Zanzibar is a small island belonging to Tanzania. It lies to the east of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean. From 1890 it became a British Protectorate. In 1963 it became independent as the Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba. In the same year it became part of Tanganyika which subsequently became Tanzania.
Between 1889 and 1890 both a French and a German Postal Agency operated on the island. As a British Protectorate, Zanzibar issued stamps from 1895. The first sets of stamps were overprinted on British Indian stamps, reading “Zanzibar”. Many of the issues were specific to Zanzibar showing the image of the Sultan of Zanzibar. As part of the Republic of Tanganyika, the island issued stamps until 1967. Thereafter, stamps of Tanzania were used.
1899
Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said Series
SG # 190
Used (Hinged)
1908
Various Scenes Series
SG # 225
Used (Hinged)
SG # 226
Used (Hinged)
1913
Sultan Kalif bin Harub Series
SG # 246
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 281
Unused (Hinged)
1926
Sultan Khalif bin Harub Series
SG # 299
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 300
Used (Hinged)
SG # 301
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 302
Used (Hinged)
SG # 305
Used (Hinged)
1936
Sultan Khalif bin Harub Series
SG # 310
Used
1944
Bi-centenary of Al Busaid Dynasty Series
SG # 327
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 328
Used (Hinged)
1946
Sultan Kalif bin Harub (Overprinted VICTORY ISSUE 8th JUNE 1946)
SG # 332
Unused (Hinged)
1952
Sultan Kalif bin Harub and Seyyid Khalifa Schools Series
SG # 339
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 340
Used (Hinged)
1954
75th Birthday of Sultan Kalif bin Harub Series
SG # 353
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 354
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 355
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 356
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 357
Unused (Hinged)
1957
Various Frames Series featuring Sultan Kalif bin Harub
SG # 360
Used (Hinged)
SG # 361
Used (Hinged)
SG # 365
Used (Hinged)
1961
Various Scenes Series featuring Sultan Seyyid Sir Abdulla bin Khalifa
SG # 373
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 374
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 375
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 376
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 377
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 378
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 379
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 380
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 381
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 382
Unused (Hinged)