Tonga 1962 5s "Emancipation" 5s orange-yellow and slate-lilac error, SG127a Virgin Islands stamps 14 years after the rest

14 years after the rest of the set (which had type NB6)

type 01 'SERVICE' overprint

95 were used on letters

A very scarce multiple demonstrating the unusual watermark arrangement

Queen Salote refused the hood

Tonga 1962 5s "Emancipation" 5s orange-yellow and slate-lilac error, SG127a Virgin Islands stamps 14 years after the restTonga 1962 (7 Feb) "Emancipation" 5s orange yellow and slate lilac, type 59 overprint, ERROR OVERPRINT INVERTED, SG127a. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. R3 3 (position 13) from the one sheet of 60 discovered, which was acquired by Stanley Gibbons Ltd and exhibited at Stampex in March 1962. An attractive stamp featuring the "Mutiny on the Bounty". The overprinted stamps were issued in celebration of the Centenary of