Falkland Islands: 1878-79 Colour Trials, 1d. in brown, imperf. on wove paper, fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £160-180]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,570 lots, the property of 112 vendors, featuring the first part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL, a further offering of Kuwait from the fine collection of Dr L Philips of Brighton, outstanding Switzerland formed by the late John E Ager of Bookham, and a full section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including the remarkable study of the 1938–50 Issue created by AG Belfield FRPSL
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Lot #1233 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria proofs and specimens
Lot #1234 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: 1887 4d. grey-black, Watermark crown to right of CA, a mint horizontal pair, fine. S.G. 10w, cat. £900. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1235 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: 1887 4d. grey-black, Watermark crown to right of CA, a mint horizontal pair from the left of the sheet, one with light diagonal bend otherwise fine. Also a used single from the lower right corner of the sheet cancelled by ‘Small Pins’ cork, Ob. 2/88, slight imperfections but attractive. S.G. 10w, cat. £955. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-250]
Lot #1236 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: 1891 1d. red-brown, variety watermark reversed, horizontal strip of three from the lower left corner of the sheet, unused without gum, slight surface imperfections but a very scarce multiple. S.G. 11x, cat. £2,100. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #1237 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Second Mail on the S.S. “Denderah” (Feb. 12 1891) envelope to newspaper agents Kirkland Cope & Co. in London, franked by 1d. brownish claret strip of three (slight perf. imperfections at top), the left-hand stamp bisected diagonally, tied by ‘First Bisect’ cork cancellations with despatch datestamp close alongside, “LOUIS WILLIAMS/STANLEY” violet cachet and Mar. 21 arrival c.d.s. on reverse...
Lot #1238 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: 1893 (Jan. 18) printed envelope registered to G. Campbell, Jersey’s Consul for Colombia, franked by 1/2d. on half of 1d. red-brown (7 showing posthumous surcharges, each with slight faults) and 1d. orange red-brown single, showing cork cancellations ‘Pointed Nose F.I.’, Ob. 1/93, type F.2 despatch c.d.s. and “(crown)/REGISTERED” marking at left. Carried on the “Totmes” to Tilbury, two bisects...
Lot #1239 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals, a group of bisects showing posthumous surcharges (9, incl. a rejoined pair), one mint (slight surface scrapes), the others used with three being on small pieces, chiefly fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #1240 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 watermark reversed varieties: 1/2d. green, part original gum (slightly thinned), 1d. pale red unused, 21/2d. ultramarine with large part original gum and 1s. grey-brown cancelled “OC 11/04”, scarce group. S.G. 16ax, 23x, 30ax, 37x, cat. £895. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Lot #1241 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 4d. brownish black (wmk. reversed), fine used with part “F.I.” steel obliterator, scarce. S.G. 31, cat. £350. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Lot #1242 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen victoria issued stamps
Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 9d. pale reddish orange, variety watermark inverted and reversed, mint, a little heavily mounted otherwise fine. S.G. 35y, cat. £800, SH 11a wmk2. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1243 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king edward vii issues
Falkland Islands: 1904-12 varieties, 1/2d. and 21/2d. with watermark inverted, 2d. with watermark reversed, the 1/2d. with fake corner c.d.s., the others fine used. S.G. 43aw, 45ax, 46aw. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1244 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king edward vii issues
Falkland Islands: 1904-12 1d. imperforate colour trial in vermilion on gummed and watermarked paper, fine and fresh. Heijtz cat. £500. Photo
[Proposed price: £280-300]
Lot #1245 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king edward vii issues
Falkland Islands: 1904-12 1d. dull coppery red, lower left corner marginal mint block of four, the lower pair unmounted, mainly fine. B.P.A. certificate (1973) notes “top left stamp marked on face”. Heijtz notes “blocks of four and larger multiples are very scarce, both mint and used”. S.G. 44d. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #1246 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king edward vii issues
Falkland Islands: 1904-12 2d. purple complete unmounted sheet of of sixty (10 x 6), minor creases affect seven and left selvedge. S.G. 45, cat. £1,440+.
[Proposed price: £300-400]
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Lot #1247 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king edward vii issues
Falkland Islands: 1904-12 2d reddish purple, S.G.45b, used with 1d. tied by “DE 20/13” early use of PS.1A to large piece from formula registered envelope (Perkins B.2) and additionally tied by London registered oval transit datestamp, unusual. BPA certificate (2013) S.G. 45b, cat. £275. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1248 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1912-20 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 3s. slate-green, in an unmounted mint complete pane of thirty, fine and rare multiple. S.G. 66, cat. £2,850+. Photo
[Proposed price: £900-1000]
Lot #1249 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1918-20 “WAR STAMP” 1d. vermilion on thick greyish paper, Fifth overprinting, upper left corner marginal block of four [R. 1/1-2/2] incl. thick “R” and broken “W” with wide “P” varieties, the upper pair unmounted, hint of oxidisation otherwise fine and scarce multiple. S.G. 71d, vars., SH 36d, t1, t3. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
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Lot #1250 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1918-20 “WAR STAMP” 1s. pale brown on thick greyish paper, Fifth overprinting, upper left corner marginal block of four [R. 1/1-2/2] incl. thick “R”, inverted “V” and broken “W” with wide “P” varieties, the upper pair unmounted, fine and scarce multiple. Also deep brown mint single (lightly toned gum) with broken “M” [R. 7/6]. S.G. 72b, vars., SH 37c, t1, t3.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
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Lot #1251 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1918-20 “WAR STAMP” 1s. deep brown on thick greyish paper, Fifth overprinting, variety watermark inverted, a block of six (3 x 2), marginal from the left of the sheet [R. 4/1-5/3], hinged on one and in margin only, a fine and rare multiple. Three sheets only recorded. SH 37c wmk1, S.G. 72bw, cat. £2,400. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1000-1200]
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Lot #1252 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1918-20 “WAR STAMP” 1s. deep brown on thick greyish paper, Fifth overprinting, variety watermark inverted, lightly hinged mint, fine. Three sheets only recorded. SH 37c wmk1, S.G. 72bw, cat. £400. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1253 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1918-20 “WAR STAMP” 1s. deep brown on thick greyish paper, Fifth overprinting, variety watermark reversed, mint, fine and rare. SH 37c wmk2, S.G. 72bx, cat. £2,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #1254 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1918-20 “WAR STAMP”, a mint and used selection with varieties incl. 1/2d. face flaw, 1/2d. marginal pair with offsets, Second overprinting 1d. overprint double, one albino mint, thinned but with B.P.A. certificate (1966), Third overprinting 1/2d. (1912) strip of three incl. wide space between “WAR” and “STAMP”, etc. (34) Photo.
[Proposed price: £140-160]
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Lot #1255 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1921-28 Watermark Mult. Script CA 1d. dull vermilion, variety watermark inverted and reversed, an unmounted mint example, marginal from the left of the sheet, fine. S.G. 74ay, cat. £650. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #1256 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1921-28 Watermark Mult. Script CA 21/2d. pale purple on pale yellow, variety watermark inverted and reversed, very ligjhtly hinged, fine. S.G. 77ay, cat. £750. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1257 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george v issues
Falkland Islands: 1929-37 ‘Whale & Penguin’ 1/2d. to £1 set perforated “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type P5), 1s. with corner perf. fault and 10s. with central crease otherwise mainly fine with gum. S.G. 116s-126s, cat. £1,000. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
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