Tuvalu 1976 Separation

Stamps

• Date of Issue: 1976-01-01
• Designer: J.E. Cooter and I. Nivatui
• Printer: House of Questa
• Process: Lithography
• Size: 32mm x 48mm & 42mm x 38mm (10c)
• Format: Panes of 50 (2 groups of 25, 5 x 5 separated by a gutter)
• Plates 1A and 1B, Plates 1C and 1D
• Paper: CA Spiral Watermark, Greenish gum upright on 10c, sideways on 4c, 35c
• Perforation: 13.7 x 13.7

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  Saying goodbye, Tiabo (Gilbertese) and Tofa (Tuvaluan)

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  Map of Tuvalu (vertical)

• 

  Tuvaluan and Gilbertese canoes

Info

• Master sheets with all four plate positions, were cut into two separate panes, 1A paired with 1B, and 1C paired with 1D.
• Plate 1A and 1C markings are in the gutter on the 4c and 35c stamps. They are in the bottom left margin on the 10c (vertical) stamp.
• Plate 1B and 1D markings are in the bottom left margin on the 4c and 35c stamps. They are in the bottom margin to the right of the gutter on the 10c (vertical) stamp.
• Quantities sold: 4c - 39,662. 10c - 44,922. 35c - 51,642.

Specimen Stamps

• Specimen stamps produced for all values (1,000 sets).

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  Saying goodbye, Tiabo (Gilbertese) and Tofa (Tuvaluan)

• 

  Map of Tuvalu (vertical)

• 

  Tuvaluan and Gilbertese canoes

Varieties

• The 35c value exists with the watermark sideways-inverted

Sideways (from the back of the stamp)

Sideways Inverted (from the back of the stamp)

First Day Cover

• Special "Commemoration Separation" cancel