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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 1382

xVirgin Islands The Famous"Missing Virgin" Variety 1867 no watermark, white paper, perf. 15, 1/- black and rose-carmine, variety Figure of Virgin omitted, [4] with dot on "e" of "shilling", unused with large part original gum. Very fine and of outstanding appearance. B.P.A. Certificates (1979 and 1990). Sc. 8c; S.G. 18b, £70,000. PhotoONE OF THE WORLD´S GREATEST AND MOST POPULAR RARITIES Estimate £ 60,000-70,000 Note: Very few examples of this major error exist. Nearly all are with trimmed edges on one or two sides. One example resides in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen. The above stamp is reported to be the sole example with original gum. See "The London Philatelist", Vol. 58, page 191 for an extensive article on this remarkable error This example was last offered for sale by Spink in 2003 when it realised £69,000 provenance: W.H. Peckett, Lord Crawford, H.J. Duveen, Arthur Hind, S.A. Brown and Mario Tomasini

Sold for
£68,000