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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1216

Falkland Islands 1982 (5 July) Anniversary of Darwin´s Voyage, 34p. from the lower left corner with plate numbers and traffic lights, with pale brown omitted, fine. With a matching corner example for comparison. Pierron FA850MCa, £1,750; S.G. 425a, £1,100. Photo Estimate £ 600-800 Note: The missing pale brown results in the loss of the background from the panels on the sides. The error is known in a top right single with 1C plate numbers and traffic lights and in a bottom right single with 1D plate numbers and traffic lights – this indicates both panes of 25 stamps from a sheet were affected. Stamp Collecting of 17 February 1983 records the discovery of a sheet of 50. quantity: circa 50 mint

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