Auction #124 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction

20 var footnoted (25H) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India^ overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged SG Type 5 (Scott Type c) in black, VARIETY - inverted "q" for "b", scarce overprint variety, slight toning at top, signed, OG,HR, F-VF app
Scott Retail $125
SG $1200

22 (33) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India^, red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), key value in the set of 3, scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, slight gum toning, OG, VLH, F-VF
Scott Retail $500
SG $675

23 (34) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India^, red Sc surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), an extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used stamp, well centered, light "Zanzibar" cds, VF
Net Est $2925

24C (36) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India^, red Scott surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), a very rare and undercatalogued stamp (occurring only 10 times in the setting of 60), especially scarce used, light "Zanzibar" registry cds with early "10 JA 98" date!, slight corner crease, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Net Est $2250

24d var footnoted (22lE) 1895 2½ on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India^ overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, ERROR - inverted "1" in "½" in surcharge, VARIETY - inverted "q" for "b" and small second "z", lower interpanneau margin example, rare combination variety, signed by Holcombe, OG,HR, VF
Scott Retail $1250
SG $1650

26 var footnoted (29D) 1896 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India^, red SG surcharge Type 6 (Scott Type d), only 752 printed, VARIETY - small second "z" lower, OG,VLH, VF
Net Est $405

27 var footnoted (30D) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India^, red SG surcharge Type 7 (Scott Type e), only 192 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", OG,VLH, F-VF
Net Est $955

28A var (39E) 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, VARIETY - tall second "Z", well centered, OG,VLH, VF
Net Est $1465

30a (26j) 1896 2½ on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India^, red Sc surcharge Type d (SG Type 6), ERROR - inverted "1" in "½" - row 8, pos 6, rare as only 22 examples were originally printed, considerably undercatalogued, rare, very well centered, unused, VF, with BPA certificate
Scott Retail $500
SG $675

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 showing VARIETY - small second "z" variety, with "Zanzibar' cds, F-VF
Scott Retail $180
SG $240

31 var footnoted (27D) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India^ overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), only 384 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", well centered, OG,HR, F-VF
Net Est $570

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, well centered, OG,LH, F-VF
Net Est $900