2016-02-04 Thu

An early issue of British Virgin Island is sold for $170,000. A spectacular error is seen on this stamp, where the Virgin Mary goes missing.

The stamp is a unique one. Issued in 1867, the Caribbean colony’s 1s stamp consists of a rose-colored background with a figure of St. Ursula printed in the centre in black.

A small number of stamps without the central figure got into circulation.

This error stamp was presented at the David Feldman’s Dec. 11, 2015, auction in Geneva.

The missing St. Ursula fetched $170,000!