Autumn Auction

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David Feldman S.A.

lot # 30004 - zanzibar zanzibar - pre-post office period (pre-1875)

Monday Dec 01, 2014 10:00 to Saturday Dec 06, 2014 16:00 Europe/Zurich

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Dec 01, 08:00 GMT

THE UNIQUE DATE-STAMP, THE EARLIEST RECORDED FOR ANY ZANZIBAR POSTAL HISTORY ITEM
1851 (Mar 12) Envelope sent by Chancellor Emile Kuhlmann of the French Consulate to his father at Colmar, France charged 10 decimes in manuscript. The cover was sent via Aden, overland to Alexandria, then via ship to Marseille noting double circle transit hand-stamp “PAQ. ANGL. MARSEILLE/ 30 AVRIL / 51”, small cover faults with small portion of backflap missing.
Note: There are seventeen recorded items from this correspondence and are documented in DuBro’s “Zanzibar’s Postal History Legacy”.
Provenance: Richard Knight
Unique. A major rarity and a key item for Zanzibar postal history

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zanzibar

zanzibar - pre-post office period (pre-1875)

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