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Auction: 21011 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XIV - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 26

(x) Barbados
1861-70 1/- blue error of colour, bright and even colour; a few perforations repaired at right, nevertheless an attractive and fresh example of this popular rarity. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1974). S.G. 34a, £18,000

Note:
In 1863 the printers, Perkins, Bacon & Co., sent a supply of 50,000 to the island. On arrival it was discovered that they were printed in blue, the colour of the 1d., instead of black. A new supply was dispatched and the "Blue" error was not put on sale. Before disposing of these stamps, a number were removed and defaced with a cross in ink which has subsequently been cleaned. It is believed that only nine such errors exist.

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Sold for
£6,500

Starting price
£4000