HMS Glasgow error
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The HMS Glasgow Error is a 6d postage stamp error produced by the Falkland Islands in 1964. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands.
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[edit] Specifications
- Country of Production =
- Location of Production=
- Date of Production = 1964
- Nature of Rarity = design error
- Number in Existence = 17
- Face Value = 6d
- Estimated Value = SF 29,000
[edit] Background
The design error featured the incorrect ship, HMS Glasgow, instead of HMS Kent which should have been used. Apparently one sheet was sent to a stamp dealer in the United States who did not notice the mistake.[1] It is believed that only the one sheet of 60 stamps was produced and only 17 stamps have been recorded.
One was sold in 2004 from the Sir Gawaine Baillie collection for £24,000, and another example was sold in May 2005 for SF29,000.[2]. More recently an example sold in December 2006 for £30,555.[3].
[edit] References
- ^ Stamp Magazine online: Queen Elizabeth II rarities (retrieved 25 March 2007)
- ^ Harmers Auctions 27 May 2005 (retrieved 25 March 2007)
- ^ Grosvenor Auctions 8 December 2006 (retrieved 4 March 2008)
