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Auction: 25026 - Stamps and Covers of Africa Featuring the 'Protea' Collection of South Africa
Lot: 1536

Zanzibar
1899-1901 1a. to 5r. set of seventeen, each value in a corner imperforate plate proof block of four on ungummed watermarked paper, all cut from the De la Rue reference sheets, each corner block with registration date stamped in the corner, some are initialled; These blocks were kept so that later printings could be matched to these colours; superb and unique

provenance:
De La Rue archives

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£2,100

Starting price
£420