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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 593

Zanzibar Later Issues 1908-09 Issue — 3r. in bluish green and brown showing View of Port, sky touched up in light blue, stamp-size on card (115x90mm., with overlay) dated "Dec. 17th. 06", marked "A approved, with the exception that the lettering is to be approximated as far as possible to that on B" (all deleted in pencil), "This stamp is to be used for the 100 & 200 rupee stamps.", the lower right corner highlighted and marked "The characters for Rupees are to be the same as in the 1Rp. design", initialled and further dated "25 jul 1907" Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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