Great Britain and British Commonwealth BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
Sale No: 0320
Lot No:843
Symbol:P
Cat No:39P
1912-14 George V, 10sh brown, perforated trial color proof on card, prepared by the Thomas De La Rue & Co., with additional Specimen handstamp and numbered "54", v.f. (Cat No. 39P) (Image)
1964 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Falkland Islands, 6d H.M.S. "Glasgow", error of vignette (instead of H.M.S. "Kent"), n.h., v.f., one of only 17 known. According to Stanley Gibbons, the error occurred when the vignette of the 2 1/2p was included amongst the supply of the 6p value. "There have been seventeen reports of stamps showing the error, although it is believed that some of these may refer to the same example." A modern rarity (SG 216a) cat. £40000 (Cat No. 151a) (Image)