Description
Nyasaland 1897-1900 £10 black and yellow, "Coat of Arms", SG52.
A very fine used example with exceptional colour, attractively cancelled by crisp part Zomba squared circle.
A very rare high value stamp particularly so in such fine condition.
Great Britain declared ‘British Central Africa’ a protectorate in 1891 and started to issue postage stamps. In 1908, the Protectorate was renamed ‘Nyasaland’, and in 1953 it joined the postal territory of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Stamps were issued from Nyasaland again In 1963 when it became an autonomous area, followed by Independence (as ‘Malaŵi’) on 6 July 1964.
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