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Auction: 6004 - British Empire Stamps & Covers, featuring Australia
Lot: 1078

x Tanganyika - Mafia Island 1915 (Jan.) "g.r./mafia" handstamp on German East Africa Yacht issue values Handstamped in Deep Purple 45h. black and mauve block of four, fresh unmounted mint; the upper right stamp with tiny fault at top. A very rare, and possibly unique multiple. Each initialled by Bloch. S.G. M7B, £3,850. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-3,500Note: Robert Gibbs suggests that less than thirty examples were made in this colour

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