Niuafoʻou (Tonga) 1993
"Evolution of the Earth" (V)
| Issue Date | 14.09.1993 |
| ID | Michel: 255; Scott: 121A; Stanley Gibbons: 130a; Yvert et Tellier: 192; Category: pR |
| Design | Mr. Ray Edge, Walsall Security Printers of London, UK |
| Stamps in set | 1 |
| Value |
T$10 - Mammoth and Sabretooth Tiger |
| Emission/Type | commemorative |
| Issue place | Niuafoʻou |
| Size (width x height) | 2 5mm x 40mm |
| Layout |
Mini-Sheet of 12 stamps. Mini-Sheet of 10 stamps with 2 tabs in the middle. |
| Products | FDC x1 |
| Paper | |
| Perforation | 14 x 14 |
| Print Technique | Offset, multicolor |
| Printed by | Walsall Security Printers of London, UK |
| Quantity | |
| Issuing Authority | Post office of the Government of Tonga |
On November 14th, 1993, the Post Authority of Niuafoʻou (Tonga) issued the last stamp in their multi-year stamps set "Evolution of the Earth". (The first part of this set was issued in 1989.)
This stamp shows a Sabretooth Tiger hunting a Mammoth and the skull of the Sabretooth Tiger on the foreground.
The stamp was printed in Mini-Sheet of 10 stamps with 2 tabs in the middle. The tabs show scenes from the "Evolution of the Earth" stamps of the previous years.
Products and associated philatelic items
| FDC | Mini-Sheets | |
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| Used cover | Specimens [1] | Tab Artwork |
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Notes:
[1] The "SPECIMEN" overprint in black was the normal specimen overprint done for most sets ot Tonga from 1981 to 1997.
[2] Tonga did not issue any imperforate stamps from this set, the only imperforates known are genuine plate proofs, and come from the Walsall Security Printers archives.
References
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Acknowledgements
- Many thanks to fellow collector Dr. Jon Noad from Canada, for sharing a scan of the Artwork from his collection.
- Many thanks to fellow collector Mr. Peter Brandhuber from Germany, for sharing a scan of a cover from his collection.
- Many thanks to Mr. Greg Jorgensen from Australia, who sells philatelic materials from archive of Walsall Security Printers on the Internet under nickname tonga2, for explanations about their printing process.
- Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his very valuable comments.