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1988 - Tuvalu Commemorative Stamps Sets: | Marine Life | Red Cross | Captain Cook | Fungi | Independence | Christmas | 1) Marine Life: Top   Date of Issue: 1988-02-29     Designer: G. Drummond     Printer: Format     Process: Lithography     Size: 28.45 mm x 42.58mm     Format: Sheets of 40 (2 x 20)     Paper: Unwatermarked, White Gum     Perforation: 15 x 15           BRC# Value Description Scott# S.G.# 1988.C01.1 15c Spanish dancer 465 498 1988.C01.2 40c Hard corals 466 499 1988.C01.3 50c Feather stars 467 500 1988.C01.4 60c Staghorn corals 468 501 Specimen stamps produced for all values (1,000 sets). 2) Red Cross: Set S/S Top   Date of Issue: 1988-05-09     Designer: M. Pollard     Printer: Format     Process: Lithography     Size: 42.58mm x 28.45mm     Format: Sheets of 20 (2 panes of 20)       Souvenir sheet of 1 ($1.50)     Paper: Unwatermark, White Gum     Perforation: 12.5 x 12.5           BRC# Value Description Scott# S.G.# 1988.C02.1 15c Jean-Henri Dunant 485 518 1988.C02.2 40c Junior red Cross 486 519 1988.C02.3 50c Care for the handicapped 487 520 1988.C02.4 60c First aid training 488 521 1988.C02.5 $1.50 Lecture, souvenir sheet of 1 489 522 Specimen stamps produced for all values, including the souvenir sheet (1,000 sets). All values, including the souvenir sheet, exist imperforate. Al values exist with the red omitted. Large quantities of the imperforate and red omitted varieties came on the market after the liquidation of the former philatelic advisors and Format Printers in 1988. 3) Captain Cook: Set S/S Top   Date of Issue: 1988-06-15     Designer:       Printer: Format     Process: Lithography     Size: 42mm x 29mm     Format: Sheets of 20 (2 panes of 20)       Souvenir sheet of 1 ($2.50)     Paper: Unwatermark, White Gum     Perforation: 12.5 x 12.5           BRC# Value Description Scott# S.G.# 1988.C03.1 20c HMS Endeavour 490   1988.C03.2 40c HMS Endeavour 491   1988.C03.3 50c Landing at Tahiti, 1769 492   1988.C03.4 60c Maori chief, New Zealand 493   1988.C03.5 80c Resolution and Hawaiian sailing ship 494   1988.C03.6 $1 Cook portrait 495   1988.C03.7 $2.50 Resolution in Antarctica, souvenir sheet of 1 496   Specimen stamps produced for all values. The souvenir $2.50 sheet exists imperforate 4) Fungi: Top   Date of Issue: 1988-07-25     Designer: J. Cooter     Printer: Format     Process: Lithography     Size: 42.58mm x 28.45mm     Format: Sheets of 20 (2 panes of 20)     Paper: Unwatermarked, White Gum     Perforation: 15 x 15           BRC# Value Description Scott# S.G.# 1988.C04.1 40c Ganoderma applanatum 497 530 1988.C04.2 50c Pseudoepicoccum cocos 498 531 1988.C04.3 60c Rigidoporus zonalis 499 532 1988.C04.4 90c Rigidoporus microporus 500 533 Specimen stamps produced for all values (1,000 sets). 5) Independence, 10th Anniversary: Set S/S1 S/S2 S/S3 S/S4 Top   Date of Issue: 1988-10-28     Designer: Various photographers     Printer: Questa     Process: Lithography     Size: 28.45mm x 42.58mm       42.58mm x 28.45mm ($1 only)     Format: Sheets of 20 (2 panes of 20) with gutters       Souvenir sheets of 1 (85x85mm)     Paper: Post Office watermark , White Gum Sideways on 60c, 90c, $1.20 Upright on $1     Perforation: 14 x 14           BRC# Value Description Scott# S.G.# 1988.C05.1 60c Queen Elizabeth in canoe 507 540   a) Souvenir sheet of 1 as above 507a MS544a 1988.C05.2 90c Queen Elizabeth in sedan chair 508 541   a) Souvenir sheet of 1 as above 508a MS544b 1988.C05.3 $1.00 Queen Elizabeth in parade 509 542   a) Souvenir sheet of 1 as above 509a MS544c 1988.C05.4 $1.20 Queen Elizabeth seated at dais 510 543   a) Souvenir sheet of 1 as above 510a MS544c Specimen stamps produced for all values and souvenir sheets (1,000 each) 6) Christmas 1988: Top   Date of Issue: 1988-12-05     Designer: Michael Pollard     Printer: Questa     Process: Lithography     Size: 31.75mm x 31.75mm     Format: Sheets of 20 (2 panes of 20)       Souvenir sheet of 1 ($1.50)     Paper: Unwatermark, White Gum     Perforation: 14 x 14           BRC# Value Description Scott# S.G.# 1988.C04.1 15c Mary 511 545 1988.C04.2 40c Christ child 512 546 1988.C04.3 60c Joseph 513 547 1988.C04.4 $1.50 Heraldic angel, souvenir sheet of 1 514 548 Specimen stamps produced for all values (1,000 sets). Top Stamps