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Tonga Sc 39, 40 on 1937 Tin Can Mail Cover to New South Wales
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Varisell (4614)
Tonga, Scott 39, 40 (x2) on 1937 Tin Can Mail Cover. 2 strikes of NIUAFO'OU CDS-s tie all 3 stamps, straight line TIN CAN MAIL dispatch, TIN CAN - CANOE MAIL : ISLAND handstamp applied before affixing stamps, 5 other cachets, to New South Wales, Australi ... Read More
Item Specifics
- Country
- Tonga
- Catalog Number
- 39,40
- Stamp Type
- General Issue
- Condition
- Cover (Postal History)
- Stamp Format
- Single
Item Description
Tonga, Scott 39, 40 (x2) on 1937 Tin Can Mail Cover. 2 strikes of NIUAFO'OU CDS-s tie all 3 stamps, straight line TIN CAN MAIL dispatch, TIN CAN - CANOE MAIL : ISLAND handstamp applied before affixing stamps, 5 other cachets, to New South Wales, Australia. Reverse: numerous handstamps & cachets indicating Tin Can Mail, small fault on reverse at lower right, still VF.Tonga is an archipelago in in the South Pacific Ocean comprising 176 islands, lying to the Southwest of American Samoa, Since the 3½" mile wide volcanic island of Niuafo'ou with 1,100 inhabitants, also known as Good Hope Island and Tin Can Island, lacked a beach and a harbor, mail was originally transferred from passing ships via tin cans to native swimmers who brought the mail ashore. In the 1930s, a swimmer was killed by a shark after which the mail was collected by outrigger canoe. Postmasters Walter Quesnell and later John Malikamu of
Tonga arranged to provide "Tin Can Mail" covers to passing ships and philatelists worldwide. A volcanic eruption brought Malikamu's enterprise to an end on December 21,1946 when the island was completely evacuated.
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- Varisell (4614)
- Registered Since
- 09/20/2007
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- Store
- Varisell Stamp Boutique
- Item Location
- California, United States
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- Worldwide
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