1930 Photographs of essays for 75c and 3r postage due stamp based upon the Hong Kong dues, one dated "9 OCT 1930". "Postage Dues of Zanzibar" by John Griffith-Jones refers to De La Rue's tender for Zanzibar due in 1930 and illustrates a similar 2c photographic essay, but does not record these two designs. The original painted essays apparently lost or destroyed, therefore only known from these photographs, from the De La Rue archives. A unique pair. (2). Photo on Page 232. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
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Lot No: 1635
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Cat No: D18/24
1930-31 Postage dues, selection comprising unused set of six (with additional 25c on rose) and 6c sheet of ten (first printing); and used 2c pair on piece, 3c (2, shades), 6c (2, one corner marginal on piece with 13 NOV. 1930 Chakichaki c.d.s and "CHARGES NOT PAID"), 12c (2, one cancelled in red), 25c rose and 25c lilac. S.G. D18/24, £670+. (27).
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Lot No: 1636
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1930 (Nov 18) Cover franked 1c from Kampala to A.E Shelver in Zanzibar, handstamped "T", 1930-33 6c postage due tied by single ring c.d.s (Dec 4). A few very minor tone spots, otherwise fine, cover No. 63 in the Griffith-Jones census.
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Lot No: 1637
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1931 (Jan 8) Cover franked 1d from London to L. Hollingworth in Zanzibar, manuscript "T.10" and Zanzibar P.O registry number "1072", 1930-33 6c postage due tied by single ring c.d.s, fine. Not listed in the Griffith-Jones census.
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Lot No: 1638
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1933 (June 19) Unpaid cover sent locally to R.B Preston, handstamped "T", with 1930-33 2c, 6c and 12c postage dues tied by double ring datestamps. Light horizontal and vertical folds (clear of the stamps), scarce. Griffith-Jones No. 182. Photo on Page 226. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1641
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1934 (July 9) Cover from Bombay franked 1a pair, hexagonal "T / CTS / 10", with 1930-33 6c postage due tied by "REG / ZANZIBAR" c.d.s (July 24). A very fine and scarce commercial cover. Griffith-Jones No. 213. Photo on Page 235. (Image1)
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Sale No: 48
Lot No: 1642
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1938-45 Covers (2) and a picture postcard, comprising 1938 cover from London franked 2½d bearing 30c postage due pair cancelled c.d.s and violet "CHARGES NOT PAID", violet "REFUSE / REFUSED" and boxed "RETOUR", Returned Letter Office backstamps; 1940 cover from Daressalaam franked 30c, handstamped "T" with 30c pair (one with corner fault) and 40c postage dues; and 1945 postcard from Lushoto franked 10c with 10c postage due tied c.d.s and "CHARGES NOT PAID", "UNKNOWN / INCONNU" and Returned Letter Office c.d.s. Three good commercial items. (3).
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Lot No: 1643
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1936-64 Postage Due stamps and covers written up on pages with 1936 set of six perfined "SPECIMEN" (little or no gum), ordinary paper and chalky paper sets mint and used (no used 20c on chalky paper), set of six and blocks of four of the 5c, 10c and 30c handstamped "JAMHURI 1964" mint (mentioned as a footnote in S.G.); and 1938-60 covers (5) and a front bearing postage due stamps including 40c on cover from Pakistan, etc. Also stampless 1945 cover from Zanzibar to Pemba with "T" handstamp, 1960 cover from Zanzibar to Tanganyika with KUT 20c due, and underpaid covers from Zanzibar to G.B (2, one charged 2/1, the other with the charge marks deleted in G.B). (154 + 10 covers).
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Postal Stationery
Sale No: 48
Lot No: 1644
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1926 6c Postcard essay in grey-lilac, the postcard heading differing from the issued card (in the format adopted for the 12c card issued for overseas use), endorsed "Appd for colour 7/7/26" and initialled, and "Colour only, wording as 3 Cts". A unique essay from the De La Rue archives. Photo on Page 235. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1645
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1926 6c + 6c Reply card essay in grey lilac, both halves with the Postcard heading differing from the issued card (in the format adopted for the 12c + 12c card issued for overseas use), unfolded, a little surface scraping or paper adhering at left edge where it was removed from an archive page, a rare (possibly unique) essay from the De La Rue archives.
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Lot No: 1646
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1926 3c Yellow-brown and 6c grey-lilac letter card proofs on blue card, both imperforate, ungummed and unfolded, a little surface scraping or paper adhering to the left edges where they were removed from archive pages, a rare (possibly unique) pair of proofs from the De La Rue archives. (2).
