3/27/2015

Barbados 1863 SG.34a, Britannia 1Sh blue color, instead of black...





Barbados


1863 SG.34a, Britannia 1Sh blue color, instead of black color, LEGENDARY COLOR ERROR; 14 pcs recorded, mostly with removed pen stroke and more or less damaged, this example damaged in upper part in the place of original stroke, otherwise nice and very representative piece, full rough perforation; certificate A.P.S. and Friedl Exp. Committe - H. Bloch and E. Muller, according to notice on certificate bought in auction Harmer, Rooke Co. 1959 by Ezra D. Cole, then ex. Peter Jaffe (Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, Tapling Medal, FIP Class d’Honneur), cat. £18.000, one from the rarest rarities of the British Empire!


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