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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1156

Canada 1981-86 National Parks Issue $1 Glacier with blue (recess) omitted, fine. With normal for comparison. Pierron CA 1769MCa, £750; Sc. 934a; unlisted in S.G. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 Note: The missing blue results in the loss of the recess-printed inscription, country name and value. It´s probable a single sheet (comprising six panes of 25) was originally affected as six panes with the error have been recorded. A pane of 25, of which 15 were used, was discovered in Port Colborne. Another find was reported around the time of issue, but details were not recorded. In 1991 a pane surface in Edmonton. And a part pane of 20 was discovered in Calgary in 1996. Finally, two panes of 25 surfaced in May 1997 stuck to cardboard. quantity: circa 75 mint, 50 mounted mint, 2 used provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, May 2006

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