UGANDA 1896 typeset 1a black, SG70 Sarawak stamps New York certificate of authenticity

New York certificate of authenticity (1990) as Scott No

first conjoined busts right

The two penny blue was contemporary with the penny black and therefore shares the distinction of being one of the world’s first two postage stamps

Derek Bentley

listed at a value of NZ$350+ (approx £180)

UGANDA 1896 typeset 1a black, SG70 Sarawak stamps New York certificate of authenticityUganda 1896 (Nov) typeset 1a black, overprint 'L', SG70. A very fine unused example and very scarce in this condition and the finest example from this issue we have ever seen. The first stamps of Uganda under the British Empire were only valid for internal postage. Then Reverend Ernest Millar at Mengo of the Church Missionary Society produced the first stamps on his typewriter from 1895 1896. These are some of the most crude and valuable pieces of