HMS Glasgow error

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HMS Glasgow error
Stamp-Falkland Islands 1964 HMS Glasgow error.jpg
Date of production1964 (1964)
CommemoratesBattle of the Falkland Islands
DepictsHMS Glasgow
Nature of rarityDesign error
No. in existence17[1]
Face value6d
Estimated valueCHF 29,000[1]

The HMS Glasgow error is a 6d postage stamp error produced by the Falkland Islands in 1964. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands.

The design error featured the incorrect ship, HMS Glasgow, instead of HMS Kent which should have been used. Apparently one sheet was sent to a stamp dealer in the United States who did not notice the mistake.[2] It is believed that only the one sheet of 60 stamps was produced and only 17 stamps have been recorded.[1]

A single stamp from the Sir Gawaine Baillie collection was sold in 2004 for £24,000, and another example was sold in May 2005 for CHF29,000.[1] More recently a marginal example sold in December 2006 for £30,555.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Sale 5: British Commonwealth, Europe and Overseas". Harmers Auctions. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
  2. ^ "Queen Elizabeth II rarities". Stamp Magazine. 2006-10-04. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  3. ^ "Falklands and Egypt on Fire". News. Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions. 2006-12-08. Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2008-03-04.

Further reading[]

  • Monaghan, Fr. Augustine (1991). "The Falkland Islands' Misplaced H.M.S. Glasgow". Philatelic Foundation Quarterly. 9 (3).
  • Osborne, H. A. (2010). "6d HMS Glasgow Error". Stamp Lover. 102 (3): 80. ISSN 0038-9277.
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