(x) The Zanzibar Government, 5 rupees, 1 August 1916, red serial number 78953, black, pale green and pale orange, dhow at left, fruit picking at right, ornate background detail, value in orange-brown underprint at low centre, two printed signatures of John Sinclair and Jasper Corbett Davis below, uniface, (Pick 2, TBB B102b), in PMG holder, 25 Very Fine, attractive, very rare in this grade and a classic rarity.

Estimate: £10,000 - £12,000

SRN: lot reinstated. Estimate changed to £20,000-25,000.