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Auction: 25015 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3153

Falkland Islands
The Famous 'Glasgow Error'
1964 Battle of the Falkland Islands H.M.S. Glasgow 6d. error, unmounted mint from the foot of the sheet with part imprint; superb and seldom found unmounted. One of the great rarities of the Elizabethan era and an iconic printing error. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). S.G. 216a, £40,000. Photo

Note: It is believed that one sheet printed with the vignette for the 2½d. value received the 6d. frame in error, but fewer than 20 examples have been recorded in the past 55 years since its discovery in 1970 and many of those have been mounted.

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Estimate
£25,000 to £30,000