1861 (Feb): Error of Colour 4 d. printed in vermilion instead of pale milky-blue, a used example with margins close or shaved all round the
1861 (Feb): Error of Colour 4 d. printed in vermilion instead of pale milky-blue, a used example with margins close or shaved all round the design, relatively lightly cancelled in black, the stamp creased and re-backed and slightly painted in at top left but the "FOUR PENCE" value tablet remaining clear. Despite imperfections a not unappealing example of an exceedingly scarce stamp. Cert. APS (1983) Gi = £ 40'000. Note: Illustrated in "Prize Selections from Rocpex, Taipei 1981" exhibition catalogue on page 348. Provenance; Collection Richard Green.
