1861

Cape of Good Hope

Rare error in Cape of Good Hope Stamps.

Cape of Good Hope stamps were printed by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co. The stamps were created by a Cape of Good Hope surveyor and was supposedly designed in a triangular shape so that even the illiterate can tell that it is not a stamp from another country.

The design of the is that of a female figure sitting on top of an anchor, which is resting on top of a rock, symbolizing the Cape.

The Woodblock Stamps were printed in 1861 and comes in both 1 penny and 4 penny forms. The 1 penny Woodblock Stamp comes in the color Vermillion while the 4 penny Woodblock Stamp comes in the color Blue.

However, as is common during this error, the 1 penny stamp sometimes is accidentally printed with the color blue:

and the 4 penny stamp is accidentally printed with the color vermillion