ZANZIBAR 1896 SG25E Mint 2½ on 1a plum surcharge from first setting type 5 surcharge digital-edition 1870 ¬Ωd Rose-red Pl

1870 ¬Ωd Rose-red Pl

Very fine used example lettered IA

bright green and chinese white around a bromide portrait of the King

pair of booklet panes of six showing cylinders K15 (Dot) and (No dot)

- P212001808

ZANZIBAR 1896 SG25E Mint 2½ on 1a plum surcharge from first setting type 5 surcharge digital-edition 1870 ¬Ωd Rose-red Pl1896 (11 May) "2" on 1a plum (type 1 opt on India, with small second "z" and inverted "q" for "b"), with type 5 surcharge in black from the first setting (fraction "" only 5mm tall), fresh large part o. g. One shortish perf still far above average. A desirable unused example, as the majority of the original printing was used, and much scarcer than the later printing (Oct 1896) with fraction "" 5mm tall. P245000073