Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika 1935-1963

  
SG 140 & 141

  
SG 141a & 141b

  
SG 142 & 143

  
SG 144 & 144d


SG 144ea (No Dot lower left)

  
SG 148 & 148a


SG 148b

  
SG 149a & 149b

  
SG 150 & 150a


SG 150ab

A big shout out to Beryllium Guy for facilitating this purchase for me, from a seller who would only ship to Europe. Fortunately, he clearly doesn't own an SG catalogue







The first is "retouched value tablet" at R9/6, SG131ad





The second is the "tadpole flaw" at R10/8, SG131af

Chris, this sheet is frame plate 2-2, centre plate 4B.

The value tablet retouch appears on centre plates 4A, 4B, 5, 6 or 7. The tadpole is only on this plate, 4B. There's another flaw, break in bird's breast, which has been illustrated earlier, that appears on this sheet and 4A (at R2/5). If this was a full sheet, all three would be present.

This is great stuff. I only use Scott's here in a specialized collection area. I must check my old S&G and do a bit more fly specking on my acumulations.

Considering the issue date of these stamps is 1941-42, it is likely that it was difficult to supply stamps printed in Great Britain to KUT locations as convoys would be under attack, so using old stock from the quasi-neighbouring South African colonies in the meantime to allay shortfalls was probably the most efficient solution. Just a guess. My Yvert&Tellier catalog does not provide any other specific information.

hrdoktorx & angore: thank you for taking the time to reply and for your information, very helpful indeed.

Would that be in front of each name?

Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika, Sc 42-56
King George V Era
Arranged on Hagner Stock Sheet

Typically I do not collect much post-1930 material, but I am making another exception in this case, as with Hong Kong, because my wife expressed a particular admiration for the KGV and KGVI pictorial issues of K-U-T, and I already had quite a few of them from my mixed lot acquisitions.  I have the complete K-U-T KGV 1935 Jubilee Set in California, so those will eventually be added, but I have included the one stamp that I had on hand to mark the place.


Row 1: K-U-T, Sc 42, 20c olive green & light blue: KGV Silver Jubilee Issue (My set is in California and will at some point be included in this page.) 
Row 3: K-U-T, Sc 46, 49, 50, 53: KGV pictorial issue
Row 4: K-U-T, Sc 47, 48, 52: KGV pictorial issue
Row 5: K-U-T, Sc 51, 54, 56: KGV pictorial issue
Row 6: K-U-T, Sc 55: KGV pictorial issue (Missing Sc 57-59: 5sh, 10sh, £1)

Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika, Sc 66-85
King George VI Era
Arranged on Hagner Stock Sheet

In addition to the Kenya & Uganda KGV issues, I also received Christmas gifts that allowed me to cobble together the rest of this set.  It is a mixture of used and unused, and as all of you might expect, I went for attractive appearance more than substance in terms of finding higher value varieties and such.  I normally don't collect issues from after 1930, but I really like this set, and wanted to at least put together one of each major number.


KGVI Pictorial Issue, 1938-1954
Row 1: K-U-T, Sc66-68
Row 2: K-U-T, Sc69-71, 75
Row 3: K-U-T, Sc72-74, 78
Row 4: K-U-T, Sc76-77, 79-80, 83
Row 5: K-U-T, Sc81-82, 84
Row 6: K-U-T, Sc85b, Perf 12½

A couple of Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika First Day Covers from Kenya. 

The Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika by Burton and Speke 30th July 1958, Eldama Ravine, Kenya. And  for the New Definitive Issue 1st June 1954, Nairobi, Kenya.