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1887 Crown CA 6d deep violet, upper right corner block of six all overprinted "SPECIMEN", light creasing to the left vertical pair, otherwise fine, a very scarce Specimen block. Also the Specimen set of four, fine mint. (10). Photo on Page 246. £300-400
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1887-89 Crown CA 1d - 1/-, mint and used selection comprising 1d mint (14) and used (25, with block of eight and strip of four on piece), 4d mint (9, one pair with reversed watermark) and used (10), 6d mint (10, with long "I" variety) and used (4), 1/- sepia mint (7) and used (3), 1/- brown mint (3) and used (4), shades. Also Specimen set of four (three without gum). S.G. 32/41, £3,550. (92). £300-350
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1887 1d Rose and 6d deep violet in mint sheets of 24, mounted in the margins only, the stamps unmounted, 6d sheet with tall "I" variety, both fine. S.G. 34, 39, £600+. (2 sheets). £200-250
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1887 4d Chestnut, mint sheet of 24, mounted in the margins only, the stamps unmounted, a couple of marginal thins, otherwise very fine. S.G. 35, £840+. £200-250
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1887 1/- Red, imperforate colour trial on gummed Crown CA watermarked paper, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 244. £250-300
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1887 1/- Brown, mint sheet of 24, a few perfs reinforced with hinges, left three stamps with light crease, good appearance, scarce. S.G. 41, £1,200+. £300-350
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1890 (June/July) Registered O.H.M.S cover and part cover from Tortola with "A91" cancels, the cover to Pemberton Wilson & Co in London franked 6d deep violet, the part cover (reduced at left, part flap missing) to Moens in Brussels franked 1d red pair + 4d chestnut, two correctly rated covers sent in the correct period prior to the issue of Leewards stamps in October 1890. (2). £150-200
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1887 Antigua 4d chestnut with "VIRGIN ISLANDS" essay overprint, minor soiling, no gum. A rare essay from the De la Rue archives, ex Yardley. Photo on Page 238. £250-300
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1888 4d Surcharge on 1/-, partial reconstruction of 16 positions (from the sheet of twenty), comprising mint (12) and used (4), including stamp 11 with long tail to "S"variety mint, stamp 19 with long sleeve variety within a mint block of four, mint and used pairs, white and toned papers, all fine. S.G. 42, £2,680+. (16). £300-400
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1899 ½d Yellow-green imperforate plate proof vertical pair on gummed watermarked paper, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 258. £250-300
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1899 ½d - 5/-, Mint and used selection including Specimen, mint and used sets, additional examples of all values with a further three used 5/- stamps, ½d mint corner block of six including both value errors, both ½d value errors used, ½d imperf between stamp and central margin mint, 1d imperforate between stamp and margin mint (2), 4d value error mint (also used with faults), etc. S.G. 43/50, £2,200. (62). Photo on Page 238. £300-400
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1899-1913 Covers and cards bearing stamps of the 1895 issue, including set of eight on 1899 cover to Germany, 1d on 1902 D.W.I 1c card to St. Thomas, ½d pair or 1d on commercial 1903 picture postcards to G.B, 1909 cover to Dominica with both ½d value errors, 1901 Leewards 2d registration envelope franked 2½d + 1867-70 4d + 1887-89 1d, etc. (7). £150-180
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1904-49 Mint and used collection including 1904 KEVII Specimen set handstamped "ULTRAMAR" (shilling values discoloured), 1904 and 1913-19 sets mint and used, 1922-28 sets mint and Script CA Specimen set, War Stamps, 1935 Jubilee 1d kite and vertical log mint, a few covers, etc. S.G. 54/129, £1,000+. (222). £150-180
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Forgeries. Various forged stamps and cancels, mainly the 1866-68 issues including Fournier sheets of 25 (2), also unusual forgeries of the 1879-84 key-plate issue (6), etc. (140). £140-160
