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Auction: 18045 - The "On India" Provisional Stamps of Zanzibar, The John Griffith-Jones Collection
Lot: 21

Overprint Settings and Printings
Overprint Setting 1
Printing 3, 14 November 1895 - All values except. 6a.
Among the examples with first day of issue cancellations is the error "Zanzidar", "d" for "b" and small second "z", missing from the full pane of 120 offered as Lot 1. There is strong evidence to suggest that this second "z" version preceded in the same R.4/6 plating position the normal second "z" version that was in place by the time of the 30 November 1895 sheet shown as Lot 1

See also Major Errors "Zanzidar" in Overprint Reference List
2a. pale blue, error "Zanzidar", "d" for "b" and small second "z" down, R. 4/6, used with "zanzibar/reg/14 no 95" first day of use cancellation; fine and very rare. One of eight used 2a. "Zanzidar" examples recorded. Holcombe Opinion (1988) and B.P.A. Certificate (2018). S.G. 7D/j, £3,000. Photo

provenance:
Sotheby's, July 1995

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Estimate
£1,400 to £1,600