The John Minns East Africa: Zanzibar: 1896 Overprints on B.E.A.: Mint or unused selection with some font varieties, comprising 1/2a. pair and block of six, 1a. (6, incl. a block of four), 21/2a. (2), 41/2a., 5a. (5, incl. a marginal block of four), 71/2a. (5, incl. a block of four), some gum paper adhesions otherwise chiefly fine. (27) (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: Zanzibar: 1896 Overprints on B.E.A.: 1/2a. with fine central "23 MY/96" Zanzibar Reg c.d.s., the earliest known date, 41/2a. and 71/2a. tied to piece by "16 SE" c.d.s's, faint staining, also unoverprinted 'small Queen' B.E.A. 2r. used with Mombasa "MY 26/96" squared circle on first day after delivery on the S.S. "Madura" from Zanzibar. (3 items) (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: Zanzibar: 1896 Overprints on B.E.A.: 1896 (May 24) envelope addressed to U.S.A. by R. Dorsey Mohun franked 21/2a. tied by hatched circle, carried on the outgoing S.S. "Madura" with New York June 24 transit and next day Washington arrival on reverse. Richard Dorsey Loraine Mohun (1864-1915), explorer, mineral prospector and mercenary, served as U.S. Consul in Zanzibar from July 1895, acting as an intermediary between the combatants in the Anglo-Zanzibar War of Aug. 27 1896, the shortest recorded war in history lasting between 38 and 45 minutes. This cover is believed to represent the earliest known use of a De La Rue stamp on cover from East Africa, sent two days prior to the issue of the unoverprinted stamps in British East Africa. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: Zanzibar: 1896 Overprints on B.E.A.: 1896 (June 3) rare mixed franking cover addressed to Ahmed bin Said. Sheikh of Malindi at Kilwa, German East Africa bearing 'on B.E.A.' 1/2a. with 'on India' 2a., hatched circle c.d.s. cancellations, backstamped June 6 arrival. Illustrated in "Zanzibar's Postal History Legacy" by Gary DuBro (2012), p. 116. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: Zanzibar: 1896 Overprints on B.E.A.: 1896 (June 10) mixed franking cover at 21/2a. rate addressed to Stony Stratford, Bucks. by Miss Sarah Whitbread, bearing 'on B.E.A.' 1/2a. strip of three with 'on India' 1/2a. pair, hatched circle c.d.s. cancellations, large part flap missing but rare. Sarah Anne Whitbread, nurse at the Zanzibar Station of the Universities Mission to Central Africa, affectionately known to the local people as "Mkate Mweupe" (white bread), died of haematuric fever at Zanzibar Hospital in July 1901 after nine years' service in Africa. Photo. (Image1)

The John Minns East Africa: Zanzibar: 1896 Overprints on B.E.A.: 1896 (Nov. 18) 5a. used on reverse of double rate merchant's cover to Bombay, tied by hatched circle, carried on the outgoing S.S. "Madura" with Dec. 5 arrival alongside, rare on cover. Photo. (Image1)