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The current owner is believed to be a Swiss bank which was offered the stamp as security and collected it after debts were unpaid.
Treskilling Yellow to be displayed at London 2010, then auctioned
One of the few truly unique stamps, the Treskilling Yellow, will be on display on an auctioneer's stand at London 2010. It will then be sold for the first time since it fetched a world record price 14 years ago. The 1855-58 Sweden 3sk, printed yellow instead of the normal green, is one of the world's most iconic errors and has a remarkable history. It was discovered in 1885 by schoolboy Georg Backman. He took it to dealer Heinrich Lichtenstein, whom he knew was looking to buy skilling stamps. Lichtenstein is said to have muttered 'But it is yellow!' before agreeing to pay a paltry 7-kronor for it. Phillip von Ferrary, the famous Paris-born collector, bought the stamp for £400 in 1894, and King Carol II of Romania for £5,000 in 1937. It was last sold in 1996, to Hans Lernerstal on behalf of an anonymous collector, for $2.3m. Attempts have since been made to turn the stamp's name into a luxury brand. The current owner is believed to be a Swiss bank which was offered the stamp as security and collected it after debts were unpaid. It will be auctioned by David Feldman in Switzerland in May with an estimate of €1.5m-€2m.
Nationwide events contribute to the UK's Festival of Stamps
A host of events are taking place around the UK to celebrate this year's Festival of Stamps. Bath Postal Museum is hosting a King George V exhibition, showing how the important events of the reign influenced or were affected by the postal service. Material from the first airmail flight from Hendon to Windsor in 1911 will also be on show, until October 30. Tel: 01225 460333. Colne Valley Postal History Museum a private museum in Essex, which specialises in postboxes, will have special open days on May 29, July 10 and September 11-12, featuring a display of the development of the wayside postbox during King George V's reign. Tel: 01787 474412. www.cvphm.org A special weekend at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, the former code-breaking site, on August 29-30. will focus on the Post Office at war. Activities include re-enactments, historic vehicles and a stamp fair. Tel: 01908 640404 A philatelic exhibition with a seafaring theme will take place at Aberdeen's maritime museum from July to November. Tel: 01224 337700. www.aagm.co.uk Many philatelic societies, associations and federations are also putting on special exhibitions or displays.
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Surprise Pink Floyd 'souvenir sheet' looks unlikely to be catalogued
It can be bought only from Tallents House. There is accompanying merchandise in the form of a T-shirt and a canvas bag illustrating the stamp.
Royal Mail surprised collectors by rushing out a special 'souvenir sheet' devoted to British rock band Pink Floyd just nine days after announcing it. Timed to coincide with lead singer David Gilmour's 64th birthday, the sheet was revealed to dealers at their Stampex briefing on February 27, and released on March 6. Taking the same format as the Classic Album Covers self-adhesive miniature sheet of January 7, resembling a 7-inch record sleeve, it has 10 copies of the 1st class The Division Bell stamp from that issue. The design includes lyrics from 'High Hopes', the final song on the 1994 album, and a Pink Floyd emblem against a background detail from the record sleeve. However, this is not a typical miniature sheet in that it is being sold at the premium price of £4.75, and is not available from post offices. It can be bought only from Tallents House. There is accompanying merchandise in the form of a T-shirt and a canvas bag illustrating the stamp. Stanley Gibbons' catalogue editor, Hugh Jefferies, told Stamp Magazine: 'We have no plans to list the Pink Floyd sheet, as it does not meet the basic catalogue criteria of being freely available and sold at face value'.
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