ST HELENA 1961 TRISTAN RELIEF FUND SET OF 4 U/M, SG172/75 Saint Helena stamps was also prepared but likewise

was also prepared but likewise never issued

Snipped from Marilyn Monroe just hours before she sang for JFK

Very fine example printed in black on grey-blue paper affixed to thin card (39 x 47mm) with manuscript "W/98" & "5118" above design and "Blue" below

A cover of an October 11

ST HELENA 1961 TRISTAN RELIEF FUND SET OF 4 U/M, SG172/75 Saint Helena stamps was also prepared but likewiseSt Helena 1961 (Oct 12) Tristan Relief Fund set of 4, SG172 75. A very fine quality set, unmounted mint with full original gum. Only 434 complete sets were sold and they were withdrawn from sale on 19 October after just one week. Most were used, and this has become recognised as one of the key British Commonwealth philatelic items of the Queen Elizabeth II reign. In October 1961 violent volcanic activity on the small island of Tristan da Cunha in the