Tonga 1886-8 2d pale violet, 6d dull blue, SG2b, 3ab Malawi stamps A wonderful cartoon portrait of

A wonderful cartoon portrait of the Beatles

Perkins Bacon printing

Elvis spent three days at Fort Chaffee

Postal workers would then often cut around the octagonal design before they were sold

A fine unmounted mint positional block of four with full original gum

Tonga 1886-8 2d pale violet, 6d dull blue, SG2b, 3ab Malawi stamps A wonderful cartoon portrait ofTonga 1886 88 2d pale violet, 6d dull blue, perforations 12 x 11, SG2b, 3ab. Fine mint examples with fresh large part original gum. Typical centring for this issue, but much better quality than normally seen for this issue. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 83. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy under King George Tupou I (named after King George III), in 1875. Stamps were first issued with a King George I visage in 1886. Tonga became a