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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 433

Tanganyika Mafia Island 1915 (Jan.) stamps of Zanzibar handstamped "g.r./mafia" in reddish violet, 1c. grey (3)with one having the overprint applied inverted, twice cancelled with squared circle d.s. for 18 May and tied on part of an envelope addressed locally; one stamp defective and two sharing a little foxing between, nevertheless an exceptional and almost certainly unique item. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, 1971

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