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Auction: 22021 - The Libra Collection Featuring KGV Commemorative Issues
Lot: 574

Tanganyika
1922-24 Giraffe Issue
Airmails
1927 (23 Oct.) envelope registered to Minnesota USA, bearing 15c., 40c. and 50c. plus US Air 15c.(crossed by blue crayon) tied by singida" double-ring d.s. with the last additionally tied by Chicago duplex, showing Mannyoni provisional registration label, the reverse with Dar-es-Salaam (26.10), London (24.11), Chicago (5.12) and arrival datestamps. Scarce. Photo

Note: The US Air 15c. was affixed in Tanganyika using the U.S. Scheme late 1920s where you could pre-pay for air in the U.S. by affixing U.S. air stamps.

This letter was intended for the first flight from Mwanza to London. The flight was cancelled because the plane crashed.

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