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| 6647 |
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 1895/96: De La Rue Imperforate photographic composite Essay for 2½ a. value, with uncoloured
flags above the central vignette and without the fancy border, on card (90 x 115 mm.) lettered "A" at top and dated "Nov 18th 95" in ink, pencil manuscript "Copper plate". This submitted Essay was turned down on March 12, 1896 in favour of the stamps
as issued (Essays marked 'AA' and 'BB' in the De La Rue files. A similar Essay marked 'Dupl.' at base is illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP., on page 6560. Fine and extremely rare.rnProvenance: Collection
'Kilimanjaro', Spink, London, 27 Sept 2002, lot 272. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6648 |
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 1896 (Dec): 3 a. grey (2) and single 3 r. dull pruple, used on 1897 registered cover to
Baden, cancelled by "Zanzibar" thimble datestamps in black. Large circular 'R' at left and reverse with Baden-Baden arrival cds (Oct 24). An attractive cover.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 12 Dec 2007, lot 930. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6649 |
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 1896 (Dec): De La Rue defintive issue, wmk. single Rosette, 3 a. bluish grey, an unused
block of twenty-four (6 x 4) from base of the pane with margins on three side, the first vertical column with variety "No Watermark", fresh and fine colour, trivial stain in margin at lower right, superb large part or unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £
525+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6650 |
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 Overprinted on Zanzibar 1897 (Jan 5): Provisional "2½" in red on 4 a. myrtle green, the set
of three surcharged in red (Types 3, 4 and 5) by the Zanzibar Gazette, lightly cancelled in black. Just 1'680 stamps surcharged Types 3 and 5, only 840 surcharged Type 4). A very scarce set Gi = £ 375. (Image 1)
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| 6651 |
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 1899/1901: Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said set of seventeen unused, wmk.
Rosettes, overprinted SPECIMEN in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. Gi = £ 350. (Image
1)
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| 6652 |
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 1899/1901: Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said set of seventeen unused, wmk. Rosetts,
all marginal examples, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Gi = £ 325. (Image 1)
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| 6653 |
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 1900/01: De La Rue Appendix sheet dated at top in manuscript "Jany 11, 1901" with
imperforate Colour Trial for the 1901 1 a. value in carmine, the Flags at top handpainted in red, with pencil notations on reverse relating to the colour change for the 1 a. to be red instead of indigo to meet UPU requirements (the change also
involved the 4½ a. to be blue.black instead of orange to avoid confusion with the 1899 1 a. indigo). Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP., on page 6570. Fine and very rare.rnProvenance: Collection 'Kilimanjaro',
Spink, London, 27 Sept 2002, lot 279. (Image 1)
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| 6654 |
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 1898/99: De La Rue Imperforate photographic composite Essay for 2½ a. value, with
handpainted coloured flags above the central vignette and with the fancy border similarly handpainted in orange-red, Sultan's chest picked out in Chinese white, on card (90 x 115 mm.) lettered "BB" at top and dated "June 16th 98" in ink, marked
"Dupl." in ink at lower left. This Essay was accepted on March 12, 1896. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP., on page 6566. Fine and extremely rare.rnProvenance: Collection 'Kilimanjaro', Spink, London, 27 Sept 2002,
lot 276. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6655 |
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 Surcharged at the Zanzibar Gazette 1904: Provisional surcharge "Two / & / Half" on BEA 7½ a.
mauve, unused examples with single showing "Thin open "w" flaw" (Row 2, stamp 2 or Row 3, stamp 4), and a horizontal pair with first stamp showing variety "Serif to foot of "f" in Half" (Row 3, stamp 1), fresh and fine, large part og. Gi = £
250+. (Image 1)
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| 6656 |
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 Surcharged at the Zanzibar Gazette 1904: Provisional surcharge "Two / & / Half" on BEA 8 a.
grey-olive, unused examples with single showing "Thin open "w" flaw" (Row 2, stamp 2 or Row 3, stamp 4), and a horizontal pair with first stamp showing variety "Serif to foot of "f" in Half" (Row 3, stamp 1), fresh and fine, large part og. Gi =
£ 430+. (Image 1)
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| 6657 |
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 Surcharged by the Zanzibar Gazette 1904: Provisional surcharge "Two / & / Half" on BEA 8 a.
grey-olive, a used example tied by Zanzibar cds to small piece, variety "Hlaf for Half", typically slightly toned. One of just two used examples recorded. Cert. BPA (1967) Gi = £ 10'000.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 25 March 2004, lot 1216.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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| 6658 |
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 1903/04: De La Rue Die Proof for all fifteen issued values, all imperforate in black on
glazed white card affixed to three brown cards from the Day Book, dated between January 1, 1904 (1 anna) to February 12 (5 rupee), details of the leads taken on each card, and each crossed through in red ink manuscript as completed and dated between
"Feb. 3rd and Feb. 26th 04". The ½ a. and 1 a. noted as "6 leads for N. Wrapper". A magnificent and unique page for the connoisseur.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 13 Nov 1979, lot 561; Collection 'Kilimanjaro', Spink, London, 27 Sept 2002, lot
284. (Image 1)
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| 6659 |
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 1904 (June 4): Monogram of Sultan Seyyid Ali bin Hamoud bin Neherud, wmk. Rosettes, the
issued set of fifteen unused but some colour loss to 2 r. through poor Hawid mount, a used set of fifteen values (scarcer thus) and also the fine unused set of fifteen all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, large part og. Gi = £ 900. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 6660 |
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 1904: Monogram Issue, De La Rue Die Proof for the ½ a. value, completed design, printed in
black on glazed white card, endorsed "Jan.y 1/04" in manuscript ink. Scarce and very fine. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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| 6661 |
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 1903/04: De La Rue Essay for the proposed 1 a. value, imperforate on thick card (90 x 115
mm.), printed in rose with the Duty Plates and background swathes at top and at sides hand-painted in lilac, the card marked "A" and dated "Oct 29th 03" at top and "Dupl." at base. Pencil "App'd" (Approved) at top. Illustrated in "The De La Rue
Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6572. A wonderful and unique Essay.rnProvenance: Collection Richard Knight, Spink, London, 21 March 2003, lot 1031. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6662 |
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 1903/04: De La Rue Die Proof for the low values, imperforate in black on glazed white card
affixed to brown card from the Day Book, Duty Plates in Arabic and English blacked out, dated "Dec 17" (1903) and "12 leads, Copper Die" in black ink and "Original" in red ink. Unique and superb.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 13 Nov 1979, ex lot
559; Collection 'Kilimanjaro', Spink, London, 27 Sept 2002, ex lot 283.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6663 |
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 1904: Monogram Issue, De La Rue Die Proof for the 1 a. value, completed design, printed in
black on glazed white card, scarce and very fine.rnProvenance: RL, London, 10 June 1981, lot 419.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6664 |
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 1904: Monogram Issue, De La Rue Die Proof for the 2½ a. value, completed design, printed in
black on glazed white card, scarce and very fine.rnProvenance: RL, London, 10 June 1981, lot 421. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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| 6665 |
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 1904: Monogram Issue, De La Rue Die Proof for the 4½ a. value, completed design, printed in
black on glazed white card, dated "Jan 14/04" in manuscript ink. Slight rub at right otherwise scarce and fine.rnProvenance: RL, London, 10 June 1981, lot 423. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6666 |
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 1904: Monogram Issue, De La Rue Die Proof for the 7½ a. value, completed design, printed in
black on glazed white card, dated "Jan 19/04" in manuscript ink. Slight smudge of ink on reverse but scarce and fine.rnProvenance: RL, London, 10 June 1981, lot 424. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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