| Stamps by countries | Australia and Oceania | Tonga | 1996 | ||
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| 13th Congress of International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (2 stamps in set). | ||
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Stamp: Life in Lithic age Edition type: commemorative stamp Denomination: 1 Pa Date of issue: 1996 Sep. 5 Depiction: Prehistoric man using fire, knife, bow and arrow, animals. Cave draving - Steppe wisent Colour: multicolored Paper: chalk-surfaced Designer: Perforation: comb. 12,25 Printing process: offset Size of a stamp (mm): 51×38 Size of a sheet (mm): Sheet composition: 6 (2×3) stamps Printing run: Stamp issuing authority: Tonga Postal Services General Post Office Printer: |
| The stamps were printed as se-tenant strip of 2 stamps with different images. | ||
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| On other stamp of the miniature sheet are: 1 Pa - The nations of Antiquity. | ||
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Standing wisent is trace of fragment of Polychrome Ceiling of the Great Hall caves of Altamira, Spain. Tracing of image from source was made Émile Cartailhac (Cartailhac E., Breuil H.: "La caverne d'Altamira à Santillane, près Santander (Espagne)". Monaco, 1906). | |
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| Themes: Steppe Wisent (Bison priscus), Cave Art, Human Development | ||
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