Zebra, with double overprint 

Zebra, with double overprint
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Zebra, with double overprint

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2511655
Area
Stamps
Title
Zebra, with double overprint
Face value
2½#25
Country / area
Niassa
Year
1921
Month
Day
Issue group
1921 Double overprint native motifs
Order Number in Issue
7
Basic colour
Black, Brown
Exact colour
Black, Lilac brown
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Animals, Mammals, Zebra's
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
88 II
Yvert number
88a
Scott number
99
Stanley Gibbons number
89B
Mundifil number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Waterlow & Sons (1810-1961)
Perforation
13½ : 15
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
400
Dimensions / diameter
34 x 27 mm
Details
Red overprint "REPUBLICA" from 1911 and black overprint "2½ Centavos" from 1921 applied by London printing office. Thicker digits and letters than those of the overprint "Lisbon".