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Auction: 6004 - British Empire Stamps & Covers, featuring Australia
Lot: 1109

x Tanganyika - Mafia Island 1915 (May) "g.r./post/6 cents/mafia" handstamp on German East Africa Yacht issue values Handstamped in Violet 6c. on 1r. carmine, unused without gum; two diagonal creases and a pinhole though of fine appearance. An exceedingly rare stamp with only four unused examples recorded by the owner, one of which is surcharged in black. Ceremuga Certificate (2003). S.G. M18, £35,000; Mi. 18, €10,000. Photo Estimate £ 12,000-14,000provenance: Marquess of Bute, 1959

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