COMMEMORATIVE PERFORATION SHIFT ERRORS

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SG No.

Description

Selling Price

748 var

 

1967 Paintings 4d value

An UM single with extra strike of perforations dividing  stamp into four. An attractive and visual error.

 

£48

 

748 var

 

1967 Paintings 4d value

An UM lower marginal single with extra strike of perforations dividing  stamp into three. An attractive example of this visual error.

 

£60

748 var

 

1967 Paintings 4d value

An UM vertical lower marginal pair with extra strike of perforations dividing upper stamp into four and lower stamp into three sections. An attractive example of this visual error.

 

£110

SOLD

778 var

 

1969 Ships 5d value.

UM marginal single with shift of horizontal perforations. Inscription now appearing at top of design. Ilustrated with normal at right.

 

£25

778 var

 

1969 Ships 5d value.

UM marginal single with shift of horizontal perforations. Inscription now appearing at top of design.

 

£35

796/799 var

 

1969 Cathedrals 5d

UM se-tenant block of four with shift of horizontal perforations such that inscription at bottom of each design appear absent.

 

£20

SOLD

954 var.

 

1974 U.P.U Centenary 3½p value.

UM single  with shift of horizontal perforations. Illustrated with normal at right.

 

£38

 

984 var.

 

1975 Railways 7p value.

UM marginal single  with shift of horizontal perforations, inscription now absent. Illustrated with normal at right.

 

£40

1001 var

 

1976 Social Reformers 8½p value.

An  UM single with shift of horizontal perforations. Results in value now being bisected. Illustrated with normal at right.

 

£20

1001 var

 

1976 Social Reformers 8½p value.

A fine and attractive UM single with shift of horizontal perforations. Results in value now appearing above Queen's head. Illustrated with normal at right.

 

£36

1002 var

 

1976 Social Reformers 10p value.

A fine UM single with combined design shift and perforation shift. Value now appears above Queen's head. Illustrated with normal at right.

 

£65

1018 var

 

1976 6½p value

UM gutter marginal single with downward shift of horizontal perforations.

 

£36

1157 var

 

1981 National Trust 20p value.

A fine UM single with 7mm horizontal perforation shift and a large shift of gold colour resulting in Queen's head obscuring value. Illustrated with normal at right.

 

£95

1162 var

 

 

1981 Duke of Edinburgh Awards 14p value

UM left marginal horizontal pair with left stamp 6mm narrower due to jump to right of perforating comb. Part of stamp now imperf with sheet margin.

 

£55

1220 var.

 

1983 British Army Uniforms 26p value. 

A fine UM single with attractive shift of vertical perforations. 

 

£50

1236 var

 

1984 College of Arms 16p value.

UM single with shift of horizontal perforatiions resulting in value now appearing in top right corner.

 

£40

1245 var.

 

1984 Urban Renewal 16p value.

 A fine UM corner pair with upward shift of horizontal perforations. This results in inscription normally at bottom of stamp appearing at top of design on lower stamp and the inscription being completely absent from upper stamp. 

 

£30

1341 var

 

1986 Christmas 12p value.

UM upper margnal single with downward shift of horizontal perforations.

 

£40

1822/23 var

 

1994 Channel Tunnel

UM  se-tenant pair with multiple colour shifts of up to 10mm, plus shift of vertical perforation to right. Supplied with matching normal pair illustrated below.

 

£100

SOLD

 

2103 var.

 

1999 Millenium series "The Scientists Tale" 26p value. 

UM single with 15mm shift of vertical perforations. The face value now appears in centre of stamp and there is now one broad central phosphor band rather than two side bands. Illustrated above with normal at right.

 

£60

SOLD

   

68p value Ex 2006 Brunel Prestige Booklet

A fine UM example of the recently discovered and scarce perforation shift. This example only noticed when finder had started to remove pane from booklet.

 

£150

SOLD