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Stamp of British East Africa - KUT ("KUT" = the British colony "Kenya", the British protectorate "Uganda", and the British mandate area "Tanganyika"); 1958; definitive stamp of the issue "Local motives - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom"; stamp drawing with two African elephants ( Loxodonta africana) together with a cameo drawing of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with view to left as central motive on an East African coat of arms in the shape of a standing converging lens over four spears and with a crown over the upper peak of the shield; speacial characteristic of this stamp: without a point under the "C" at "15 C"; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 94I; Yvert et Tellier: No. 95A; Scott: No. 105
Color: blue / light blue / black
Watermark: British East Africa No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 25 C (Cents)
Postage validity: from 28 March 1958 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 31.0 x 24.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Royal Mail for British East Africa
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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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Other versions
- the same stamp, but drawing with a point under the "C" at "15 C" (= Michel No. 94II from 1959)
Picture description Two African elephants ( Loxodonta africana) together with a cameo drawing of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with view to left as central motive on an East African coat of arms in the shape of a standing converging lens over four spears and with a crown over the upper peak of the shield
First day of issue
Publisher Royal Mail for British East Africa
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer ? (De La Rue...?)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12½ : 13
MICHEL Nr. Britisch-Ostafrika, Nr. 94I
SCOTT Nr. British East Africa (Kenia, Uganda und Tanganyika), No. 105

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