WORLD STAMPS AND COVERS ZANZIBAR World War One & Two
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1594
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World War One & Two. 1916-18 Cover and a front franked 6c to G.B, the 1916 cover cancelled by "PAQUEBOT / PORT SAID" c.d.s., the 1918 front cancelled in Zanzibar, both with very scarce circular "PASSED / NAVAL CENSOR / ZANZIBAR" (applied to both sides of the cover), the cover with minor soiling at lower left corner, otherwise fine and unusual. Gould records this scarce censor cachet used by the R.N.A.S. (2). Photo on Page 224. (Image1)
Opening GBP 250.00
Sold...GBP 300.00
Closed..Oct-27-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1595
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1916 Picture Postcards to England both franked 1c strip of three + 3c cancelled in Zanzibar, with circular violet "PASSED BY / CENSOR" handstamp of H.M.S "Talbot". One card with upper stamp perfs trimmed off, otherwise fine and very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 224. (Image1)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 210.00
Closed..Oct-27-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1596
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1915-17 Picture Postcards of Zanzibar (4) or Dar-es-Salaam with G.B stamps cancelled in London, from British naval ships with boxed "PASSED BY / NAVAL / CENSOR" of H.M.S "Challenger" (4), circular or straight line "PASSED BY CENSOR". (6).
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 400.00
Closed..Oct-27-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1597
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Cat No: Collection
1914-18 Covers and cards comprising stampless O.A.S cards with Zanzibar c.d.s or squared circle (one signed by a Lt. in 8 Nyasaland Rifles), stampless O.A.S card written at Zanzibar but posted at Mombasa, covers with triangular "PASSED / POSTAL / CENSOR" or blue "OPENED BY CENSOR UNDER / MARTIAL LAW" seal (registered cover, also with Egypt censor cachet), other Zanzibar covers censored in France or India, censored covers from East Africa to Zanzibar (2) and a stampless cover from the Red Cross P.O.W Agency in Geneva to "Kikwajuni, Zanzibar" (presumably Kikwajuni Road, corner fault). An interesting group. (10).
Opening GBP 240.00
Sold...GBP 440.00
Closed..Oct-27-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1598
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1914 Stampless cover to Morogoro, enclosed letter in native script, handstamped "T" and light triangular censor cachet, backstamped at Zanzibar (Sep 23). Apparently intended to be carried by H.M.S "Pegasus" which continued to provide mail runs from Zanzibar to German East Africa by unofficial consent of both sides. This ceased when H.M.S "Pegasus" was sunk in Zanzibar Harbour on Sept. 20th, this cover then awaiting the next voyage but presumably returned to the sender. A virtually identical cover is illustrated and described in "Zanzibar's Postal History Legacy" by Gary Dubro (pages 158/9).
Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 400.00
Closed..Oct-27-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1599
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1914 Covers from Reunion or Mayotte to Bagamoyo, both intercepted in Zanzibar and detained, the Reunion (July 30) cover with an Oct 7 Zanzibar c.d.s, the Mayotte cover bearing Madagascar 10c pair + Mayotte 5 on 25c all unusually cancelled at Zanzibar (Nov 12), a "T" handstamp applied and crossed out. Also a 1915 cover without postal markings addressed to Tanga, the enclosed letter from Hannover, also believed to have been detained in Zanzibar, all three items apparently "released" many years later. Unusual. (3).
Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 130.00
Closed..Oct-27-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 51
Lot No: 1600
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World War Two. 1940-45 Covers including 1943 stampless cover to Moshi with scarce "ARMY / SIGNALS" c.d.s code "ZBE" (a little stained), 1944 Zanzibar cover to a merchant seaman redirected with "S.S Cameronia" and "c/o G.P.O LONDON, E.C.1" labels, 1940 Cover to USA censored with manuscript "PBC", and other censored covers. (8).
