It's just a little speck on the world map...584 miles north of Antarctica.

The 5th smallest population in the world...only 3,105 inhabitants...583,000 sheep...and 25,000 landmines.

But it's those landmines that make the Falkland Islands such a mecca for stamp collectors.

You see, this tiny island...virtually the entire landscape is used as pasture for sheep...hosts a complex history.

And it is history that excites a stamp collector.

France, Spain, Argentina and the United Kingdom have all claimed possession and established (and abandoned) settlements on the Islands.

The Islands have been under British rule since 1833, briefly occupied by the Argentines in 1982 before being defeated in a 2 month war.

There are large oil reserves, £40m ($80m) a year in fishing revenues, and a growing tourism market...but still no optician. He visits once every 6 months from the UK.

Importantly for us the Falkland Islands also mint their own coins and stamps...and have done so since 1869.

But it's one stamp we are particularly interested in.

Amazingly this little Island is home to one of the world's rarest stamps.

We have one in stock – here's why you should buy it

Only 17 are known to exist...And it's all down to the Island's complex history.

The Her Majesty's Ship (H.M.S.) Glasgow Error is a 6d postage stamp error produced by the Falkland Islands in 1964. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands.

Click here - H.M.S. Glasgow Error

But the stamp designer messed up. He was supposed to engrave a picture of H.M.S. Kent in the 6d value...but instead incorporated H.M.S Glasgow into the stamp design.

H.M.S. Glasgow was a 4,800 ton battleship, capable of around 26 knots.

She had a great pedigree...

The World War I naval battle, the Battle of Falkland Islands, took place in December 1914, with a British victory over the Germans.

The victory was convincing with H.M.S. Glasgow helping sink a German cruiser. Another cruiser escaped this particular battle, only to be later found by the Glasgow and forced to scuttle.

Fact: Mt. Glasgow in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada is named after this ship.

This is a stamp with a lovely history...

It is believed that only one sheet of 60 stamps was produced and only 17 stamps have been recorded.

One was sold in 2004 from the famous Sir Gawaine Baillie collection for £24,000 ($48,000)and another example was sold in May 2005.

One more example sold in a London Auction and left our shores for £30,555 ($61,110) back in December 2006.

That's 3 of the 17 sold recently, to collectors, around the world.

Collectors aspire to own stamps of this calibre; they won't be selling in a hurry. The likelihood is those stamps will be tied up in collections for a number of years.

The real likelihood is that you possibly won't see another Glasgow error on the market for a long time.

Our tip to you is to snap this up before anyone else does.

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Happy investing

Adrian Roose
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