Niuafoʻou (Tonga) 1993 "Evolution of the Earth" (V)

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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 14^th, 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
Used cover	Specimens [1]	Tab Artwork

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

• Technical details and stamps presentation:
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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.

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