Description: This horizontal British colonial postage stamp features an intricate, two-tone design executed in black and brown ink. The central scenic vignette captures the tranquil shores of a wide body of water, adorned with native acacia trees and distant rolling hills, explicitly captioned along the bottom edge as "LAKE NAIVASHA." Positioned in the upper right quadrant is a prominent circular medallion framing a finely engraved, three-quarter portrait of King George VI in formal military attire. The territorial name "UGANDA" spans the top center inside a clean rectangular banner, while the joint territory inscription "KENYA TANGANYIKA" grounds the baseline within an elegant, scroll-ended border. The upper left corner secures the face value of "10c" inside a stylized double-circle insignia, balanced on the left flank by an engraving of tall, native marsh reeds. A faint, vertical postmark ink line arcs down across the left side of the scene, documenting its practical transit usage.
Circa: 1938
Condition: Used - Hinged
Notes:
This issue belongs to the incredibly popular joint administration series of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika, a philatelic grouping affectionately known to collectors as "K.U.T." While the first 1938 printing of this 10-cent denomination was produced entirely in monochromatic orange ink, the postal administration transitioned to this more sophisticated bi-colored black and brown layout in 1950 to comply with updated Universal Postal Union color standards.