Auction #130 - Public Auction

19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), VARIETY - small second "z", scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, good color, very well centered, with neat "Zanzibar" date stamp, VF

21 var footnoted (32D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Scott surcharge Type a (SG Type 3), VARIETY - small second "z", lower, fresh, signed "E D" (Diena), OG,VLH, F-VF

24-25 (35-37) 1898 2½ on 1a6d sepia Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt (3) with surcharge SG Types 3-5 (Scott Types a-c), undercatalogued as the SG 36 (Scott 24C) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, OG, LH, F-VF

24C var footnoted (36D) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), very scarce and undercatalogued used as it only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, small second "z", well centered, lightly canceled, VF, 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, signed Roumet OG, HR, VF, with Sismondo certificate

30b var footnoted (26kD) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), ERROR - Roman 'I' in '½', with VARIETY - small second "z", scarce, OG,VLH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate

31 (27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, rare and undercatalogued, OG, HR, VF

32-37 (41-46) 1896 ½a-7½a Q Victoria stamps of British East Africa overprinted "Zanzibar" in black or red, cplt (6), a difficult mint set because the 2½a, while 1200 were printed, was the standard postal rate and almost all were used, undercatalogued, OG,LH, F-VF

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

62-78 (188-204) 1899-1901 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid bin Said, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, cplt (17), fresh, with light cancellations, F-VF

113 (239) 1908 10R blue-green and brown Sultan's Palace, wmkd Multiple Rosettes sideways, perf 14, lightly canceled, F-VF