Tanganyika Stamps George V With Cranes

Hi I am really new to stamp collecting but if possible I would really like some more information on this stamp, there seems to be some confusion in the family, any information would be greatly appreciated!

I can share with you the listing from Stanley Gibbons British Commonwealth catalogue, if you are looking for more than Scott says:

Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika SG110, 1935, South African crowned cranes, 1c, black and red-brown, watermark Mult Script CA, perf 13, designed by R.C. Luck, engraved by De La Rue.

Thankyou so much for your reply are you able to tell me how this differs to the 1925 one that sold for over £100,000 at auction? Im sorry for all the questions its just I have literally just got this collection and dont know where to start, I've just had people telling me that stamp is worth a lot! But im sceptical!

One difference would be that yours was issued in 1935, not 1925. This is a common stamp that turns up in most albums from the period.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you are referring to...this stamp is easily found for $0.25.

Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika didn't exist as a postal authority until January 1933, so there were no KUT stamps prior to this set. Some of the high dollar Kenya and Uganda King George V stamps from 1925 sell for big money, but they share the same design and it looks nothing like this one.

If you have a picture or a link, we can help sort this out.

This would be the design of the high-dollar 1925 Kenya and Uganda stamps. This image is from the Queen's collection.



One of these would sell for a boatload of money.

Cjd

Now this IS a £100,000 stamp. Heaven knows what the old girl's block of four would fetch.

Geoff

Thanks for your input I really do appreciate it! Can you have look at this article? I think this is where the info came from?


http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/10/25/au...nsive-stamp/

I'm glad to see that idiots are replacing old-fashioned journalists all the world over...I was afraid it was just here in the U.S.

That stamp is a "sample" image picked from Wikipedia without any regard to the stamp in the story.

The story mentions a 100-pound 1925 stamp, which is the stamp I posted above, as a block of four. Obviously, 100 pounds is almost impossible to use for postage, but the stamps were also valid for revenue purposes, and in the case of the 100-pound stamp, I've read that it was usually used for big-game hunting licenses and payment of liquor duty.

Besides, that is not the most expensive stamp anyway. I think this one is http://mashable.com/2014/06/17/stam...-20-million/