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5c., 10c. and 15c. in issued colours on Script watermarked paper, fine. Rare and attractive. Photo £300-400
Provenance: Peter Chantry, September 1991
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5c. to £1 set of fifteen each overprinted "specimen", fine mint. S.G. 74s-88s, £700 £200-250
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5c. (31), 10c. (31), 15c. (34), 20c. (73), 25c. (113), 30c. (21), 40c. (71), 50c. (35) and 75c. (29), mostly in multiples including 5c. to 20c. and 40c. to 50c. in interpanneau strips of four, 25c. block of thirty-two and 40c. block of twenty-eight all showing complete imprint and various multiples showing the different size panes, all neatly mounted and written-up on album pages. A wonderful mint collection for the specialist. S.G. 74-82, £2300+ £1,000-1,200
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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20c. black and orange, a complete right hand pane, split into blocks of thirty-six and twenty-four, with sheet number "7863" showing part of Plate No. 2 in the right-hand margin opposite row 5, fine mint. Very rare. S.G. 77 £150-180
Note: Examples of the 10c., 15c. and 50c. with this plate number are in the Royal Collection.
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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1s. to £1 watermark sideways mint range neatly mounted and written-up on pages, comprising 1s. (11 including a lower left corner strip of four with imprint and a block of four), 2s. (8 including a top right corner block of four with sheet number "2905" and a pair with imprint), 3s. (14 including two blocks of four, one from top right with sheet number "3067" and a pair with imprint), 5s. (4), 10s. (2) and £1 (3), fine. S.G. 83-88, £2500+ £1,000-1,200
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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1s. to £1 watermark upright mint range neatly mounted and written-up on pages, comprising 1s, (28), 2s. (13 including an interpanneau pair with imprint), 5s. (18), 10s. (8) and £1 (2), many in multiples with a number showing decorative band. A fine lot. S.G. 83a-88a, £2225 £1,000-1,200
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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2s. black and purple with watermark sideways, a horizontal imprint strip of six from the foot of the sheet, fine mint. Very rare. S.G. 84. Photo £300-400
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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2s. black and purple with watermark upright, a marginal interpanneau imprint block of ten (2x5), fine mint. Scarce. S.G. 84a £150-180
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2s. black and purple with watermark upright, a complete upper left pane of twenty-five, some perf reinforcement, fine mint. Scarce. S.G. 84a £300-400
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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2s. black and purple with watermark upright, a complete lower left pane of twenty-five, some perf reinforcing and small fault in margin at lower left, otherwise fine mint. Scarce. S.G. 84a £300-400
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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3s. black with watermark sideways, an imprint strip of six from the bottom of the sheet, fine mint. Rare. S.G. 85. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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5s. black and scarlet with watermark sideways, a corner block of four from the lower left of the sheet, fine mint. Very scarce. S.G. 86, £280+ £150-180
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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5s. black and scarlet with watermark upright, an interpanneau imprint block of ten (2x5) from the foot of the sheet, two creases not affecting the stamps, fine mint. Very scarce and spectacular. S.G. 86a. Photo £500-600
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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10s. black and deep blue with watermark sideways, a block of four with margin at right, centred to lower right fine mint. A rare multiple. S.G. 87, £800. Photo £500-600
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
P. Chantry, September 1991
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10s. black and deep blue with watermark sideways, a top right corner pair, horizontal crease in top margin well clear of adhesives, fine mint. S.G. 87, £400 £120-150
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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10s. black and deep blue with watermark upright, a block of four from the lower right corner of the upper left pane, fine mint. S.G. 87a, £400+. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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10s. black and deep blue with watermark upright, a top left corner pair from the 1923 printing, fine mint. S.G. 87a, £200+ £100-120
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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10s. black and deep blue with watermark upright, a corner pair from the lower left of the upper right pane from the July 1924 printing, fine mint. S.G. 87a. Photo £100-120
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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£1 black and yellow-orange with watermark sideways, a block of four with margin at right, good colour, fresh and fine mint. A rare multiple. S.G. 88, £1600. Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: "Kilimanjaro", September 2002
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£1 black and yellow-orange with watermark upright, a marginal strip of five from the top of the sheet showing sheet number "123", a few reinforced perfs, fine mint. S.G. 88a, £1750. Photo £800-1,000
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£1 black and yellow-orange with watermark upright, a corner block of four from the lower left of the sheet, fine mint. Rare. S.G. 88a, £1400. Photo £500-600
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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£1 black and yellow-orange with watermark upright, a block of four with margin at left, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 88a, £1400. Photo £500-600
Provenance: "Kilimanjaro", September 2002
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£1 black and yellow-orange with watermark upright, a corner pair from the lower left of the sheet, fine mint. S.G. 88a, £700. Photo £200-250
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£1 black and yellow-orange with watermark upright, a lower left corner example from the upper left pane, fine mint. S.G. 88a, £350. Photo £80-100
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5c., 10c., 25c. and 30c. each with blank vignette, the 10c. in yellow-green, the others in issued colours, all affixed to card (107x164mm.) with Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. label affixed at foot, marked "Colours for 5 cents, 25c, 30 cents approved by Colonial Office", signed and dated "22/8/25", the 10c. marked "Not Approved"; together with two similar 10c. trials in yellow-orange (the issued colour), both affixed to card (63x104mm.) headed "G Tang 2373", marked "Approved for Colour by Colonial Office", initialled and dated "27/8/25", one additionally headed "Original", the other "Triplicate". A unique group. Photo £3,000-4,000
