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Auction: 18045 - The "On India" Provisional Stamps of Zanzibar, The John Griffith-Jones Collection
Lot: 180

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 7, variety fraction reading "2/2" for "½", unused without gum; minor creases though of good appearance. The sole recorded example of this error outside of the Royal Philatelic Collection. R.P.S. (1999) and B.P.A. (2018) Certificates. S.G. 27k, £24,000. Photo

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