Tapling Collection
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The Tapling Collection includes this 1854, 4 annas stamp in blue and pale red from India with the error of having the head inverted.
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| Housed at | British Library |
| Curators | Paul Skinner |
The Tapling Collection was donated to the British Museum from the estate of Thomas Tapling in 1891.[1]
The probate value of the Tapling collection was set at £12,000 but on arrival Richard Garnett (assistant keeper of Printed Books) estimated their value at more than £50,000 and described the bequest as the most valuable gift since the Grenville Library[2] in 1847 (equivalent to £24,000,000 in 2011).[3]
It is held in the Philatelic Collections of the British Library and selected items are on permanent public exhibition.[4][5][6]
Highlights
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Queen Isabella II (2 reales stamp with colour error) - The Tapling Collection (1851) - BL
The collection features these rarities:[7]
- Gold Coast: 1883 (May) 1d on 4d magenta, unique
- Great Britain: 1858-79 1d red, plate 77, one of a few known
- Hawaii: 1851-52 2 cents to 13 cents (both types), the "Missionaries"
- India: 1854 4 annas blue and pale red, error head inverted, two used on a cover, unique
- Mauritius: 1847 1d red used on cover and 2d blue, the "Post Office" issue
- Spain: 1851 2 reales, error of colour, one of three known[8]
- Switzerland: Zurich: 1843 4 rappen, the unique unsevered horizontal strip of five
- Uruguay: 1858 120 centavos blue and 180 centavos green, in tête beche pairs, two of five known
- Western Australia: 1854-55 4d blue, error frame inverted
See also
References and sources
- References
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- ↑ The figure of £24 million ignores any increase in value due to age of the collection and is calculated with average earnings increase since 1891.
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- Sources
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External links
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