(16-06-08 18:14:15) #37123360: Tonga 1987 EXPERIMENT (cat val US$35) specimen set - fish shell - no date at bottom

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Tonga 1987 EXPERIMENT (cat val US$35) specimen set - fish shell - no date at bottom - details below

Item number: 37123360

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Price:	$ 5.00
Wallet :	Yes
Time left:	Closed sale
Location:	Australia / Qld

Item description:

In 1984 Tonga issued the first part of its long running (1984 to 1996) marine life set - all the stamps in this set up to 1987 were self-adhesive - peel-off backing paper. The officials decided it was time to experiment with going over to normal perforated paper stamps, so the printers were asked to reprint two of the stamps (previously self-adhesive) but this time on perforated paper as an experiment. This was done in 1987, and the printers left the date off the bottom of the stamps - these are the only two out of about 100 stamps in the period 1984-1996 without date at bottom - only a very small number were printed as an experiment, and STANLEY GIBBONS catalogues the shell sta;mp at 5 english pounds and the fish stamp at 12 english pounds (total about US$35). Even scarcer overprinted specimen as only a couple of sheets were done specimen.

POSTAGE - 2 euros to anywhere in world. Registration is extra.

PAYMENT
1. Cash sent through the mail
2. Payment through PayPal

NOTE
Cheques NOT accepted.
Credit card - ONLY through PayPal.

Conditions of sale:

Delivery Method:    Shipping after payment
Shipping costs:    Paid by the buyer
Places:    Seller's country, Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa, Oceania

Payment Cash, Domestic check (seller's country), Paypal, MoneyBookers

Shipping and handling:

For most items airmail postage and firm packing is US$2.80 to anywhere in the world. More than one small item (such as stamps) will go together in the same envelope for the one lot of postage.
Where the items to be posted are larger (such as covers or large stamp blocks or artwork), then the cost of postage is shown in the item description.

Information on the sale

Price:	$ 5.00
Wallet :	Yes
Time left:	Closed sale
Starting date:	Sun 20th Apr 2008 20:44:18 (GMT-5.0)
Ending date:	Mon 16th Jun 2008 18:14:15 (GMT-5.0)