sansibar - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 4983 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2Provisional Surcharge in red 1896 (Aug 15): 2½ in red on India 2 a. pale blue, Surcharge Type 7, an unused example centred to left, of fine fresh colour, variety "Inverted "1" in ½", large part og. A rare stamp. Cert. Brandon (1995) Gi = £ 3'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Richard Knight, Spink, London, 21 March 2003, lot 998. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 4999 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 21896 (Dec): De La Rue defintive issue, wmk. single Rosette, the unused set of fifteen values, fresh and fine, large part og. Gi = £ 225. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 5015 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 21904: Monogram Issue, De La Rue Die Proof for the 5 a. value, completed design, printed in black on glazed white card, dated "Jan 19/04" in manuscript ink. Scarce and very fine. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 4978 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2Provisional Surcharge in black 1896 (May 11): 2½ in black on India 1 a. plum, an unused se-tenant vertical strip of three, Setting 2, Surcharge Types 4/3/5, top stamp with variety "Inverted "1" in ½ and fraction bar omitted", lower stamp with no dot on "i" in Zanzibar, of good colour, slightly tropicalised large part og. A rare and attractive positional multiple. Cert. Brandon (2002), BPA (2021) Gi = £ 3'100++. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 4994 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2Prepared for Official purposes 1896 (Dec): 2½ a. in red on 2 a. dull blue, Setting IV, the extraordinary unused multiples, irregular blocks of twenty-six and twenty-eight, the latter with sheet margin at base but with slight diagonal crease affecting the top right stamps, showing the complete Setting less six stamps, with 22 examples of the Type 3 overprint, 9 examples of the Type 4 overprint and 23 examples of the Type 5 overprint; nine stamps showing dropped second "z" in "Zanzibar, 8 with raised second "z"; Row 4, Stamp 5 showing "1" in "½" inverted, of gorgeous fresh colour, large part og. with most unmounted og. A magnificent exhibition piece of great importance Gi = £ 9'685+.rnProvenance: Collection A.J.P. Baumann, Harmers, London, 22 Sept 1977, lot 653; Collection Terry Sturton, Harmers, London, 20 Dec 2005, lot 1029. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 5010 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 21903/04: De La Rue Essay for the proposed 1 a. value, imperforate on thick card (90 x 115 mm.), printed in green with the Flags hand-painted in red and background swathes at top and at sides and Duty Plate and corners all hand-painted in pale to deep green, the 'perforations' again hand-painted in red; the card marked "B" and dated "Oct 29th 03" at top and "Dupl." at base. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6573. A wonderful and unique Essay.rnrnProvenance: Collection Richard Knight, Spink, London, 21 March 2003, lot 1032. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 4973 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2Provisional Surcharge in red 1895 (Nov 30): 2½ in red on India 1 a. 6 p. sepia, an unused example with heavy surcharge Type 2, variety "Zanizbar for Zanzibar", of fine fresh colour, large part og. A rare stamp. Cert RPSL (1991) Gi = £ 4'750.rnrnProvenance: Collection Richard Knight, Spink, London, 21 March 2003, lot 988. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 4989 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2Provisional Surcharges for Official purposes 1896 (Dec): 2½ in red on 1 a. plum, surcharge Type 4, showing "small second "z" in Zanzibar" and "Inverted "p" for "n" in Zanzibar", a fine unused example of fresh colour and appearance, superb, large part og. Rare. Cert. BPA (1977) Gi = £ 450+. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 5005 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 21899/1901: Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said set of seventeen unused, wmk. Rosettes in blocks of four with additional ½ a. and 3 a. shades, fresh and fine, large part og. or unmounted og. (19 blocks) Gi = £ 1'300+. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
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 Lot 4968 - brit. colonies sansibar - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2Overprinted at the Zanzibar Gazette 1895/96: India 3 r. brown & green, an unused horizontal pair of vibrant fresh colour, right hand stamp with variety "Inverted "r" in Zanzibar", superb, large part og. A magnificent pair of great rarity (no example in the Griffith-Jones collection) Gi = £ 6'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Terry Sturton, Harmers, London, 18 Dec 2003, lot 1067. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2brit. colonies sansibar |
