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1931 | Egypt

Ref: DR20428
  • £175.00

Egypt. (Uganda - Kenya). 1931. Registered Air Mail envelope headed 'First Flight London to Mwanza' addressed to 'Poste Restante, Butiaba, Uganda' bearing Egypt Yvert 71, 3m orange, Yvert 106, 10m on 100m lilac and Yvert 107, 15m on 200m violet with Air Mail Yvert 2, 27m brown-orange tied by Alexandria date stamp '4th Mars' with matching registration label, routed via Kampala '9th Mr' with Butiaba/ Uganda arrival '12/4' with instructional 'Undelivered For Reasons Stated' in violet on face, endorsed 'Returned from Butiaba unknown/ R.L.O. Nairobi' , returned via Masindi '14/4' with framed 'Inconnu' and large 'Return To Sender/ Unknown' (on reverse) with framed 'Retour' on face with oval 'Registered/ Retd. Ltr. Section' dated '29 May 31' and circular 'Nairobi/ R.L.O.' date stamp on face '1st May 31' and returned to Egypt with Alexandria arrival '9th Juin' on reverse.
Uganda instructional 'Undelivered For Reason Stated' recorded by Proud (9.3.31) - (23.8.38)

Other instructional hand-stamps not listed by Proud under Uganda or Kenya.