Auction #140 - Public Auction

15 var (20 var) 1895-96 3r brown and green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in black, VARIETY - thick first "a", quite elusive as it was soon corrected, OG,HR, F-VF

18 var footnoted, 19, 20 (23D, 24z, 25) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged Sc Types a-c (SG Types 3-5), cplt set of 3,a rare and undercatalogued set as 19 (24) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, 19 (24) is signed Bloch, OG,HR, F-VF

19 var (24z) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), second setting, only appears 10 times in the setting of 60, light First Day of Issue (11 May 96) cds cancel, rare, unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons, VF, with BPA certificate

20 var (25zD) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 5 surcharge (Scott Type c), second setting, VARIETY - small second "z", OG, LH, VF

21-23 (32-34) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in red, SG surcharges Type 3-5 (Scott Type a-c) cplt (3), undercatalogued,scarce, especially SG Type 4 (Scott Type b) as it occurred only 10 times in the original setting of 60, note one with small second "z", OG, LH, F-VF

24C var footnoted (36) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), with small second "z" raised, lightly canceled, a very rare and undercatalogued used stamp, fine, with Brandon certificate

28A (39) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 4 (Scott Type b), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, OG, VLH, VF

31 (27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, OG,LH, F-VF

32-37 (41-46) 1896 ½a-7½a Q Victoria stamps of British East Africa overprinted "Zanzibar" SG Type 1 in black or red, cplt (6), a difficult mint set because the 2½a, while 1200 were printed, was the standard postal rate and the vast majority were used, undercatalogued, several with VARIETY - small second "z", OG, HR, F-VF

53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, set of all three different red surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), used, F-VF

97b (208a) 1904 2½a on 7½a mauve Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said surcharged SG Type 22a, VARIETY - thin open "w" (row 2 pos 2 or row 3, pos 4), lightly canceled, F-VF, with BPA certificate

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