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1888 Stamps of Great Britain surcharged 'ZULULAND'

  1/2 p orange
  1 p lilac
  2 p green and red
  2 1/2 p lilac on blue
  3 p lilac on yellow
  4 p brown and green
  5 p lilac and blue
  6 p lilac on red
  9 p blue and lilac
  1 Sh green
  5 Sh red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Other British stamps with 'ZULULAND' overprint are forgeries.

Forgeries, examples:

This forgery is not very well done, the letters are not at all like the originals! It looks like the letters have been handwritten on the stamp.

(The overprint is slanting in this forgery, the overprint is also larger)

Another fake stamp, overprinted 'ZULULAND POSTAGE' on a stamp of Great Britain:

(Reduced size)

Misprint, (or forgery?):

(The value part is missing in this stamp!)

Besides the 'simple' forgeries of this and the next issue, some deceptive forgeries exist. For example, I've been told that the forgers Fournier, Oneglia (1895), Leenor (1897) and Mladenovic (1909) made forgeries of these overprints. Forged inverted and double overprints also exist. One of Fournier's overprints is deceptive and measures 16 mm x 3 mm. The Oneglia forged 'ZULULAND' overprint measures 16 mm x 3 mm. The Leenor overprint is 17 1/2 mm x 2 1/2 mm. The Mladenovic overprint measures 15 mm x 2 1/2 mm. For most of the above mentioned forgeries, the overprint was applied on genuine stamps with cancel of the United Kingdom. Fournier also used a forged cancel 'ESHOWE' (I have never seen it though). In the Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries three different 'ZULULAND' overprints can be found.

I've also seen some bogus issues with 'ZULU' overprint or 'ZULULAND' with a larger capital letter 'Z'.

1888 Stamps of Natal surcharged 'ZULULAND'

  1/2 p green
  1 p lilac (fiscal stamp of Natal, 'NATAL REVENUE')
  6 p violet

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprints on all other values of Natal are forgeries.

1894 Queen Victoria, inscription 'ZULULAND'

  1/2 p lilac and green
  1 p lilac and red
  2 1/2 p lilac and blue
  3 p lilac and brown
  6 p lilac and black
  1 Sh green
  2 Sh 6 p green and black
  4 Sh green and red
  1 Pound lilac on red
  5 Pounds lilac and black on red

These stamps have watermark 'CA Crown' and perforation 14.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1/2 p	c	c
1 p	c	c
2 1/2 p	*	*
3 p	*	*
6 p	*	*
1 Sh	**	**
2 Sh 6 p	***	***
4 Sh	***	***
1 Pound	R	R
5 Pounds	RRR	RR

In 1897 (17 December) Zululand was added to Natal.

Postal Stationery

Postcards example:

(Postcard of Great Britain, overprinted with 'ZULULAND'

Stamps - Timbres-Poste - Briefmarken

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