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This stamp has got me stumped... I've seen lots of Indian Foreign Bills and lots of revenues from Zanzibar but this overprint isn't in any catalogues I have.

I suppose it could be a fake overprint, but if it is, it was done a lot of years ago and done very badly, I'm sure a proper faker would've made more of an effort.



Have any of the esteemed company of Ugly Collectors seen anything similar on their travels?

Your help would be appreciated

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Outwith my area of interest but this might be of interest?

http://www.die-briefmarke.com/empire-stamps-catalogue/zanzibar-stamps/1895-96-stamps-of-india-overprints.html

Tom

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Tom Maxwell

I assume all overprints in Zanzibar were produced by typography, so can you see a clear "bite" on the back?

Trouble is that this one isn't like the other overprints on revenues, it looks more like a rubber stamp than anything that's gone through a printing press - but that's still okay, what I'm more interested in knowing is whether there are others like this one.

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I don´t recall to seeing any similar copy.

Revenue Reverend has listed this stamp as "clearly bogus, having poorly-formed letters and an weak impression."

http://www.revrevd.com/zanzibar.html

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