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Lot# 6406 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 6406 British East Africa

    Overprinted on India at the Zanzibar Gazette 1895/96: India High Values 2 r. carmine & yellow-brown, 3 r. brown & green and 5 r. ultramarine & violet, all in unused blocks of four, of fresh vibrant colour, trivial age spot on on 2 r., unmounted og. See "British East Africa" by John Minns page 78. Delightful and of great rarity in multiples, with no blocks of these high values either in the recent John Wilks sale at Grosvenor (November 2019) nor in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III Gi = £ 2'000+.
    Starting bid : 2,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000.00 CHF