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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 619

x Falkland Islands 1964 (8 Dec.) 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands The following four lots each show the error of vignette "h.m.s. glasgow" (the vignette of the 21/2d). About twenty examples of this error are recorded A marginal example with part imprint; very minor gum wrinkle otherwise fine unmounted mint. An outstanding error and one of the great rarities from the Q.E. reign. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). S.G. 216a, £18,000 (2002) Estimate £ 10,000-12,000

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£18,000