HMS Glasgow error

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.

HMS Glasgow error
Date of production	1964 (1964)
Commemorates	Battle of the Falkland Islands
Depicts	HMS Glasgow
Nature of rarity	Design error
No. in existence	17[1]
Face value	6d
Estimated value	CHF 29,000[1]

The 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.^[2] It is believed that only the one sheet of 60 stamps was produced; only 17 stamps have been recorded.^[1]

A single stamp from the collection of Sir Gawaine Baillie was sold in 2004 for £24,000, and another example was sold in May 2005 for CHF 29,000.^[1] In December 2006, a marginal example sold for £30,555.^[3]

See also

• List of notable postage stamps
• Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands