Postage Stamp - Flora, Fauna & Landscapes - Mt. Kenya and giant plants - British East Africa Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1960 - Michel East Africa 117 - my hobby

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Postage Stamp - Flora, Fauna & Landscapes - Mt. Kenya and giant plants - British East Africa Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1960 - Michel East Africa 117 - my hobby.

Greetings friends!

Today I would like to present a postage stamp, which very clearly shows that postage stamps are a very serious financial document, a bill, and not a candy wrapper from chewing gum.

Long live the queen! This is how you can start this post, because the postage stamp, which was in use in British East Africa Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, 1960, depicts the young Queen of Great Britain and all her lands and colonies, Elizabeth II.

Yes, that's how she looked sixty years ago.

Her portrait is depicted against the backdrop of an African landscape, where giant plants grow, this postage stamp is called that - Mt. Kenya and giant plants.

As I said, this postage stamp can allay the doubts of those who are dismissive of postage stamps.

On the reverse side of the postage stamp, you can see, if desired, watermarks.

These watermarks show - St. Edward´s Crown and monogram CA.

I tried to create conditions so that you could see these watermarks in the second photo.

Today, I will not talk about the colonial era, its pros and cons, today, we will pay tribute to a small piece of paper with a great history, which is very difficult to describe in one post.

But, when I collect the entire series, I will return to the topic of seizing foreign territories).

Description of the postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: British East Africa Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.
Subject: #Flora, #Fauna, #Landscapes, #Kenya, #Africa, #Queens.
Series: Flora, Fauna & Landscapes.
Name: Mt. Kenya and giant plants.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 1 s - East African shilling.
Michel's East Africa catalog code: 117.
Episode release date:October 01, 1960.
Perforation: comb 14.
Postage stamp size: 44 x 27 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure.
Circulation: ?.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.33 - $ 0.54.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.24.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp:

Watermark - St. Edward´s Crown and monogram CA.

Important!

Please note that the cost of shipping postage stamps to other countries can be many times more expensive than the postage stamp itself, approximately $ 5.5.
I see that it is not profitable to purchase one postage stamp if, suddenly, you need to replenish your collection. It is always more profitable to purchase the entire series, and, surplus, to change, or sell.
If you decide to buy a postage stamp online, be careful. sometimes sellers use stock images. But this option is unacceptable. You need to see exactly the product that you are buying.
If you are afraid that the postage stamp sellers will want to deceive you, you are doing the right thing, do not doubt it.
To get started with this hobby, buy a good magnifying glass, tweezers with flat and thin edges and a stockbook for postage stamps, they will come in handy.
When buying postage stamps, pay special attention to the back of the postage stamp. The adhesive layer must not be damaged.
There is such an expression - How many people, so many opinions, this also applies to sellers of postage stamps. Each of them believes that his postage stamp is in perfect condition, but only you yourself can find the perfect postage stamp for yourself.
Sometimes, a small, white scrap of paper with a round stamp on it and a number inscribed in the center circle can be a very valuable postage stamp from the days when postage stamps were not printed.
The cost of a postage stamp is determined by supply and demand, but usually in catalogs you can see the estimated cost of a postage stamp in Pounds Sterling.
In terms of quality, postage stamps can be divided into three groups: used postage stamps that were pasted on and removed from the envelope, canceled postage stamps that were canceled at the post office, by order and sent for sale, and clean, uncanceled postage stamps. As you can imagine, these three types of postage stamps, their conditions, greatly affect their value.

To be continued.

You can see the development of the story of my postage stamp collection on my Leofinance blog

I edited a photo in the program PhotoDirector, which I also installed on my smartphone.

Author @barski
Ukraine

For my publications, I do not use stock photographs, it is fundamentally important for me to use photographs that I have made with my own hands for publication and I can name them - authorial work.