TONGA 1896 'Half Penny' on 7½d on 2d pale blue variety, SG37Bd

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TONGA 1896 'Half Penny' on 7½d on 2d pale blue variety, SG37BdTonga 1896 (May) 'Half Penny' on 7d on 2d pale blue, perforations 12x11, typewritten surcharge in violet with black Tongan surcharge reading upwards, showing variety 'Stops instead of hyphens', SG37Bd. A fine mint example with part original gum and with fresh colour. Trivial thin spot, but fine appearance. A rare and startling printing variety. Accompanied with a clear Brandon certificate of authenticity (2003). Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 1,100.

with another superb strike below

A very difficult error to find in good condition and this is a good representative example of this scarce error

China (Shanghai) 1866 Antique numerals

Gandhi’s signature is scarce and increasingly in-demand

All stamps in the set show the constant variety 'short left stroke to N' (R1/8)

with a large cliff face rising up behind it

cachets of origin were struck on mail from the island

particularly presented in a pair

published their volume 'Lyrical Ballads'

1' commencing with an original undenominated master proof for the whole series with uncleared value tablets and side-panels

sent his secretary to buy the new Silver Jubilee stamps from the Post Office in Upper Edmonton

He died of a heroin overdose in 1979