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Leeward Islands used in Virgin Islands. 1890-1903 QV Covers (6), stamps and pieces (61) used at Tortola, with 1897 registered cover to Nova Scotia franked ½d + 4d, 1902 and 1903 covers both bearing the three 1902 1d surcharges, ½d newspaper wrapper cancelled to order and 2½d envelopes (2), also all 1890 values (three complete sets with additional values, a couple miscoloured), Sexagenary issues to the 1/-, and QV issues of Antigua (2), St. Vincent (2) and Turks Islands cancelled "A91" at Tortola. S.G. £2,400 (approx). (68 + 6 covers). Photo on Page 244. £300-400
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Leeward Islands used in Virgin Islands. KEVII-KGVI Covers (5), stamps and pieces (156) including all KEVII sets, 1912-22 set with additional 5/- (4), 1921-32 set to £1 (the 10/- on piece) and 2½d orange-yellow on an apparently commercial cover, 1931-32 die I set, 1938-51 ¼d - 5/- on cover and £1 on piece, etc. A good lot with some scarce stamps used in the Virgin Islands. S.G. £3,000+. (161). Photo on Page 246. £400-500
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Cancellations. QV-KGV Covers (3), stamps and pieces (109) with cancels of Anegada (5), East End (5, four on KEVII stamps), West End (38 + 2 covers, nine on KEVII stamps) or Virgin-Gorda (25), maritime and overseas cancels, 1917 cover with large Road Town double ring c.d.s (Proud D8), etc. Also a few QEII covers and pieces with commercial 1958 cover from Virgin Gorda, 1971 covers from Cane Garden Bay and Jost Van Dyke, etc. (124). Photo on Page 238. £250-300
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Cancellations - Virgin-Gorda. 1908-10 1d Postal stationery envelopes to Tortola or England, both cancelled "VIRGIN-GORDA / V.I" c.d.s, backstamped at Road Town. Two scarce early commercial covers from Virgin-Gorda, both fine. (2). £200-250
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Cancellations - Virgin-Gorda. 1927 (May 16/17) Registered covers to W.T Wilson in England bearing 1922-28 ½d - 2½d, 3d + 1/-, 2/6 or 5/-, all cancelled by the Virgin-Gorda c.d.s with boxed registration handstamp below, all fine, philatelic but scarce. (4). £120-150
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1916 Picture postcard from Road Town to France with KGV ½d pair on the picture side, the address side with black "PAID / AT / TORTOLA" crowned circle handstamp, minor edge stain, otherwise fine and unusual. Also 1935 stampless registered cover to England endorsed "On Postal Service, O.H.M.S" with violet "POST OFFICE, TORTOLA", and 1953 registered cover franked 6c to England with violet oval "POSTMASTER / (crown) / VIRGIN ISLANDS". (3). £150-180
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Postal Stationery. 1880 1½d Postcard stamp, die proof in black on glazed card, reduced to stamp size and mounted with card surround; also 1½d brown postcard cut-out with scarce "CANCELLED" overprint type D7. (2). Photo on Pages 178 & 238. £120-150
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Postal Stationery. 1889-1927 Postcards (6) and envelopes (9), including used 1880 issue 1½d postcards (3), 1901 issue 2½d envelopes (3, both sizes, one with a stamp removed) and 1926 1d KGV envelope, some philatelic. Also 1887 France 1c postcard to the Virgin Islands Postmaster with Tortola arrival c.d.s. (16). £150-200
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1930 1b - 1i Set of six and 1931 ½b - 1i set of eleven all handstamped "SPECIMEN" type 1, the 1930 1b, 6b and 1i without gum, otherwise fine mint. The only Yemen stamps sent to the U.P.U with a Specimen overprint. (11). Photo on Page 258. £240-280
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1940 Postal Workers charity set of five and Child Welfare charity set of four, all in strips of three, affixed to two pieces from the Mauritania Post Office Specimen collection, handstamped violet "SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE", the Child Welfare set with some staining and faults, Postal Workers set superb, unique. (9 strips). £240-280
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Livingstone/Slavery. 1872 (undated) Four page letter from Lieut. William Henn, R.N. on printed "LIVINGSTONE SEARCH EXPEDITION" notepaper, with good content describing captured Arab slave dhows and the numbers and conditions of the slaves, the way these slave traders deliberately wreck their dhows to escape naval vessels drowning many of the slaves, the discharging of slaves at Zanzibar harbour under the guns of the English men of war who are powerless to touch them under the treaty signed with the Sultan, and the way slave traders and customs officials in Zanzibar leave the weak or ill slaves to drown with the incoming tides. The Livingstone Search Expedition was despatched to Zanzibar in February 1872 by the British Government and Royal Geographical Society to search for Dr Livingstone (who had not been heard of since 1869) but was abandoned in April 1872 when news of Stanley's meeting with Livingstone reached Zanzibar. No cover but a rare and interesting letter, presumably from a former member of the Search Expedition written when serving on a naval anti-slavery patrol. £500-600
