Tonga 1962 5s "Emancipation" 5s orange-yellow and slate-lilac error, SG127a Bermuda stamps A scarce King Edward VII

A scarce King Edward VII stamp

and ascended the British throne in 1952

Gambia 1935 Silver Jubilee 3d brown and deep blue

Great Britain 1935 2½d Prussian Blue

600 copies sold

Tonga 1962 5s "Emancipation" 5s orange-yellow and slate-lilac error, SG127a Bermuda stamps A scarce King Edward VIITonga 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. An attractive stamp featuring the "Mutiny on the Bounty". The overprinted stamps were issued in celebration of the Centenary of Emancipation. Emancipation Day remains a public holiday in the Kingdom of Tonga to this day celebrating the abolition of the system of serfdom