ZANZIBAR 1931 SGD3 Cover

Stock Code: P167006187

Postage Due. 1931 (23 APR) "Abdulhusein Esmailji" printed blue/green cover (with bilingual Gujrati/English address) from MKOAN, PEMBA to Zanzibar, franked on reverse by 1926-30 3c black/orange postage dues x2 (R1/2 and 5/1 from corrected setting), overlapping an original strike of the despatch squared circle, but tied by two further strikes. The cover and stamps with faults, still good appearance and a wholly exceptional and unique usage, there being no other instance of the usage of the 1926-30 and 1930-33 postage due issues outside the Zanzibar G.P.O. A possible explanation, in the absence of any tax markings, is that postage dues were here used as provisional postage stamps. A fascinating and important item. Ex Griffith-Jones (discussed and illustrated as Fig 11.37 on p.318 of his book ; census F.102)

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