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Lot# 6541 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 6541 Tanganyika

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    Mafia Island / Handstamped "G.R. / MAFIA" in black 1915 (Jan): German East Africa 2½ h. brown, handstamped "G.R. / MAFIA" in reddish violet, a fine unused block of four, corner marginal from lower left of sheet, all handstamped but almost 'albino' impressions, three additionally initialled "JDM" by Lt. Col. J.D. Mackay, Governor of Mafia Island in manuscript ink. Fresh, fine and very rare, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Probably just 100-150 stamps overprinted in total, a rare and exceptional multiple. Signed Holcombe.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 78, Sept 1988, ex lot 2177; Harmers, London, 6 Oct 1998, lot 1089.
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000.00 CHF