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Lot No: 1647
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1935 30c Registration envelope stamp die proof in blue, printed and embossed on card, endorsed "Reg. G.7692" and dated "4.11.35", 62x62mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 232. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1648
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Cat No: Collection
1926-63 Collection written up on pages, Specimen overprints (17), unused (26) or used (18), with postcards, reply cards, newspaper wrappers, registration envelopes, formula registration envelopes and air letters, includes used 1926 issue size F registration envelopes franked 1c + 25c to G.B with oval "AR" handstamp or franked 25c + 50c to USA, 3c and 6c wrappers and postcards and 6c lettercard all used, 31c registration envelope size J mint, also 35c Commonwealth Reply Coupon and 1s International Reply Coupon both with 1963 datestamps. A good lot, all fine. (63).
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Zanzibar
Sale No: 48
Lot No: 1604
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1898 G.E.A 5pf on 10pf Reply card, outward half posted from Dar-Es-Salaam to Zanzibar with arrival c.d.s, the attached reply half posted back from Zanzibar to Dar-Es-Salaam uprated 1a, Zanzibar squared circle cancels and an arrival c.d.s. Also 1904 (Apr 14) Zanzibar 2½a envelope posted on the final voyage of the "Kurfurst" (which was wrecked off the Portuguese coast on her next sailing from Germany to Africa), cancelled by Deutsche Seepost Ost-Afrikanische Hauptline c.d.s code "m" (1cm tear to upper edge), two unusual stationery items. (2).
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Lot No: 1605
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Picture Postcards. 1914-15 Picture postcards franked 6c or 3c on the picture side, all posted to an engineer on S.S "Pundura" in Bombay or Zanzibar. (33).
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Lot No: 1606
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Naval Mail. 1913-16 Cover and picture postcards (5), including four WW1 cards from naval ships at Zanzibar with differing naval censors, one with message referring to the capture of Bagamoyo by the Navy. (6).
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Lot No: 1607
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World War One - Royal Naval Air Service. 1918 Cover to London with return address of "W.F Brown, F28091, Seaplane Sqdn No. 8, R.N.A.S, c/o S.N.O, Zanzibar", violet boxed "PASSED / R.N.A.S / CENSOR / SQUADRON No 8", a Zanzibar 6c cancelled by London "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" machine (Jan 31), flap missing, otherwise fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 226. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1609
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1926 6c Photographic die proof in brown, in the issued design, sunk within a thick card mount, lettered "B", endorsed "approved by Colonial Office 4/2/26" and initialled, reverse bearing oval "THOS DE LA RUE & Co LTD / LONDON / 110 BUNHILL ROW E.C" cachet and dated "15.1.26". A fine and unique proof. Photo on Page 230. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1610
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1926 Piece cut from an archival page bearing two undenominated Master Die Proofs of the design used for the 5c-50c values, printed in black or green, each 22x26mm, endorsed "Appd 24/4/26" and initialled. A unique piece from the De La Rue Archives. (2 proofs). Photo on Page 230. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1611
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1926 Undenominated Master Die Proof of the design used for the 5c-50c values, in black on glazed paper, 47x77mm, corner crease well clear of the printed proof, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1612
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1926 3c Die Proof in black on wove paper, horizontal crease, 24x28mm. Photo on Page 212. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1613
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1926 25c Die Proof in black on white glazed paper, 53x66mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 232. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1614
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Cat No: 299/309s
1926-27 1c - 75c Set of eleven overprinted "SPECIMEN" all in strips of three (the 75c a pair + single) each on a separate piece of brown paper cut from an archival page, most with a tick alongside the left stamp, scarce in multiples. S.G. 299/309s. (11 strips). Photo on Page 212. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1615
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Cat No: 299/309
1926-27 1c - 75c (no 4c) overprinted "SPECIMEN" lightly mounted mint, also the issued set unmounted mint and used, and unmounted mint corner blocks of the 3c - 10c, 20c, 25c and 75c, the 8c block with a few split perfs, otherwise fine. S.G. 299/309. (78).
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Lot No: 1616
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1927-38 Covers and cards all bearing 1926-27 issue stamps, including 4c printed matter rate to Denmark or Czechoslovakia, 1932 postcard franked 14c to Chile, 1930 cover franked 20c to Finland, 1930 "Postal Service" envelope franked 25c to USA, 1930 cover to Germany with 1c (2) + 6c strip of three cancelled "LA REUNION A MARSEILLE No. 7" datestamps, etc. (17).
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Lot No: 1617
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1934 (Oct 23) Air Mail cover to Daressalaam franked 20c, endorsed "Delayed Zanzibar, Reported FW" with violet "Postmaster / Dar es Salaam" applied below (by the Postmaster, Frederick John Woodcock). The "Tanganyika Standard" at this time reported rioting in Zanzibar, with the Post Office being ransacked. An unusual cover.
