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Stamp of the British protectorate Tanganjika; 1922; definitive stamp of the issue "Giraffa"; stamp motive with the head of a Giraffa camelpardalis in circle with ornaments and nominal number in all four corners; stamp postmarked in Tanga, 1925
Stamp: Michel: No. 63; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1 (TN1); Scott: No. 10
Color: dark violet / black
Watermark: British East Africa No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 5 CENTS

Postage validity: from 1922 until 1935
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1935-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 15.5 x 21.0 mm

Postmark: Tanga (north-east Tanzania), , two-circle standsrd cancellation with 24 mm outer diameter and three-lined date/time detail
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Author Postal administration of the government of the Tanganjika protectorate
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Picture description Giraffa camelopardalis
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of the government of the Tanganjika protectorate
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer ? (somewhere in England)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14½ : 14 or K 15 : 14
MICHEL Nr. Tanganjika, No. 63
SCOTT Nr. Tanganyika, No. 10

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