Philatelic Literature Specialists

Hall, Thos. Wm. and Wilson, Sir John and Minns, John

Zanzibar 1895-1904

Publisher: East Africa Study Circle, 2002

Large format paperback, vi + 90 pages, illustrated, some slight shelf-wear, dusty marks/foxing to the page-edges, in Good condition.

Reprint of Thomas William Hall’s treatise on Zanzibar which appeared in the Africa section of ‘Africa: Part III’ originally published by Stanley Gibbons for the Philatelic Society, London in 1906, along with the 1947 paper, originally published in ‘The Philatelist’, entitled ‘Zanzibar: Some Spurious Varieties’ by Sir John Wilson, who was at that time Keeper of the Royal Collection, and with a further Appendix by Join Minns covering additional research, which brings the study up-to-date. Numerous excellent black and white illustrations of stamps, plus four pages in colour, also positional diagrams, and an A3 section depicting a sheet of 120 stamps indicating various varieties.

£15.00