cover 1897 (27 Dec.), cover from Mombasa addressed to E.H. Cator, Esq. R.E., Nile Expeditionary Force, Kosheh, Egypt, bearing 2½a. yellow-green pair tied by "MOMBASA/A/DE 27/97" squared circle cancellation; cover backstamped Zanzibar, Suez, Cairo and Wadi-Halfa; scarce. S.G. 53 | Christie's

Lot 222

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cover 1897 (27 Dec.), cover from Mombasa addressed to E.H. Cator, Esq. R.E., Nile Expeditionary Force, Kosheh, Egypt, bearing 2½a. yellow-green pair tied by "MOMBASA/A/DE 27/97" squared circle cancellation; cover backstamped Zanzibar, Suez, Cairo and Wadi-Halfa; scarce. S.G. 53

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cover 1897 (27 Dec.), cover from Mombasa addressed to E.H. Cator, Esq. R.E., Nile Expeditionary Force, Kosheh, Egypt, bearing 2½a. yellow-green pair tied by "MOMBASA/A/DE 27/97" squared circle cancellation; cover backstamped Zanzibar, Suez, Cairo and Wadi-Halfa; scarce. S.G. 53