ZANZIBAR 1876 12a Venetian red CANCEL, SGZ61 Tonga stamps This pair of handwritten letters

This pair of handwritten letters from one of the most influential writers of the 19th century is written across two adjoining sheets

Maximinus I AE Sesteutius 236ad

Royal governess Lady Charlotte Finch collected it in December 1782

and JRH Robertson (Assistant General to Albert)

ZANZIBAR 1876 12a Venetian red CANCEL, SGZ61 Tonga stamps This pair of handwritten lettersZanzibar 1876 India 12a Venetian red, with very fine large part type Z5 squared circle (three bars at corners) dated 'NO 3' (apparently without year). A fine quality example of this very scarce postal cancellation. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 100. Stamps of India were used in Zanzibar from 1 October 1874 until 10 November 1895, when the administration of the postal service was transferred from India to British East Africa. ALERT ME WHEN