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Auction: 25026 - Stamps and Covers of Africa Featuring the 'Protea' Collection of South Africa
Lot: 1545

Zanzibar
1907 group of proof items (8) comprising Sultan Ali bin Hamoud small vignette proof printed in brown on thin glazed card, dated "Feb. 22 1907" and initialled (30 x 27mm.), 1907 cents issue Master Die Proof with undenominated value tablets, the central vignette in black and the frame in ultramarine, guide marks at the corners, reverse dated "7 Oct 1907" (22 x 26 mm.), 1c. to 12c. set of five imperforate plate proofs in the issued colours (5) and 1r. yellow-green imperforate plate proof block of twelve from the foot of the sheet with printer's guide mark at foot; also a 1908 'forgery die proof' of the 3c. value in yellow-green; a lovely group, rare

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320