BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA / NYASALAND
Postage Dues / Postal History / Postmarks / Nyasa Field Force / Revenues / Booklets / Malawi
REVENUES AND FISCAL USE
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REVENUE 1903 printed black on blue HUT TAX receipt headed ‘BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA’. Bearing an oval ‘BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA PROTECTORATE’ 6/- revenue stamp embossed in grey, tied by a light BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA / WEST SHIRE undated circular cachet struck in black. Also bearing a ‘CHIKWAWA / 27 MAY / 1903’ boxed cachet, struck in black and a manuscript signature of the receiving official, also in black. Vertical folds and small part missing at upper left. The 6/- revenue and the boxed cachet are both very rare, and very few BCA receipts have been recorded. Ex the collection of Joe Ross.
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