Catalog:
Date issued: Unknown, EKU March 21, 1937
Printing: Black
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: "KENYA, UGANDA AND / TANGANYIKA POST OFFICE / G.R. / FOUND / OPEN AND / OFFICIALLY SEALED"
Control Number: "G.P.O. A.25" at upper right
Description: 1937 cover from Chunya, Tanganyika Territory to Hannover, Germany repaired in Dar-es-Salaam with two "Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika Post Office" seals.
This seal differs from the regular Drummond OS4 type (shown below) in three ways. First, the "FOUND OPEN..." font is larger; second, the "KENYA UGANDA..." text at the top is smaller; and finally, the box in the center is wider.
Courtesy of Jim Kotanchik by permission.
Catalog: Drummond OS4
Date issued: Unknown, EKU December 12, 1939
Printing: Black
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: "KENYA, UGANDA AND / TANGANYIKA POST OFFICE / G.R. / FOUND / OPEN AND / OFFICIALLY SEALED"
Control Number: "G.P.O. A.25" at upper right
Description: Censored 1940 cover from Pennsylvania to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika Territory sealed at top with two similar KUT seals. Forwarded to London and then again Suffolk, England. Very unusual usage.
Courtesy of Jim Kotanchik by permission.
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