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).

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).

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).

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)

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)

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)

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)

1926 3c Die Proof in black on wove paper, horizontal crease, 24x28mm. Photo on Page 212. (Image1)

1926 25c Die Proof in black on white glazed paper, 53x66mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 232. (Image1)

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)

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).

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).

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.

1936 1s Die Proof in pale yellow-green on ungummed watermarked paper, 31x36mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 212. (Image1)

1936 10s Die Proof in the issued colours, mounted with a thick card surround, 112x124mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 228. (Image1)

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).

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)

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).

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).

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).

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)