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Maps. 1613 French map "Description Des Abissins" depicting central Africa with the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, hand coloured, description on reverse, 180x117mm; c.1750 map "Cote de Zanquebar" by Robert de Vangondy, 182x234mm; and c.1750 "Chart of the Eastern Coast of Africa" drawn from the French chart of the Eastern Ocean published in 1790 by order of the Count de Maurepas, hand coloured, 209x252mm. (3). £150-200
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1885 (July 17) Cover from London Zanzibar franked 5d green with Zanzibar arrival c.d.s on the front, flap missing, otherwise fine, an uncommon destination at this early date. Also 1877 (May 28) P.O Circular with notice "Compulsory Prepayment of Postage to Zanzibar" and 1884 (Jan. 22) P.O Circular with notice "Prepayment of Postage to Zanzibar no longer compulsory". (3). Photo on Page 250. £180-220
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c.1876 Cover to India franked on the reverse with die II 4a tied by a diamond of bars, datestamps of Zanzibar (type Z1), Aden, Sea Post Office and Mundra alongside. Edge faults, the front and reverse virtually separated with piece missing at lower right corner, nevertheless a very scarce cancel on cover. Also a second cover with forged Zanzibar c.d.s and diamond of bars cancel. (2). £100-150
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c.1879-82 Pieces (4) bearing ½a + die II 4a, 1a, 1a strip of three or 2a + 8a pair, and a single ½a or 12a, all cancelled by "BRITISH / P.O. / ZANZIBAR / B" duplexs, scarce on the 12a value. S.G. £820. (6). Photo on Page 244. £120-150
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c.1880 Cover to India franked 1a + 2a + die II 4a cancelled by "BRITISH / P.O / ZANZIBAR / B" duplexs, Aden, Sea Post Office and T.P.O Enquiry Office Bombay backstamps, a little reduced at left with small fault to upper left corner, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 250. £300-400
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c.1880 Cover to India franked 1a + 2a brown-orange cancelled "BRITISH / P.O / ZANZIBAR / B" duplex, transit datestamps of Aden, Sea Post Office and T.P.O Enquiry Office Bombay, minor edge faults, a little reduced at left. Photo on Page 250. £250-300
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c.1881 Cover to England franked ½a + die II 4a cancelled "BRITISH / P.O / ZANZIBAR / B" duplex, Aden and Bedford backstamps, very minor staining around the ½a stamp, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 250. £300-350
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1882-95 Pieces (9) and stamps (77) with Zanzibar cancels, including duplex type Z3 on 2a, 3a, 4a die I and II, 6a and 1r (Z29a, scarce), squared circle type Z4 on 1a Official, 6a, 8a (2), 1r, type Z5 squared circle on 9p, 12a venetian red, ½a Official, Zanzibar Reg. c.d.s on 9p pair, 12a venetian red, 12a purple on red (2), double ring c.d.s type Z7 on 9p, 3a, 4a, 12a, 1r, etc. (94 stamps). Photo on Page 254. £250-300
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1885 (Jan. 16) Cover to India, the reverse bearing ½a blue vertical pair and two singles each cancelled by Zanzibar four bar squared circle with year omitted (recorded Jan. - Sept. 1885), minor edge faults and creasing, otherwise fine, ex Minns. Photo on Page 250. £150-200
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1887-94 Covers to London franked 4a6p (faults), posted within Zanzibar franked ½a, or to USA franked 2a6p pair, all cancelled by Zanzibar three bar duplex type Z5, the first cover to the Wesleyan Missionary Society believed to be from British East Africa, initialled on the reverse "E.C.G" by the writer Edward Cyril Gordon. Also an 1884 cover posted from Aden to England by Lt. H. Hay, R.N franked 4a, the filing endorsement showing the original letter to be from Zanzibar. Some cover faults, the cover to USA fine. (4). £200-250
