British East Africa

Ref: P4583
  • £325.00

1898 triple rate cover to Germany from G. Denhardt & Co, Import * Export, Lamu, with a 2½ and 5 Anna, paying the 7½ Anna triple rate of 2½ Annas per ½ oz, cancelled LAMU DE 4 98. A La Reunion A Marseille 13 DEC 98 cancel is on the front of the cover, on the back are Aden DE 12 and Stadt Sulza 27.12.98. transit and arrival cancels. This cover would have been carried on the ‘S.S. Irowaddy’ from Aden. Fine, ex Rossiter and Shivani.