Sale 1161
Spink London
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8 May 1997
Price realised
GBP 288
Estimate
cover 2½a. deep blue pair tied by "KILINDINI/26 JA/1900/E.A. PROTECTORATE" single circle datestamp to cover addressed to Leipzig; backstamped Mombasa, Aden and upon arrival S.G. 68
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