Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2

Overprinted at the Zanzibar Gazette 1895/96: Album page with thirteen stamps showing "Broken "p" for "n" in Zanzibar" variety (Row 3, Stamp 2 on the pane of 60 subjects), with used examples of ½ a. blue-green, 1 a. plum (2), 1 a. 6 p. sepia, 2 a. 6 p. green, 3 a. brown-orange (2), 4 a. olive green (2), 6 a. pale brown, 12 a. purple on red, 1 r. slate and 1 r. green & aniline carmine; generally fine used with thimble or bridge Zanzibar datestamps in black, a difficult group to replicate nowadays Gi 3/5+8+10/11+13+16/18 (B).rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 20 Dec 1994, lot 1864.