U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 13-14, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #880 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1964 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Falkland Islands, 6d H.M.S. "Glasgow", error of vignette ( instead of H.M.S. "Kent"), n.h., v.f., one of only 17 known. According to Stanley Gibbons, the error occurred when the vignette of the 2 1/2p was included amongst the supply of the 6p value. "There have been seventeen reports of stamps showing the error, although it is believed that some of these may refer to the same example." A modern rarity (SG 216a) ** Catalog #151a Catalog Value £40,000 | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
