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Literary Used
Great Britain – added 15 December 2007
A used block of the 1970 Literary Anniversaries with light greenish blue missing from the Oliver stamp – which results in the loss of the denomination – sold on Ebay in early December 2007 for £349. The block is off-piece and features a London WC first day of issue cancel. The error was previously only known mint.
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Dolphin Surfaces On eBay
Falkland Islands – added 11 December 2007
Most noticeably affecting the various inscriptions and outline of the dolphin, an example of the rare 15p Dusky Dolphin of 25 February 1980 with double impression of black sold recently on eBay for USD $711. It's one of just four or five copies reported to exist.
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Sound Shift
Great Britain – added 5 December 2007
A pane of 25 1st Sounds of Britain stamps issued 3 October 2006 has surfaced with a 4mm shift of silver to the left. Purchased from a post office in Devon at the time of issue, the variety affects the Queen’s head, denomination and ‘EUROPA’ inscription. The result being that the Queen’s head touches the sitar, the denomination bisects the perforations, and the inscription appears along the right edge rather than the left. Dealers B Alan on +44 (0) 1732 743387 are selling singles for £75.
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Christmas Blues
Australia – added 2 December 2007
A lower right corner block of four of the 1965 Christmas 5d value with blue missing sold for AUD $8,000 plus premiums at a 1 December 2007 Prestige Philately auction. The block with 061774 sheet number in the margin went for 45% above the current catalogue valuation.
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Error Steams In After 30 Years
Australia – added 2 December 2007
Resulting in the loss of the country name, denomination and inscriptions, missing grey-green from the 20c Steam Railways stamp of 1979 has appeared on the market for the first time. The error, which affected the bottom three rows of a pane, was purchased from the Berri post office in South Australia at the time of issue. It has remained with the original finder until recently. Just 15 copies exist. Adelaide-based dealers Philatelics (Australia) Pty are handling the error. Email: stevem@philatelics.com.au. Tel: +61 8 8362 6936.
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