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Lot No: 1618
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1936 1s Die Proof in pale yellow-green on ungummed watermarked paper, 31x36mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 212. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1619
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1936 10s Die Proof in the issued colours, mounted with a thick card surround, 112x124mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 228. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1620
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1936 Issue imperforate plate proofs, 25c block of four on wove paper, and proofs on blue lined security paper comprising 25c pair, 40c block of four, and blocks of twenty (rows 9/10) of the 25c and 40c both with De La Rue imprint and plate number "1". Also the issued 25c and 40c in mint corner blocks of fourteen with imprint and plate number. (50 Proofs).
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Lot No: 1621
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Cat No: 310/22s
1936 5c-10s Set of thirteen perfined "SPECIMEN", in horizontal pairs (5c - 7s.50) or a vertical pair (10s), the 7s.50 pair without gum, the others lightly mounted mint. S.G. 310/22s, £500. (13 pairs). Photo on Page 212. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1623
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Cat No: 310/22
1936 5c - 10s Set unmounted mint and used, 15c unmounted block of fifty, and 7s.50 and 10s used blocks of four, the latter scarce. Also 1947 Paris Postal Union Congress presentation book given to delegates containing the 1936 set and Victory pair. S.G. 310/22, £520+. (103 + Congress Book).
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Lot No: 1624
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1936-52 Covers and cards bearing the 1936 issue, including 1951 cover franked 5c to Goa handstamped "T" with five Portuguese India 6r postage due stamps tied to the reverse, 5c printed matter rate to USA, internal air letters franked 10c (2), 1940 cover to Australia with "Passed by / CENSOR", 1940 "Schooner Yankee Third World Cruise" cover signed by the Captain, 1951 1s rate to Madagascar, 1938 part wrapper from an insured parcel to G.B franked 8/70, etc. (22).
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Lot No: 1625
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1936 Sultan Khalifa Silver Jubilee, 10c and 50c photographs of the original handpainted essays, on thick photographic paper, the first dated "14.9.36" on reverse, from the De La Rue archives. (2).
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Sale No: 48
Lot No: 1626
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1936 Silver Jubilee, 50c frame die proof in orange-vermilion affixed to a piece from an archival page, initialled and dated "27/8", also endorsed "appd for Die 28/8/36" and initialled, a fine unique piece from the De La Rue archives. Photo on Page 232. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1627
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1936 Silver Jubilee, 50c die proof in orange-vermilion and black affixed to a piece from an archival page, initialled and dated "26/8", also endorsed "appd for Die 28/8/36" and initialled, a fine unique piece from the De La Rue archives. Photo on Page 232. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1628
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Cat No: 323/338
1936-49 Stamps and covers written up on pages, including 1936 Silver Jubilee set perfined "SPECIMEN", mint set in blocks of four, F.D.Cs (2), set used on registered parcel tag to South Africa with Beira transit c.d.s, and new issue leaflet; 1944 Bicentenary set in pairs perfined "SPECIMEN", mint set in corner blocks of four, F.D.Cs (2); 1946 Victory pair perfined "SPECIMEN", mint blocks with letters in margins, F.D.C; 1949 Silver Wedding mint and used corner blocks of four and singles, pair on cover to USA; 1949 UPU F.D.C, also used stamps, commercial covers, etc. S.G. 323/338, £1,100+. (118+12 covers). Photo on Page 212. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1629
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1952 Sultan Khalifa bin Harub undenominated Master Die Proof in maroon, in the issued design, a few minor details missing from the face, on white glazed card, 37x39mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 228 (Image1)
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Lot No: 1630
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1952 Sultan Khalifa bin Harub undenominated Master Die Proof in maroon, in the issued design (with completed details to the mouth and beard), on white glazed card, 33x37mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 228. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1631
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Cat No: 339/393
1952-63 Stamps and covers written up on pages, including 1952-55 set in mint blocks of four and singles, used set, 30s + 2s pair on registered sample rate parcel tag to G.B, other mainly commercial covers (15); 1957 set in mint blocks of four and singles, used set, F.D.Cs (2, one signed by M. Broadley, designer of the 20c), 25c, 30c and 50c mounted on card signed by the designer R.A Sweet; 1961 set in blocks of six and singles, used set, etc. S.G. 339/393, £1,000 (approx). (329+27 covers).
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Lot No: 1633
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1964 "JAMHURI 1964" handstamped overprints, mint and used stamps (including varieties) and covers written up on pages, comprising 1963 Freedom from Hunger 1s.30 mint block of four and single used on cover (unlisted by S.G.); 1963 Independence issue mint (20, also three pairs with variety one without surcharge), used (3) and covers (2, one commercial); and 1961 definitive issue mint (25, one double overprint, also two pairs variety one without overprint), used (19, eleven with double overprint) and covers (8, five commercial); also unused postal stationery (3). An interesting lot, two covers with overprints in combination with unoverprinted stamps, two covers also with the Sultan's head crossed out in ink. (76 + 14 covers).
