Feature Lot.
Lot 848 -
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)....Cat. £40000, Est.$25,000
Sold for US$ 24,000
(Link to this Lot in the Catalog for Bidding)
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