Lot 223
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cover 1898 (12 Mar.), large "O.H.M.S." cover with "East Africa Protectorate" at lower left, both inscriptions deleted, from Mombasa to Penshurst, Kent, and redirected to Folkestone, endorsed "via Zanzibar", bearing 2a. blue single and block of five and 1896 4a. deep green and 7½a. mauve tied by "MOMBASA/A 12 MR/98", day before month, single circle datestamps, the 2a. block additionally tied by red Registered London oval datestamp; cover with minor creasing, backstamped Zanzibar, Registered Tonbridge Station Office, Penshurst and Registered Folkestone; a remarkable franking. Cator correspondence. S.G. 52, 70, 73

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cover 1898 (12 Mar.), large "O.H.M.S." cover with "East Africa Protectorate" at lower left, both inscriptions deleted, from Mombasa to Penshurst, Kent, and redirected to Folkestone, endorsed "via Zanzibar", bearing 2a. blue single and block of five and 1896 4a. deep green and 7½a. mauve tied by "MOMBASA/A 12 MR/98", day before month, single circle datestamps, the 2a. block additionally tied by red Registered London oval datestamp; cover with minor creasing, backstamped Zanzibar, Registered Tonbridge Station Office, Penshurst and Registered Folkestone; a remarkable franking. Cator correspondence. S.G. 52, 70, 73