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Auction: 11025 - Dr. Robert Towers Collection of British Empire
Lot: 638

Tanganyika Mafia Island 1915 (Jan.) handstamped "g.r./mafia" in reddish violet, 7 1/2h. carmine upper right corner horizontal strip of five, fresh mint, together with a cancelled example with indistinct postmark and selection of I.E.F. values (17), mostly with forged overprints; also Nyasaland-Rhodesian Force used selection (33) with a set of five, another set (less 4d.) on pieces with F.P.O. c.d.s. in violet, and a few multiples Estimate £ 200-250

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