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  • Lot# : 4881 Tanganyika

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    1915 (May): German East Africa 6 c. on 4 h. green, handstamped "G. R. / POST / 6 CENTS / MAFIA" in black, an unused example, fine appearance with overprint heavy on last line, trivial slight age spot on large part og. Rare - just 30 stamps believed to have been overprinted. Signed Holcombe, Hoffmann Giesecke. Opinion Holcombe (1991) Gibbs 20 / Gi = £ 2'750.rnrnProvenance: Collection Col. J.R. Danson, RL, London, 5 May 1971, lot 1474; Harmers, London, 29 Jan 1997, lot 1099.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF