Lot 40416 – 1861 No wmk 1s blue ERROR OF COLOUR, pen cancel re
Lot 40416 – 1861 No wmk 1s blue ERROR OF COLOUR, pen cancel re
Barbados
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Price realised
1’100 GBP
Estimate
5’000 – 8’000 GBP
Auction date
Fri 11 Dec 2015 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1861 No wmk 1s blue ERROR OF COLOUR, pen cancel removed and with some repairs as is usual with all the known examples, good appearance for this major West Indies rarity, only nine believed to have survived (SG £18’000)
Note: This stamp was never put on sale in Barbados due to it having been printed erroneously in the colour of the penny value. However, a few examples were defaced and retained prior to the destruction of the rest of the 50’000 stamps sent to the colony
Expertise: Cert. Philatelic Foundation (1974) Catalogue ref: 34a
Catalogue
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