12 stamps from Zanzibar, 1892 - 1894

Nederlands: Twaalf postzegels van Zanzibar, 1892-1894
English: Twelve stamps from Zanzibar, refer to the explanation on the source website by Revenue Reverend. The stamps are described in the source as “b) On Special Adhesive stamps (57½ x 21 mm, wmk large crown and 'INDIA' sideways). R2. 4a green (July 1893); R3. 8a blue (July 1893); R4. 12a carmine (July 1893); R5. 1r brick-red (May 1892), a. lake; R6. 2r lilac (May 1892); R7. 3r orange-brown (July 1893); R8. 4r chocolate (July 1893); R9. 5r reddish purple (May 1892); a. violet; R10. 10r carmine (May 1892); R11. 20r bistre (August 1894); R12. 30r orange (August 1894); R13. 40r pale blue (August 1894); R14. 50r grey (May 1892); Notes: 1. All values are known with CANCELLED overprint, emanating from the De La Rue archives. 2. The dates in brackets in the above listing are taken from a De La Rue archive sheet bearing a complete set (opt CANCELLED), with a date written above each value in manuscript. It is not known whether the dates indicate when the stamps were printed or when they were dispatched from London, but in either case they were very probably issued in Zanzibar no more than a couple of months later. 3. Examples of the one-anna receipt stamp are known with a forged ZANZIBAR overprint on the common Indian stamp, produced presumably in an attempt to defraud philatelists. The letters of the forged overprint are too narrow and the top of the Z is raised above the line, as shown in the illustration above.”.