The first stamp produced by Sweden in 1855 was normally printed in a blue-green color, however this rare stamp was mistakingly printed in a yellow orange shade. It is thought that this color variation occurred when a printing cliche of the 3 Skilling value was switched for a 8 Skilling value of the same issue. There is only one known specimen of this error, found in 1885 by a young boy in Stockholm named Georg Wilhelm Backman, while going through his grandmothers letters. While this stamp has gone through many hands, its most recent owner bought it at auction on November 8, 1996 for the sum of $2.27 Million Dollars.
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