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SG 167a 1954 Queen Elizabeth II Owen Falls Dam.  5c. MAJOR ERROR, ‘Vignette Inverted (Dam) and Watermark Inverted. SU.

SG 167a 1954 Queen Elizabeth II Owen Falls Dam.  5c. MAJOR ERROR, ‘Vignette Inverted (Dam) and Watermark Inverted. SU.

Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1954 Queen Elizabeth II Owen Falls Dam.  5c. black and deep brown.  Error, ‘Vignette Inverted (Dam) and Watermark Inverted’.  Superb used condition, cancelled in 1955 at ‘Wobulenzi’, a small village 25 miles from Kampala, Uganda.  Well centred with strong colours.  A couple of mild horizontal creases, not detracting.  Royal Philatelic Society, London, Certificate No. 50,141 (1960).  British Philatelic Association, London, Certificate No. 74,723 (2009).  THIS IS THE UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF THIS FASCINATING AND STORIED INVERTED STAMP.  THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STAMPS IN THE WORLD.    (Scott 103b).

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Country: Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, 1954