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Lot# 6425 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 6425 British East Africa

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    Overprinted on Zanzibar by the Zanzibar Gazette 1897 (Jan 2): Zanzibar, the overprinted set of six values from ½ a. to 7½ a. unused, all with ""Stop after Africa" (see Gibbons footnote, a special printing for the UPU) with 1 a. overprinted in red, applied to two pieces from the Bechuanaland Post Office archive upon receipt from UPU and handstamped "CANCELLED" in black. Scarce.rnrnProvenance: Collection "Shivani", Spink, London, 8 May 1997, lot 262.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 500.00 CHF