The Tower of Art
Year One: GreenYear Two: Blue/ Red
Tower of Art: Brown
Year Three: Rainbow Colours
Year Four: $1 Violet/ Chocolate
Year Four: 50P Green
Year One:
Green
Depicting the Unseen University Tower of Art amid its scholastic
environment. A most unusual stamp with reports of
transfiguration within the engraving. All are subject to in
line perforations (coarse) cut. The TOA has been printed in at least three separate runs. The first run can be distinguished easiest by the lack of any printing in the gutter (the edges of the sheet) while the second version does have printing. The latest print run includes the new sports and has an upside down falling man in the picture in the gutter.
The left side of the gutter reads: ANKH-MORPORK ~ THE YEAR OF THE PRAWN while the right side reads: TEEMER & SPOOLS · TOWER OF ART ~ ONE DOLLAR
Dimensions: 20 mm x 100 mm
Released: July 2004
Withdrawn: December 2005
Number released: 35 000 (10 000 of which were used on Waterstones covers).
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £1.00
The sheet of this stamp was NOT available for general sale. Only one sheet was ever sold via an auction to raise funds for Boxing Day Tsunami disaster relief.
Sport: Falling Man
Features a man falling down the right side of the tower.
Stamp located on the right top corner of sheet.Sport: Splashing Man
Features the splash of the man hitting the water of the lake below the
tower. Sport: Falling Man: One horizontal
bird
As for Falling Man sport but the top bird to the left of the tower is
more horizontal than the original.Sport: Falling Man: Two horizontal birds
As for Falling Man sport but both birds to the left of the tower are
more horizontal than the original.Sport: Splashing Man: Bigger splash
As per original splash, but the size of the splash is higher and the
ripples in the water differ.Sport: Reversed Weathervane
The weather vane on the building to the right of the tower in the
background is pointing the opposite direction.Year Two:
Blue/ Red
Red and Blue tints on a white background.Dimensions: 20 mm x 100 mm
Released: February 2006
Withdrawn: February 2007
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £1.00
Sheet of 18: £18.00
A5 artists proof sheet of two:
Sport: Upside down TOA
In a style similar to the famous roundworld stamp with the upside down
plane, the TOA is upside down relative to the border.The Tower of Art: Brown
Like the green Year One TOA but in shades of brown. Depicts the Unseen University Tower of Art amid its scholastic environment. Only available to the first 150 purchases of the Cut-Out Unseen University from The Cunning Artificer.Dimensions: 20 mm x 100 mm
Released: September 2006
Withdrawn: December 2006
Year
Three: Rainbow
The 'fountain' print Tower of Art stamp for the year of the Reversed
Ptarmigan. Shades of brown, green and ochre. Depicting the Unseen
University Tower of Art amid its scholastic environment.Dimensions: 20 mm x 100 mm
Released: February 2007
Withdrawn: February 2008
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £1.00
Sheet of 18: £18.00
Sport: Darren (red shades)
The top and bottom of the stamp is in shades of red (ie, the ochre from the bottom is missing).Sport: Jonty (green shades)
The stamp is in shades of green (ie, the red from the top is missing).Sport: Noggin (ochre shades)
The stamp is in shades of ochre (ie, the red and green are missing).Year Four: $1 TOA Violet/ Chocolate
The new Tower of Art one dollar stamp for the Year of the Three Roses, in shades of chocolate and violet.Dimensions: 20 mm x 100 mm
Released: February 2008
Withdrawn:
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £1.00
Sheet of 18: £18.00
Sport: Mirror image water
The water reflections below the tower are the mirror image of the commonSport: Mirrored buildings and water
The water reflections below the tower, the background buildings and the
TOA itself are the mirror image of the common (birds are unchanged)
Year Four: 50P Green
The new smaller Tower of Art stamp as mentioned in 'Making Money'. In shades of green.Dimensions: 20 mm x 93 mm
Released: February 2008
Withdrawn:
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.75
Sheet of 18: £18.00
Forgery: Jenkins forgery variant
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