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Auction: 25026 - Stamps and Covers of Africa Featuring the 'Protea' Collection of South Africa
Lot: 1543

Zanzibar
1906 1r. unadopted composite essay for a 1r. stamp, the photographic essay with Sultan's monogram hand painted and separately applied, the surrounding area handpainted in Chinese white, the value tablets and other background details handpainted in black and Chinese white, the essay applied to thick card, (89 x 113mm.). A unique essay from the De La Rue archives, very fine

provenance:
Knight
Sir Gawaine Baillie
Argyll Etkin, October 2022

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1200