 (opened-out) to Hamburg, bearing 1895 (Nov.) "on India" 2½a. pair tied Lamu squared-circle d.s. and showing, on reverse, Aden (4 Nov.) transit and Hamburg (15 Nov.) arrival d.s. Rare. Photo Note: This cover proves that the overprinting of the 2½a. occurred prior to the handover of control of the P.O. from the PMG Bombay to the Zanzibar Government on 10 November 1895.

Auction archive: Lot number 8
Auction:
Datum:
28 Oct 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

U5 1895 (28 Oct.) 2a. locally handstamped registered U5 (opened-out) to Hamburg, bearing 1895 (Nov.) "on India" 2½a. pair tied Lamu squared-circle d.s. and showing, on reverse, Aden (4 Nov.) transit and Hamburg (15 Nov.) arrival d.s. Rare. Photo Note: This cover proves that the overprinting of the 2½a. occurred prior to the handover of control of the P.O. from the PMG Bombay to the Zanzibar Government on 10 November 1895.

Auction archive: Lot number 8
Auction:
Datum:
28 Oct 1992
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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