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Auction: 18045 - The "On India" Provisional Stamps of Zanzibar, The John Griffith-Jones Collection
Lot: 168

The "2½" Surcharges
Stamps Used For Postal Purposes
15 August 1896 - Surcharge Setting 3
Types 6, 7 and 8 in red on 2a. blue
2a. blue Type 6 block of four, R.8/4-9/5, R.8/4-5 with normal second "z", R.9/4-9/5 with tall second "z", R.8/4 with variety inverted "1" in "½" and R.8/5 with variety Roman "1" in "½", large part original gum with the lower pair apparently unmounted; R.8/4 with grease mark at foot, otherwise generally fine and a very rare multiple. S.G. 26CD/j/k, £840+. Photo

Illustrated in "Zanzibar", EASC 2002, plate 3
provenance;
Col. J.R. Danson, May 1971

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Estimate
£500 to £600