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1888 (Aug. 21) Cover addressed to Zanzibar, the reverse with ½a blue-green tied by Zanzibar three bar squared circle with a single ring c.d.s (Aug. 22) alongside, the front with the very scarce boxed "SHIP LETTER / POSTAGE DUE AN" showing a 1a charge for the 1a masters fee on ship letters. One of three examples recorded by J. Griffith-Jones, illustrated and described on pages 117-120 of his book on Zanzibar postage dues. Ex Minns. Photo on Page 250. £300-400
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1887-93 Postal stationery postcards (5) and envelopes (2) cancelled by Zanzibar squared circles type Z5 (6) or double ring c.d.s, comprising 1½a cards (2), 1a on 1½a reply cards (2, outward or reply half) and ¼a card franked 1a, all commercially used to Germany (4) or USA, and 2a6p on 4a6p envelope C.T.O or used to London. (7). £200-250
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1888-95 Covers to Cutch-Mandvee in India, frankings comprising 1a (2) + 3a or a single 2a both with boxed "BOMBAY / SHIP LETTER / POSTAGE DUE 1AN", twelve ½a stamps (three strips of four) with circular "T" and "OVERLAND POSTAGE / DUE / AS / 6", 2a6p pair or 1a + 1a6p, all cancelled by Zanzibar three bar duplex type Z5, and a cover with a single 2a6p cancelled by the double ring c.d.s , some staining and other cover faults, two a little reduced. (6). £300-350
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1890 (Jan. 3) ½a Postal stationery envelope franked 1a + 1a6p each cancelled fine Zanzibar three bar squared circle, with La Reunion A Marseille LV No 3 transit datestamp, sent by the author Frieda Sophia von Bulow to her husband in Berlin, the family crest embossed at left, sealed by three red wafer seals with the embossed Bulow family crest tied by arrival datestamps. Minor stain at upper left corner, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 252. £200-250
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1890 (Oct. 2) The Eastern Telegraph Co. Ltd printed telegram envelope registered to Tamatave, franked 1a + 4a each tied by "ZANZIBAR / REG." c.d.s, with circular framed "R", octagonal La Reunion A Marseille L.V No 4 and Ligne T Paq. Fr. No. 1 transit datestamps. Roughly opened with some loss to upper edge, removed from an album with part of the brown album page adhering to reverse upper edge, unusual, especially to Madagascar. Photo on Page 252. £180-220
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1891 (Mar. 30) 4a6p Envelope franked 1a, registered to Paris, each cancelled "ZANZIBAR / REG" c.d.s, with circular framed "R" and La Reunion A Marseille L.V No 2 transit datestamp, superb. Photo on Page 252. £200-250
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1894 (Aug. 29) Registered cover to Germany franked 2a + 2a6p each cancelled "ZANZIBAR / REG" c.d.s, circular framed "R", very fine. With Behr Certificate (2010). Photo on Page 252. £200-250
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1901-03 Covers to Zanzibar, franked on the reverse by QV ½a or KEVII 3p blocks of four tied by Zanzibar squared circles (the QV block also cancelled by manuscript cross), both with boxed "PAQUEBOT" on the front. (2). £150-180
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1a Plum overprinted in blue, small second "Z" and inverted "q" for "b", mint with large part gum, minor toning and tiny fault to upper right corner, with B.P.A Certificate (2000). Very scarce. S.G. 2, £3,000. Photo on Page 254. £450-600
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1a Plum overprinted in blue, small second "Z" and inverted "q" for "b", used with AP 96 c.d.s, upper left corner a little rounded, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 2, £500. Photo on Page 254. £100-120
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½a Blue-green, variety "Zanzidar", mint, minor discolouration and perf toning, very scarce. S.G. 3j, unpriced mint (£4,000 used). Photo on Front Cover. £1,000-1,200
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½a Blue-green, variety "Zanzidar", used, 2mm tear at upper right, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 3j, £700. Photo on Page 254. £100-120
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½a Blue-green, variety "Zanibar", very fine mint, scarce. With B.P.A Certificate (1987). S.G. 3k, £1,300. Photo on Page 254. £400-500
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½a Blue-green, horizontal pair, right stamp with variety diaeresis over last "a", superb mint, very scarce. S.G. 3l, £2,000. Photo on Page 254. £700-1,000
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1a Plum, variety "Zanzidar", used, a little toned but very scarce. S.G. 4j, £4,000. Photo on Page 254. £800-1,000
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