(Z64) 1889 Cover from Zanzibar to Mandvi, India, franked with three 1a stamps (Sc 38, SG 88) of India tied with "Zanzibar" Jun 28 cds (SG Type Z5), with "Bombay" transit marking and "Mandvi" receiver on back, some damage (stamps are F-VF), scarce usage, (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $1,150.00

2 var footnoted (2D) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, VARIETY - small second "z", exceptionally well centered -- very rare thus!, OG, HR SUPERB (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $7,000.00

2 var footnoted (2H) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, wmkd Star, perf 14, VARIETY - inverted "q" for "b", light "Zanzibar" cancel, ex-Gibson, signed Székula, with RPSL certificate, fine (Image)

...(Photo) SG $2,400.00

3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), several small second "z" varieties, F-VF (Scott Retail $624.50) (Image)

...(Photo) SG $600.00

4a, 4 var footnoted (4j, 4H) 1895-96 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted in black, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar" (row 4 pos 6, or row 8, pos 5) in pair with inverted "q" for "b", wmkd Star, perf 14, rare, with Sismondo certificate, fine app (Scott Retail $4,004.25) (Image)

...(Photo) SG $4,818.00

7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black, rich color, with RPSL certificate, OG,LH F-VF (Scott Retail $800.00) (Image)

...(Photo) SG $840.00

18-20 var footnoted (23-25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Sc surcharges Type a-c (SG Types 3-5) cplt, undercatalogued, Type c (5) is also a small second "z" variety, F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $1,400.00

18 var (23I) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", black Sc surcharge Type a (SG Type 3), VARIETY - Arabic "2" for "r", OG,VLH F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $1,850.00

21 var footnoted (32D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 3 (Scott Type a), VARIETY - small second "z" lower, OG, VLH F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $600.00

21 var footnoted (32G) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 3 surcharge (Scott Type a), ERROR - no dot over "i", row 2, pos 3 (occurs only once in the setting of 60 stamps), well centered, OG,VLH SUPERB (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $1,100.00

23 (34) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), OG,VLH VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $800.00

24-25 (35-37) 1898 2½a on 1a6d sepia Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt (3) with surcharge SG Types 3-5 (Scott Types a-c), undercatalogued as the SG 36 (Scott 24C) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, toned reverses, F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $4,250.00

24b (22k) 1895 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 2 surcharge (Scott Type a), ERROR - "Zanizbar" (row 1, pos 9), light cds, toned on back, with Brandon certificate, fine (Scott Retail $2,250.00) (Image)

...(Photo) SG $2,280.00

27 var footnoted (30D) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), only 192 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", dropped, well centered, fresh, OG,HR VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $900.00

28A (39) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, OG,VLH VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $1,150.00

29 (40) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 5 (Scott Type c), only 742 printed, very few were used, as such quite rare and undercatalogued, choice centered "Zanzibar" registry cancel, F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $1,500.00

30-31 (26-27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Sc surcharge Type d (SG Type 6 - only 1504 printed), in vertical pair with red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7 - only 384 printed), scarce, OG, HR F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $900.00

30a (26j) 1896 2½ on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), ERROR - inverted "1" in "½" - row 8, pos 6, rare as only 22 examples were originally printed, considerably undercatalogued, with "Zanzibar" cds, F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $950.00

30b var footnoted (26kD) 1896 2½ on 2a6p ultramarine Q Victoria stamp of India, surcharge Sc Type d (SG Type 6), VARIETY - Roman "I" in "½", also with VARIETY - small second "z", well centered, with RPSL certificate, OG,HR F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $325.00

31 (27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, OG,LH F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $600.00

32-37 (41-46) 1896 ½a-7½a Q Victoria stamps of British East Africa overprinted "Zanzibar" in black or red, cplt (6), a difficult mint set because the 2½a, while 1200 were printed, was the standard postal rate and almost all were used, undercatalogued, well centered, OG,LH F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $700.00

38-52 (156-74) 1896 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain issue, wmkd Rosette, perf 14, cplt (15), OG,HR F-VF (Scott Retail $264.50) (Image)

...(Photo) SG $240.00

48 var (170 var) 1896 1R deep blue Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain, wmkd Lotus, perf 14, VARIETY - hand-painted red flags (some sheets were printed off-register and the P.O. hand-painted them before issue), lightly canceled, SUPERB (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $95.00

53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, set of all three different red surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), the vast majority were used, OG,LH F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $1,100.00

53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan set of all three different surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), F-VF (Image)

...(Photo) Net Est $900.00