1896 registered blue envelope to London franked India overprinted 1895-96 3a brown-orange and 4a. olive-green each tied by neat cds, large framed thick ‘R’ also tying 4a., London cancels to right, reverse with two wax seals of Mith Mackenzie & Co; vertical filing fold. The 3a. with small second ‘z’ and 4a. with raised small second ‘z’.
1897 (2 Jan) AVIS DE RECEPTION form from New York with Zanzibar arrival cds and put into a stampless Post Office registered envelope and returned, the AR form with thimble Zanzibar Reg cds of 8 FE, the envelope with similar cds of 16th, London transits on front and arrival backstamp; a fine and scarce survivor with both form and envelope together.
1902 (1 Aug) Hong Kong picture postcard to French Guinee franked C.I.P. 4c. Coiling Dragon tied by bilingual Foochow cds, in combination with Hong Kong 2c. green vertical pair tied by large bold framed I.P.O. handstamp and Victoria Hong Kong cds, top left with Aden transit (AU 25) and Zanzibar transit (1 SP), at bottom right Conakry Guinee Francaise arrival cds of 18 Sept; heavy central vertical filing fold, a remarkable destination.
1902 (6 AU) registered parcel tag to Zurich, Switzerland bearing single franking 3a tied square circle Zanzibar date stamp, circular framed ‘R’ at base with blue manuscript number at top, endorsed at top “Samples/ Registered”; fine and unusual.
1904 (25 FE) incoming ½a. British East Africa postal stationery card cancelled Mombasa, ‘T’ handstamp bottom left overstruck with framed FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE/ 1 ANNAS – Pies handstamp, arrival cds top left of 4 MR; fine condition without any message.
1904 long registered cover from the Postmaster to Paris franked 1904 7 1/2a purple paying double rate postage and registration, arrival backstamp, envelope (290 x 127mm) with vertical fold. A good commercial usage of this stamp as a single franking.
1904 Monogram De La Rue die proof of the vignette surround and border fringe for the rupee values in black on glazed card with manuscript date “Jan 11. 04” and two-line BEFORE/ HERDENING handstamp at right; fine condition.
1910 cover to Mogadiscio, Somalia franked on reverse with 1908-09 15c ultramarine tied by faint square circle date stamp, overstruck with Italian Somaliland arrival cds.
1929 unpaid local cover to Chake (Pemba Island) with square circle date stamp on reverse, circular framed ‘T’ and framed Postage Due with red m/s “1” which represents the double deficiency. There is no recorded evidence of use of the handstamps after 1917, except for two 1929 examples three years after the introduction of the local typeset issues, this being the latest recorded example.
1930 (9 Oct) De La Rue composite artist’s essay for a permanent set, based on the 1923 Hong Kong design (at the suggestion of the Zanzibar authorities) with ‘postal scales’ printed by a semi-photographic process in deep green with hand-painted details in a lighter green, blank at right for an Arabic inscription. A superb essay, ex Griffith-Jones, one of two known, illustrated on p. 204 of his book.
1930 (JY 1) incoming underpaid cover from Kampala, Uganda to Poste Restante underfranked with 1c. and 10c., ‘ ‘T’ tax mark at upper left, deficiency of 1 Uganda cents (= 6 Zanzibar cents) paid by 1930-33 6c. black/yellow postage due tied cds, subsequently marked with red m/s “Charges paid” above and signed. Philatelic (with the co-operation of the Zanzibar postmaster), still scarce and very fine. Ex Griffith-Jones
1934 stampless incoming envelope cancelled on reverse PAQUEBOT ZANZIBAR (27 OC), circular framed ‘T’ handstamp overstruck with Postage Dues 1926-30 18c. black/orange and 1930-33 rouletted 5 2c. black/salmon vertical pair and a 3c. black/rose tied by three REG ZANZIBAR datestamps of 8 NO; some glue staining, fine mixed issue franking
1939 (6 JA) registered cover bearing corner marginal 10 shillings green and brown ‘Dhow’ tied REG. ZANZIBAR cds. Fine philatelic cover.
1939 (6 JA) registered cover bearing numbered corner marginal 7s.50 light blue ‘Dhow’ tied REG. ZANZIBAR cds. Fine philatelic cover.