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Auction: 18045 - The "On India" Provisional Stamps of Zanzibar, The John Griffith-Jones Collection
Lot: 7

Overprint Settings and Printings
Overprint Setting 1
Printing 1, 14 November 1895 - Overprinted in blue, ½a. and 1a. only
Half Anna
½a. blue-green reconstructed vertical pair, R. 5/1-6/1, the upper stamp with small second "z" down, the lower stamp with small second "z" level and inverted "q" for "b", sharing large part German ship datestamp of "16.12.95"; both a fraction soiled and the upper stamp with a diagonal crease, nevertheless a very rare "multiple". B.P.A. Certificates (2002) for upper stamp and (1994) for lower stamp. S.G. 1D, 1E, £11,000. Photo

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