Lot 696
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"B.E.A." in red ink and tied by "MOMBASA" single-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, Aden transit c.d.s. and arrival c.d.s. The envelope a little soiled and with two vertical creases, though spectacular and very rare. Photo
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"B.E.A." in red ink and tied by "MOMBASA" single-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, Aden transit c.d.s. and arrival c.d.s. The envelope a little soiled and with two vertical creases, though spectacular and very rare. Photo

Details
"B.E.A." in red ink and tied by "MOMBASA" single-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, Aden transit c.d.s. and arrival c.d.s. The envelope a little soiled and with two vertical creases, though spectacular and very rare. Photo
Provenance
Rose-Hutchinson
Hunt
Stuart Rossiter, 1983
"Shivani", 1997
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
Note: This cover is one of two recorded with this type of manuscript endorsement, the other being from the same correspondence. One of only six covers recorded bearing Indian adhesives used in 1890