1979 - Tuvalu Commemorative Stamps
Sets: \| Capt. Cook \| Air Service \| Rowland Hill \| Year of Child \|

BRC#	Value	Description	Scott	S.G.
1979.C01.01	8c	Cook and Resolution	114	123
1979.C01.02	30c	New discovery	115	124
	v1)	Apostrophe before 'J' of 'James' (row 3/2, pane 1B)
	v2)	Rock near ship (row 1/2, pane 1F) [image]
1979.C01.03	40c	Transit of Venus	116	125
1979.C01.04	$1	Assassination in Hawaii	117	126
	v1)	Scratches through 'Death' (row 3/4] pane 1E)
Specimen stamps produced for all values. These stamps were issued in sheets of 12 containing three se-tenant strips of all four values. A gutter separates the first two strips. [image] Six different cylinder markings exist, numbered 1A x 4 to 1F x 4. Many other minor constant varieties exist. An imperforate sheet without values was made available in a British philatelic publication as a promotional offer. It was printed with cylinder 1C.

BRC#	Value	Description	Scott	S.G.
1979.C02.01	8c	Plane and Nukulaelae	118	127
1979.C02.02	20c	Plane and Vaitupu	119	128
1979.C02.03	30c	Plane and Nui	120	129
1979.C02.04	40c	Plane and Funafuti	121	130
Specimen stamps produced for all values.

BRC#	Value	Description	Scott	S.G.
1979.C03.01	30c	Pillar Box and Tuvalu stamp (perf. 13.7 x 14)	122	131
	a)	Pillar Box and Tuvalu stamp (perf. 15 x 15) from S/S	-	-
1979.C03.02	40c	Penny Black and Tuvalu stamp (perf. 13.7 x 14)	123	132
	a)	Penny Black and Tuvalu stamp (perf. 5 x 15) from S/S
1979.C03.03	$1	Mail coach and Tuvalu stamp (perf. 13.7 x 14)	124	133
	a)	Mail coach and Tuvalu stamp (perf 5 x 15) from S/S
	b)	S/S of 4 with above values, (perf 15 x 15)	124a	M134
Specimen stamps produced for all values, but not for the souvenir sheet. The souvenir sheet exists imperforate, but it's status of issue is questionable.

BRC#	Value	Description	Scott	S.G.
1979.C04.01	8c	Boy	125	134
1979.C04.02	20c	Girl	126	135
1979.C04.03	30c	Boy	127	136
1979.C04.04	35c	Girl	128	137
Specimen stamps produced for all values.