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Auction: 18045 - The "On India" Provisional Stamps of Zanzibar, The John Griffith-Jones Collection
Lot: 184

The "2½" Surcharges
Stamps Used For Postal Purposes
September/October 1896 - Surcharge Setting 4

Types 3, 4 and 5 on 1 anna plum
1a. plum vertical strip of three, R.4/5-6/5, R.4/5 Type 4 with inverted "1" in "½" and fraction barely, R.5/5 Type 3 with no dot to "i" and normal second "z" and R.6/5 Type 5 with no dot to "i", no serif to "b" and normal second "z", part to large part original gum. An exceptionally rare multiple. R.P.S. Certificate (1977). S.G. 23G, 24j, 25G, £3,690+. Photo

provenance:
Henry Pattiz

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500