Provenance: Peter Chantry, September 1991
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The mint collection, all neatly mounted and written-up on pages, comprising the set of four overprinted "specimen", 5c. (22 including an interpanneau imprint strip of four), 10c. (28 including an interpanneau imprint strip of four), 25c. (24 including an interpanneau imprint strip of four) and 30c. (19 including an interpanneau imprint strip of four), mostly in multiples, fine. S.G. 89-92, £885+ £250-300
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5c/75c. master with blank vignette and uncleared value tablets, in black on glazed card (27x31mm.) inset on thick card (84x90mm.) dated "20.5.26", marked "Approved", initialled and dated "21/5/26", fine. Photo £600-800
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5c/75c. master with blank vignette and uncleared value tablets, in black on glazed card (27x31mm.) inset on thick card (84x90mm.) dated "20.5.26", marked "Approved", initialled and dated "21/5/26", fine. Photo £600-800
Provenance: Peter Chantry, September 1991
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5c., 10c., 15c., 20c., 25c., 30c., 40c., 50c. and 75c., all with blank vignette in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), each marked "before hardening" with the 10c. dated "9 jun 1926", fine. Photo £4,000-5,000
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1s./£1 master with uncleared vignette, value tablets and surround, in black on glazed card (33x39mm.), fine. Photo £500-600
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1s/£1 stamp-size master with blank vignette and uncleared value tablets in black on glazed card, inset on thick card (84x90mm.) dated "21.5.26", marked "Reqn Tang 2839" and "Appd", initialled and dated "25/5/26", fine. Photo £800-1,000
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1s. with blank vignette, stamp-size in black on glazed card inset on thick card (85x90mm.) marked "Appd for duty tablet", initialled and dated "29/6", fine. Photo £500-600
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2s. with blank vignette, stamp-size in black on glazed card inset on thick card (85x90mm.) marked "Appd for duty tablet", initialled and dated "29/6", fine. Photo £500-600
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3s. with blank vignette, stamp-size in black on glazed card inset on thick card (85x90mm.) marked "Appd for duty tablet", initialled and dated "29/6", fine. Photo £500-600
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£1 with blank vignette in black on glazed card (40x58mm.), marked "Value OK", initialled and dated "23.6.26" in red ink, fine. Photo £600-800
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£1 with blank vignette, stamp-size in black on glazed card, affixed to thin card (44x49mm.) marked "July 15th, 100+6", fine. Photo £500-600
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15c. and 20c. with blank vignette, both lower right corner blocks of four in black on ungummed surfaced wove paper, the 20c. with minor creasing otherwise fine £200-250
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
Peter Chantry, September 1991
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3/- grey-brown and black marginal block of four from the foot of the sheet on highly surfaced gummed unwatermarked paper, fine. Scarce. Photo £600-800
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10/- grey-black and blue, a top right pane of twenty-five with margins all round on gummed unwatermarked paper, fresh and very fine. Photo £3,000-4,000
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10/- grey-black and blue, a vertical pair on gummed unwatermarked paper, fresh and fine £100-120
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10c. and 75c. imperforate pulls, cut to the frame, from the die, in grey-black on thick card; slight damage as is usual with these Registry proofs. Very scarce. Photo £200-250
Provenance: Dr. K. Pennycuick, September 1983
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5c. (9) each on piece with suggested value written alongside, seven in the issued colours of the 5c., 15c., 20c., 25c., 30c., 40c. and 50c., the 10c. and 75c. both crossed through and with the head partially erased, the 25c. piece marked "Colours approved by Govt. of Tanganyika except 10 cents and 75 cents", initialled and dated "26.7.26"; two further trials on pieces in the issued colours of the 10c. and 75c. and similarly approved, the two pieces further initialled and dated "4/X/26". A highly attractive and unique group. Photo £2,000-2,500
Provenance: De La Rue archives, July 1976
Peter Chantry, September 1991
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1/- (6) in the issued colours of the 1/- to £1, affixed to five pieces with suggested value written alongside, the 3/-/£1 piece marked "Colours approved by Govt. Tanganyika", initialled and dated "26.7.26", further initialled and dated "4/X/26". A most attractive and unique group. Photo £2,000-3,000
Provenance: De La Rue archives, July 1976
Peter Chantry, September 1991
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30c. in black and bright blue, a marginal example affixed to small piece dated "July 1931", fine. Scarce. Photo £200-250
Provenance: De La Rue archives, July 1976
Peter Chantry, September 1991
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5c. to £1 set of sixteen overprinted or perforated "specimen", the £1 with light tone on reverse of a corner perf otherwise fine. S.G. 93s-107s, £375 £80-100
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1c. to £1 set of sixteen, the 30c. dull purple with two small thins at foot otherwise fine mint. S.G. 93-107, £475 £150-180
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1c. to 5/- less 30c. bright blue and 50c. in mint blocks of four, fine. Cat. £530+ £150-180
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1927 3/- black on red staples at right, an exploded example comprising 5c. black and green (2), 10c. black and yellow and 15c. black and (2) panes of six, all handstamped "specimen" (Type D18) diagonally in blue, the front cover and a piece of pink interleaving paper, the panes each adhering by the margins to pieces. A fine and unique group. Photo £3,000-4,000
Provenance: De La Rue archives
Dr. Conrad Latto, July 1997
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Five in maroon with "tanganyika" tooled in gold on spine and numbered 1-11 £250-300
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10(c.) horizontal strip of four, the right stamp showing "0" corrected from "k", unused with borders or part thereof on all sides. One of the major multiples of this issue. R.P.S. Certificate (1973). S.G. 1, £17,000. Photo £15,000-20,000
Note: This is one of the very few errors known on the first issue. It is also the second largest multiple of any value of this issue.
Provenance: Colonel J.R. Danson, May 1971
Roy Dunstan, September 1985
Dr. Gene Scott
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