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Auction: 22021 - The Libra Collection Featuring KGV Commemorative Issues
Lot: 508

Tanganyika
1922-24 Giraffe Issue
De La Rue Essays
20 Florins composite type with photographic vignette depicting giraffe's head in brown and hand painted frame in blue, affixed to card (90x115mm.), unmarked. Most attractive. Photo

Note: In 1920, De La Rue produced essays with values expressed in Florins. The issue was greatly delayed by indecision about currency changes in East Africa. The problem was whether the main unit of currency, to replace the rupee, should be the florin or shilling.

provenance:
De La Rue archives, July 1976
Vestey, January 2015

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Sold for
£4,000