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Auction: 18045 - The "On India" Provisional Stamps of Zanzibar, The John Griffith-Jones Collection
Lot: 54

Overprint Settings and Printings
Overprint Setting 3
Printing 1, late June/early July 1896 - 6a. only
This is also the point at which the "Zanibar" error, the last of the major errors, appeared for the first time

6a. pale brown horizontal pair, R.7/1-2, the right-hand stamp with "Zanibar" error, used with "30 ja 97" datestamp and a late usage; a couple of shortish perfs., otherwise fine. One of five used examples recorded. Brandon Certificate (1995). S.G. 13Dk, £1,400. Photo

provenance:
Sotheby's, July 1995

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Estimate
£700 to £800