File:BEA-KUT 1954 MiNr0093 pm B002a.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(895 × 1,096 pixels, file size: 469 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description

Stamp of British East Africa - KUT ("KUT" = the British colony "Kenya", the British protectorate "Uganda", and the British mandate area "Tanganyika"); 1954; definitive stamp of the issue "Local motives - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom"; stamp drawing with a giraffe ("Giraffa camelopardalis") in savannah landscape beside a cameo portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with view to left in oval with crown; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 93; Yvert et Tellier: No. 91; Scott: No. 104
Color: crimson / carmine
Watermark: British East Africa No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 10 C. (Cents)
Postage validity: from 1 June 1954 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 24.0 x 30.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Royal Mail for British East Africa
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

Deutsch ∙ English ∙ Español ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ suomi ∙ Türkçe ∙ македонски ∙ русский ∙ українська ∙ മലയാളം ∙ 한국어 ∙ 日本語 ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ العربية ∙ +/−

Picture description Drawing with a giraffe ("Giraffa camelopardalis") in savannah landscape beside a cameo portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with view to left in oval with crown
First day of issue
Publisher Royal Mail for British East Africa
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer ? (De La Rue...?)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12½ : 13
MICHEL Nr. Britisch-Ostafrika, Nr. 93
SCOTT Nr. British East Africa (Kenia, Uganda and Tanganyika), No. 104

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:11, 23 May 2018Thumbnail for version as of 17:11, 23 May 2018895 × 1,096 (469 KB)Katharinaiv (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Stamp of British East Africa - KUT ("KUT" = the British colony "Kenya", the British protectorate "Uganda", and the British mandate area "Tanganyika"); 1954; definitive stamp of the issue "Local motives - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom"; stamp drawing with a giraffe (''"Giraffa camelopardalis"'') in savannah landscape beside a cameo portrait of [[:en:Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II of the United King...

You cannot overwrite this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:BEA-KUT_1954_MiNr0093_pm_B002a.jpg&oldid=810348957"