Lot 366
KUT WW2 covers

The Academic Collection - Part 1 | 5960
Auction: 19 October 2023 at 10:30 BST
Estimate: £200 - £250
Description
1940-1 three envelopes with KG VI frankings, each tied by the rare violet E.E.A.P.S./ BASE/ REGISTERED datestamp with NAIROBI removed (only recorded for four weeks) as a wartime security measure. One to Manchester (part address blocked out) with GOLD COAST RIFLE ASSOCIATION crest on backflap (with APS Nairobi registered strike on front, rather negating the point of the erasure), the others to New Delhi and Bulawayo with APS registered markings. Ex John Daynes

