TONGA 1896 'Half-/Penny-' on 7½d on 2d pale blue variety, SG37Bp Transjordan stamps type D2 overprint AT TOP

type D2 overprint AT TOP

signed by actor and the show's narrator

This is an extremely rare watermark variety and the only recorded used example in existence

The stamps feature The Queen’s portrait flanked by images of locally grown crop plants and fauna

TONGA 1896 'Half-/Penny-' on 7½d on 2d pale blue variety, SG37Bp Transjordan stamps type D2 overprint AT TOPTonga 1896 (May) 'Half Penny ' on 7d on 2d pale blue, typewritten surcharge in violet with Tongan surcharge reading upwards, perforations 12, and exceptionally showing the variety 'Deformed E in PENI' (R2 2), SG37Bp. A fine mint example with part original gum. Minor traces of gum toning but fine appearance and very rare with this combination of perforation and plate variety. Few can have existed. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 800+. Tonga became a