Lot 454
Zanzibar 1927-30 postage due 25c black/magenta unused




The Hay Morgan Collection | Part 2 | KGV British Commonwealth | S25006
Auction: 26 March 2025 at 10:30 GMT
£960
Description
Postage Due. 1927-30 25c black/magenta, from R2/2 on the sheet, fresh unused, faint bends mentioned for accuracy but a rarity in such fine condition, with a majority of the 40 recorded examples of this stamp being used (if often uncancelled). BPA cert (1998). SG D13, cat £2750
Footnote
Ex Griffith-Jones (illustrated "The Postage Dies of Zanzibar 1875-1964", p.236) and Edith Trueman, who wrote the first published article on these stamps (GSM December 1934)




