Lot 20213 – ZANZIBAR: 1879 (May 3) Envelope sent registered fr
Lot 20213 – ZANZIBAR: 1879 (May 3) Envelope sent registered fr
Lot 20213 – ZANZIBAR: 1879 (May 3) Envelope sent registered fr
India » Used Abroad
Price realised
1’300 EUR
Estimate
1’000 EUR
Auction date
Mon 26 May 2014 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
ZANZIBAR: 1879 (May 3) Envelope sent registered from Zanzibar to India with 1865 1a brown and two 2a orange tied by the experimental barred diamond cancel (Proud type K2, in use 1st Jun 1878 to July 1879) with Zanzibar cds adjacent (type D2), paying the 3a single letter rate and 1a registration, sent via SS Khedive with Sea Post Office and Aden cds on reverse, one of only an estimated 30 covers with this cancel, minor soiling and slightly reduced at right, rare, ex Ellison Auction
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