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An overprint error, but nothing special about it
DEAR EDITOR,
Apart from the two subject areas of Geography, History and the worth of stamps, we do encounter some other strange readings as the days go by…The British Guiana over print two cents stamp which I am attaching for viewing reads ‘1966 Independence 1966’ and it should have read, ‘Guyana Independence 1966.’
I believe it’s considered an error but nothing special about it. Perhaps I can be corrected on the following. I was informed that the overprinting might have been done locally in Guyana way back then and it should have been catalogued more, but Guyana became very unpopular and flooded the market with hundreds of issues in the 1970’s. If you try googling (on Google), I doubt anything will show up on this stamp in question or an image.
So, I think there might still be some around and persons who come by any should still hang on to them for posterity.
Yours faithfully
T. Pemberton
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