HMS Glasgow error

HMS Glasgow error

Infobox_RareStamps
common_name = HMS Glasgow error


country_of_production =
location_of_production =
date_of_production = 1964
nature_of_rarity = design error
number_in_existence = 17
face_value = 6d
estimated_value = SF 29,000

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. [ [http://stampmagazine.co.uk/content/worlds_rarest/qe2.html Stamp Magazine online: Queen Elizabeth II rarities] (retrieved 25 March 2007)] It is believed that only the one sheet of 60 stamps was produced and only 17 stamps have been recorded.

One was sold in 2004 from the Sir Gawaine Baillie collection for £24,000, and another example was sold in May 2005 for SF29,000. [ [http://www.bennettstamps.com/cgi-bin/viewlot.pl?site=3&sale=5&lot=403&lang=1 Harmers Auctions 27 May 2005] (retrieved 25 March 2007)] . More recently an example sold in December 2006 for £30,555. [ [http://www.grosvenorauctions.com/news/news_dec06_post_sale.html Grosvenor Auctions 8 December 2006] (retrieved 4 March 2008)] .

References

ee also

* HMS "Glasgow" - the boat that was on the stamp
* HMS "Kent" - the boat that should have been on the stamp
* List of notable postage stamps
* Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands

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