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Auction: 6004 - British Empire Stamps & Covers, featuring Australia
Lot: 1110

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 2r. green, fresh unused without gum; a few minuscule surface marks. An attractive example of this exceedingly rare stamp with only three unused examples recorded by the owner, one of which is surcharged in black. Ceremuga Certificate (2003). S.G. M19, £40,000; Mi. 19, €11,000. Photo Estimate £ 20,000-25,000provenance: Marquess of Bute, 1959

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£17,000