Lot# 4960 - Auction 309-320

Overprinted at the Zanzibar Gazette 1895/96: India 12 a. purple on red overprinted, a used example, variety "Zanzidar" (Row 4, stamp 6), a fine example of good colour lightly cancelled in black leaving the overprint error entirely clear. A choice example of an extremely rare stamp. Signed Richter, J.H. Stolow. Cert. BPA (2021) Gi = £ 4'500.rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, May 1968, lot 201; Collection Terry Sturton, Harmers, London, 18 Dec 2003, lot 1064.