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Auction: 6004 - British Empire Stamps & Covers, featuring Australia
Lot: 1096

x Tanganyika - Mafia Island 1915 (Jan.) "g.r./mafia" handstamp on German East Africa Yacht issue values Handstamped in Reddish Violet 3r. blue-black and red marginal example from the left centre of the sheet showing guide crosses, virtually full original gum and very lightly mounted mint; one shortish perf. at top, otherwise fine. A rare stamp of which only twelve examples were made. B.P.A. Certificate (1961). S.G. 10C, £7,000; Mi 10b, €8,000. Photo Estimate £ 6,000-7,000provenance: "Kilimanjaro", 2002

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