ZANZIBAR 1896 SG24D/25D Mint 2½ on 1a plum surcharge from first setting digital-edition - P223008179

- P223008179

with ever so slightly trimmed perforations at right

example of this rare watermark variety lettered GK

Very scarce one of only 25 possible examples many of which are in institutional collections

the Stanley Gibbons Poland Catalogue covers a number of other areas of interest:

ZANZIBAR 1896 SG24D/25D Mint 2½ on 1a plum surcharge from first setting digital-edition - P2230081791896 (11 May) "2" on 1a plum (type 1 opt on India, with small second "z"), black surcharge, horizontal pair from the first setting (fraction "" only 5mm tall), showing types 4 (left stamp) and 5 se tenant, fresh large part o. g. A very rare and desirable item, being one of only two pairs we can recall offering in 40 years, as the survival rate of even mint singles from the first setting was very low, the vast majority of the printing having been used