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Auction: 18045 - The "On India" Provisional Stamps of Zanzibar, The John Griffith-Jones Collection
Lot: 293

Covers
1896 (25 Nov.) printed envelope to London marked "Per Steamer Via Aden and Brindisi" and bearing, on reverse, "2½" Type 6 on 1½a. sepia with normal second "z" cancelled by hatched-circle datestamp; the envelope with minor staining, possibly suggesting disinfection. A very rare cover, being one of only two examples of this late surcharge recorded on cover. S.G. 29. Photo

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£950