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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 118

xBarbados 1861-70 No watermark, Rough perf. 14 to 16 1/- blue error of colour, perforations on three sides, imperforate at foot, penstroke removed as usual and unused without gum. A fresh and most attractive example of this very rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). Sc. 21c; S.G. 34a, £13,000 Estimate £ 6,000-7,000 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 provenance:

Sold for
£11,000