British East Africa  

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Classification of specimen types

UPU member as British Protectorate from 1 December 1895.

class H&G Minns year value size description specimen type notes
post card 7 PC7 1896 ˝ anna   QV ‘small Queen’ {D4}  
  8 PC8 1896 1 anna   QV ‘small Queen’ {D4}  
  9 PC9 1896 ˝ anna + ˝ anna   QV ‘small Queen’ {D4}  
  10 PC10 1896 1 anna + 1 anna   QV ‘small Queen’ {D4}  
envelope B5 E5 1896 2˝ annas 140 × 78 QV ‘small Queen’ {D4}  
regist env C4 RE7 1896 2 annas F QV ‘small Queen’ {D4} 2
wrapper E3 W1 1896 ˝ anna   QV ‘small Queen’ {D4}  
  E4 W2 1896 1 anna   QV ‘small Queen’ {D4}  

type image dimensions application
D{4} 91˝–93 × 8˝–9 overprinted diag BL to TR

Notes

All items listed were printed by De La Rue.
Printed in light grey.

Reference

Minns, John. British East Africa – The Stamps and Postal Stationery. Royal Philatelic Society London, 1981.


Last updated 15 June 2008

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