Tonga 1962 5s "Emancipation" 5s orange-yellow and slate-lilac error, SG127a Bermuda stamps GB Specialised Catalogue Number: J92

GB Specialised Catalogue Number: J92 (1)d

A scarce King Edward VII stamp

600 copies sold

Plate 6 lettered CJ tied by a crisply struck red Maltese Cross

Tonga 1962 5s "Emancipation" 5s orange-yellow and slate-lilac error, SG127a Bermuda stamps GB Specialised Catalogue Number: J92Tonga 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