Auction #123 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction

26 var footnoted (29D) 1896 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India^, red SG surcharge Type 6 (Sc Type d), only 752 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", with "Zanzibar" registered cds, F-VF
Net Est $510

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
Net Est $955

28A (39) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India^, red Scott surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, fresh, OG,VLH, F-VF
Net Est $1465

30a (26l) 1896 2½ on 2a6p ultramarine Q Victoria stamp of India^, surcharge Sc Type d (SG Type 6), VARIETY - "Zanzibar" double, one albino, OG, LH, F-VF
SG $240

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, OG,HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
SG $375

31 (27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India^, red Scott surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, rare and undercatalogued, OG,LH, F-VF
Net Est $570

31 var footnoted (27D) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India^, red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", well centered, signed by Bloch, OG,LH, 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, undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
Net Est $900

34 (43) 1896 2½a deep blue Q Victoria of British East Africa^ overprinted "Zanzibar" SG Type 1 in red, only 1200 printed, scarce and undercatalogued mint as it represented the normal postal rate and thus the vast majority were used postally, this is the key value to a mint set, VARIETY - small second "z", OG, LH, F-VF
Net Est $270

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
Net Est $100

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), used, F-VF
Net Est $1050

62-78 (188-204) 1899-1901 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said^, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (17), OG, HR, F-VF
SG $415