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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"); 1942; definitive stamp of the issue "King George VI of the United Kingdom"; stamp drawing with a portait of George VI in standing oval ornamented with two birds of the species Balearica regulorum (English name: "South African Crowned Crane") on each side; stamp postmarked on
Note:
This bird was also the state symbol for the British Uganda protectorate.
Stamp: Michel: No. 60D; Scott: No. 74
Color: orange / black
Watermark: British East Africa No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 20 C (Cents)
Postage validity: from 25 February 1942 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 23.0 x 29.0 mm
Date

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(date of postmark)
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

To this stamp exist at least three varieties distinguishing mainly by perforation:

a) comb perforation, K 13¼
b) line perforation, L 14
c) comb perforation, K 13¼ : 13¾

The depicted stamp is variant c).

  • The head of a "Balearica regulorum" in 2018
    The head of a "Balearica regulorum" in 2018
  • The flag of the British Uganda protectorate
    The flag of the British Uganda protectorate
Picture description George VI with two bird of the species "Balearica regulorum"
First day of issue
Publisher Royal Mail for British East Africa
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer ? (somewhere in England, De La Rue...?)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 13¼ : 13¾
MICHEL Nr. Britisch-Ostafrika, Nr. 60D
SCOTT Nr. British East Africa (Kenia, Uganda and Tanganyika), No. 74

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