Tonga

Tonga 866-7 Progressive 3 MNH Medicine, Police, Car	-	$18.95	4h 24m
Tonga- Captain Cook Farewell Voyage Anniv. Sc#C219-23 MNH B294	-	$16.95	4h 26m
TONGA 1923 "STAMPS OF 1897 OVERPRINTED " MH	-	$122.75	4h 48m
TONGA 1949 SC#87-90 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION MINT UNMOUNTED VERY FINE	-	$1.65	6h 12m
TONGA - 1897 VALUES TO 10d MINT SG.38-49	-	$39.52	9h 27m
TONGA - 1923 24 2d SURCHARGED HIGH VALUES MINT SG.68a-70a	-	$28.45	9h 27m
Tonga OHMS COVER To Australia Cover S6	-	$5.00	12h 49m
TONGA 1982 COLLEGE CENTENARY RUGBY UNION PAIR MNH	-	$3.95	13h 55m
Tonga #497-501 (5) MNH F-VF Sailing Ships 1981 issue Self-Adhesive Stamps	-	$2.23	14h
BRITISH COLONIAL TONGA - 3 old stamps. MNH ( one MVLH ? ). High value.	3	$4.49	14h 8m
BRITISH COLONIAL TONGA - 3 old stamps. MH Used. High value.	-	$6.99	14h 14m
BR TONGA BIRDS Yvert # 50 Mint no Gum VF	-	$39.99	14h 18m
BRITISH COLONIAL TONGA - 4 old stamps. Official. MH MNH. High value.	-	$14.99	14h 19m
BR TONGA Yvert # 51 Mint no Gum VF	-	$17.00	14h 19m
TONGA, 13 GOLD FOIL STAMPS, 1963	-	$15.55	14h 25m
TONGA SELECTION OF MINT 1897 SET MOUNTED (HINGED) MINT MAINLY FINE	-	$66.37	14h 50m
Tonga 1986 Halleys Comet SG 923 32 MNH	-	$25.69	15h 14m
Tonga 1985 Mutiny on the Bounty SG 910 14 S ADH MNH	-	$28.45	15h 15m
Tonga #12 Mint	-	$31.45	15h 30m
Tonga #CO37 - #CO40 VF NH Set	-	$12.55	15h 31m
Tonga NVI blue Unused Aerogramme	-	$2.36	15h 49m
Tonga covers 1935 cens TIN CAN MAILcover Niuafoou	-	$50.00	15h 54m
TONGA Niuafo'ou - 1983 1st Series Mint Never Hinged Sc #1, 2	1	$1.99	17h 31m
Tin Can Canoe Mail, 1934	-	$26.99	17h 32m
TONGA - Nice Early 'All Mint' Issues Selection - Sc CV $27.90	3	$7.05	17h 32m
+ 1886 Tonga Islands South Pacific King George 1st #3a.A1 6p a.perf-12.5 unused	-	$25.00	18h 17m
+ 1892 Tonga group of Islands South Pacific King George 1st #4 A1 6p unused	-	$7.00	18h 21m
TONGA - 1974 Self Adhesive Set Mint Never Hinged Sc #337 41, C154 58, CO87 89	-	$4.25	18h 33m
TONGA - 1963 Embossed on Gold Foil Mint Never Hinged Set Sc #128 33, C1 C6, CO7	1	$3.00	18h 34m
TONGA - 1967 Embossed on Palladium Foil Mint Never Hinged Set Sc #175 81, C27 33	1	$3.25	18h 36m
+ 1892 Tonga group of Islands South Pacific Coat of Arms #10 A4 1p rose unused	2	$1.04	19h 58m
+ 1892 Tonga group of Islands South Pacific King George 1st #11 A5 2p unused	-	$4.00	20h 1m
Tonga - 1985 - MNH - Specimen - Movie - Art	4	$10.02	20h 32m
Tonga C209-C213 QEII and King of Tonga Issue	-	$11.99	21h 6m
Tonga CO108-CO110 American Bicentennial Set	-	$3.99	21h 6m
Tongo #C209-13, 1977 Silver Jubilee Issue, Mint NH	-	$9.99	21h 6m
Niuafo'ou 50th anniversary of evacuation m s 1996**	-	$10.00	21h 15m
Niuafo'ou Beautiful Niauf'ou Volcano Lake m s 1990**	-	$9.00	21h 17m

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