A third 1964 IGC cover with the 4d design missing violet and with Philatelic Bureau London FDI cancel is to appear at Bonhams' 23/24 September 2008 Stamps & Covers of the World auction. The first such cover appeared at Bonhams' June 2007 Specialised Great Britain auction and realised £780 plus premiums. The second near-identical cover appeared at their December 2007 auction and sold for £500 plus premiums. The latest to surface is on a GPO illustrated cover and is estimated at £500-£600.

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Pane three from the James Bond prestige booklet issued 8 January 2008 has been reported missing phosphor. The pane features the 1st, 54p and 78p values from the six-stamp set issued the same day as the booklet. Phosphor bands are normally printed on the vertical sides of each stamp. A total of 12 panes (eight still within booklets) without phosphor bands were found by a first day cover producer at the time of issue. The finder, who has recently sold all examples to Stanley Gibbons, kept quiet about the discovery to determine the quantity of the error in existence. To date no other copies have been reported. Stanley Gibbons are selling the intact booklets for £1,250 each and the individual panes for £1,000 each.

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One of the most elusive and visually spectacular missing colour errors from South Africa, the 1963 Shrike 3c missing deep blue, surfaced at a July 2008 IPS (Johannesburg) auction in an unrecorded format and smashed its previous catalogue valuation. A miscut vertical strip with a significant down shift of red and the lower copy completely missing deep blue, sold for ZAR 40,250 (or almost three times it's 2008 SG Commonwealth & British Empire 1840-1970 catalogue value). The error results in the loss of the value, country name, inscriptions and much of the bird detail. It's recorded as having occurred on rows three to five of sheet number 7380. The source and status of the vertical strip, which differs significantly in appearance to copies from sheet 7380, is unknown.

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Two vertical strips, one of five stamps and the other of three stamps, of the 26p value from the 1998 British Land Speed Record Holders commemorative issue have surfaced with the '2' missing from the '26' denomination. Although already recorded, the error was only previously known in horizontal strips; examples of the error were split into horizontal strips by the handling dealers at the time of discovery to illustrate the fact that the fourth stamp from the left lacks '2' and stamps either side are normal. The previously unknown vertical strips, which suffer creasing on some stamps, were discovered at a post office in the Lake District and kept by the finder until offered to Universal Philatelic Auctions in July 2008. According to UPA's Andrew McGavin, the strips will remain intact and be offered as two separate lots at the company's 30 September 2008 sale.

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Two major missing colour errors have been discovered in kiloware by a collector from the West Country: missing gold from the 65p Spirit & Faith of 2000 and missing gold and phosphor from the 1st Abolition of the Salve Trade issued March 2007.

Previously unrecorded, missing gold from the 65p Spirit & Faith results in the loss of the denomination, inscriptions, and overlay on the Queen's head. The remaining Queen's head underlay, which lacks the hair ribbon detail, is bright yellow. The condition of the stamp with machine cancel is poor, but to-date is the only known example of the error.

Missing gold, causing the loss of the denomination and overlay on the Queen's head, from the 1st Abolition of the Slave Trade was first recorded at the time of issue when a woman purchased 16 mint stamps (eight pairs) from her local Sussex post office. Given panes comprise 30 stamps (or 15 pairs), it was hypothesised the remainder of the pane had been used as postage and lost. Clearly not all have been lost. The one used example (of William Wilberforce) to appear is off-piece with an indistinct circular cancel. It is in good condition given it has been through the postal system and ended up in kiloware.

Dealers B Alan on +44 (0) 1732 743387 are handling the errors.

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