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Category:      Philately > Oceania > Tonga

Niuafoou 1989 Evolution block 15 - specimen x 10 + proof epreuve x 5 - lightning weather mountain mountains

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Price: $ 20.00
Wallet Electronic wallet : Yes
Time left: 7 Day(s)
Location: Australia / Qld



Item description:
From the Pacific Island of Niuafoou 1989 Evolution of the Earth set.  The stamp design shows how the weather including lightning formed the mountains.

This block of 15 contains 10 stamps overprinted SPECIMEN (the outside two vertical rows) and 5 progressive PROOFS (the middle vertical row) which show the various stages in the printing process.  For Tonga stamps, Walsall Security Printers of the United Kingdom would layer one color on top of the next until all the required colors had been done.  The five progressive proofs down the middle vertical row show how the stamps looked at the different stages as the colors were layered together.  So this lot contains 10 stamps overprinted specimen and 5 progressive proofs.  A nice item from the printers archives to show on an exhibit page.

The first color done was yellow, so progressive proof 1 shows how the stamp looked after yellow was done.

The second color done was blue, so progressive proof 2 is blue.

When the blue was layered on the yellow, the result was a yellowish/greenish color, as shown in progressive proof  1 + 2.

The next color added was red, so progressive proof 3 is red.

Progressive proof 1 + 2 + 3 shows the result when red was next layered in.

Payment can be made in two ways:-

(1) By cash (euros or US dollars) posted through the mail. Cash travels safely through the mail when placed between several sheets of paper or inside an old card.

(2) Or payment can be made through PayPal in euros or US dollars.

PLEASE NOTE, I cannot accept checks or money orders due to very high bank charges here, and I cannot accept credit cards direct. I can only accept credit cards by payment through PayPal.

Buyer to pay airmail postage (which includes firm and secure packaging) on this item of 2 euros. Less per item if same buyer takes more than one item.
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Places:    Seller's country, Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa, Oceania
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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: $ 20.00
Wallet Electronic wallet : Yes
Time left: 7 Day(s)
Starting date: Mon 14th Jul 2008 02:45:58 (GMT-5.0)
Ending date: Sun 14th Sep 2008 17:16:00 (GMT-5.0)
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Tonga2 [100% (2857x)]
Location: Australia / Qld
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