Zanzibar 1895-96 on India 5r ultramarine and violet variety, SG21k

Zanzibar 1895-96 on India 5r ultramarine and violet variety, SG21kZanzibar 1895 86 on India 5r ultramarine and violet, overprint Type 1, printing variety inverted "r", SG21k. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. A very rare printing variety with less than 10 examples recorded. Accompanied with a 2007 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity. The process of applying the Zanzibar overprint to Indian stamps was performed manually by native craftsmen at the office of the

A scarce Specimen example of the £5 Orange Telegraph stamps

Exceptional content relating to a loan to Sir Richard Gresham

Seymour & Gardiner-Hill and the Stanley Gibbons volume 1 specialised catalogue both state that "The earliest recorded use of Plate 1b for printing is 8 June 1840 (the believed date of the earliest repair to plate 1 was May 23rd) and the earliest known postal use is 12 June 1840

was supplied to NASA on 3 May 1961

lower left corner block of 4 with '2M' (x4) plate numbers

The single page manuscript measures 4

Franklin D

the former Beatle boarded a 43ft sloop called Megan Jaye at Newport

Most attractive and scarce King George V philatelic item

Spec N6(1)

it remains fine as such a scarce multiple

but I have the heart and stomach of a king