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Auction: 18045 - The "On India" Provisional Stamps of Zanzibar, The John Griffith-Jones Collection
Lot: 70

Overprint Settings and Printings
Overprint Setting 3
Printing 5, August/September 1896 - ½a. to 2a., 4a. and 8a.
A very small number of panes of the above values occurred at this stage showing the rare diaeresis over second "a" variety in R.10/5 in the lower half of the sheet only. Six or fewer examples have been recorded of each value with this variety

1½a. sepia marginal block of four from the foot of the sheet, the lower right stamp with variety diaeresis over second "a", large part original gum. Rare. R.P.S. (1971) and B.P.A. (2018) Certificates. S.G. 5/D/m, £1,600. Photo

provenance:
Terry Sturton, December 2005

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000