Lot 870
870
rev. a group of animals including an elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, cow and llama, the edge engraved TO H. H. SAYID BURGHASH BIN SAID SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR 1875 (BHM.1272), good extremely fine, very rare, in Wyon, Regent Street, case of issue
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rev. a group of animals including an elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, cow and llama, the edge engraved TO H. H. SAYID BURGHASH BIN SAID SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR 1875 (BHM.1272), good extremely fine, very rare, in Wyon, Regent Street, case of issue

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rev. a group of animals including an elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, cow and llama, the edge engraved TO H. H. SAYID BURGHASH BIN SAID SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR 1875 (BHM.1272), good extremely fine, very rare, in Wyon, Regent Street, case of issue
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Awarded in 1785 to the Sultan of Zanzibar 'for donations of African animals'.