Feature Lot.
Lot 1345 -
Falkland Islands: THE HMS GLASGOW ERROR: 1964 Battle 6d. black and light blue showing error of vignette “H.M.S. GLASGOW” in place of “H.M.S. KENT”, mint, fine. SH 146v1, S.G. 216a, cat. £40,000. Photo. One of the great rarities of Queen Elizabeth’s reign with only around 30 surviving examples having been recorded, of which around two thirds have been hinged. Accompanying contemporary letter records the discovery of this example in a circuit book of the American Phil....
Sold for GBP 12,000
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