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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 1865

Tanganyika
British Mandated Territory
1927-31 Issue
Booklet
1927 3/- black on red stapled at right, an exploded example comprising 5c. black and green (2), 10c. black and yellow and 15c. black and red (2) panes of six, all handstamped "specimen" (D18) diagonally in blue, the front cover and a piece of pink interleaving paper, the panes each adhering by the margins to pieces. A fine and unique group from the De La Rue archives. Photo

provenance:
Dr. Conrad Latto, July 1997

Sold for
£2,800