UGANDA 1896 2a black variety, SG71/a

UGANDA 1896 2a black variety, SG71/aUganda 1896 (7 Nov) Typeset 2a black on thick white wove, handstamped 'L' (type 7) for local use, lower left corner block of 4, showing variety 'Small O in POSTAGE' on upper left stamp (R3 1), SG71 a. A fine and fresh unused block. Trivial wrinkling mentioned for accuracy, but a fine and very scarce positional multiple. The first stamps of Uganda under the British Empire were only valid for internal postage. Then Reverend Ernest Millar at Mengo of the

A very fine unused original gum example lettered BF

7cm (approx

A fine used four margins example lettered IH

Australia Postage Due 1922-30 2d carmine and yellow-green

but a very scarce proving example from the small July 1935 'wet' printing (224 sheets only)

and was voted as the Greatest Briton of all time in a national poll in 2002

The last example has slight soiling and creasing

Orchha was a Princely State within the Bundelkhand Agency

The SG catalogue price for this set of three is £785

Two separate stamps were made for use in New Guinea from 4 October 2014

His name was misspelled “Holly” on the contract and Buddy adopted this misspelt version of his name for his music career

upper left corner block of 16 (4x4) lower right stamp (R4/4