Falkland Islands: 1938-50 Covers, 1950 (Mar. 28) envelope registered to Pennsylvania bearing 1957 9d. corner marginal with sheet number “0521” and 1s. vertical pair, backstamped New York Air Mail Field Apr. 6 transit and Glenside same day arrival, sealing tape stain on reverse. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
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 #1378 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: the 1938-50 issue
Lot #1379 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: the 1938-50 issue
Falkland Islands: 1938-50 Covers, 1951 (May 10), 1949 Printing, 2s.6d. slate-black, upper marginal example tied by “10 MY/51” c.d.s. to local registered cover self-addressed by Antarctic meteorologist J.H. Chaplin and with registration label type 9. S.G. 160, SH 90d. The property of another vendor. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1380 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: the 1938-50 issue
Falkland Islands: 1938-50 Covers, 1951 (May 10), 1949 Printing, 5s. bright blue and bistre-brown, left marginal example tied by “10 MY/51” c.d.s. to local registered cover self-addressed by Antarctic meteorologist J.H. Chaplin and with registration label type 9. S.G. 161d, SH 91d. The property of another vendor. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1381 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: the 1938-50 issue
Falkland Islands: 1938-50 Covers, 1951 (May 10), 1949 Printing, 10s. black and deep reddish orange tied by “10 MY/51” c.d.s. to local registered cover self-addressed by Antarctic meteorologist J.H. Chaplin and with registration label type 9. S.G. 162c, SH 92d. The property of another vendor. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1382 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: the 1938-50 issue
Falkland Islands: 1938-50 Covers, 1951 (May 10), 1949 Printing, £1 black and bright violet tied by “10 MY/51” c.d.s. to local registered cover self-addressed by Antarctic meteorologist J.H. Chaplin and with registration label type 9. S.G. 163, SH 93d. The property of another vendor. Photo.
[Proposed price: £220-250]
Lot #1383 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: the 1938-50 issue
Falkland Islands: 1938-50 Covers, 1951 (Dec. 31) last day cover, locally addressed, bearing 1/2d. to £1, the fourteen values available on this day, each with individual Port Stanley datestamp, fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #1384 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: the 1938-50 issue
Falkland Islands: 1938-50 Covers, A selection of covers from 1938 to 1950, incl. lower values commercially used on variously addressed covers at a range of surface and airmail rates to 2s.3d. (see illustrations, Monograph pp. 37, 44-47, 49), also 1946 1s.3d., 1949 21/2d. and 6d. single values on locally addressed f.d.c’s, and 1946 1s.3d. “0016”, 1949 21/2d. “2030” and 6d. “0507” corner marginal examples with sheet numbers on separate covers,...
Lot #1385 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: later king george vi issues
Falkland Islands: 1952 1/2d. to 1s. in scarce complete unmounted mint sheets of sixty with varieties incl. 1d. dot after “FITZROY” [R. 4/5], 3d. printer’s “T” markings, 4d. frame break [R. 9/6], 1s. nose scar [R. 5/5], etc., the 1s. sheet with no. “283”, mainly fine. S.G. 172-180, vars., SH 102-110, vars.
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #1386 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: later king george vi issues
Falkland Islands: 1952 10s. greenish grey, Second printing, upper right corner marginal block of four perforated through margins, trivial mark in upper selvedge otherwise fine. S.G. 184 var., SH 114b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1387 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george vi collections
Falkland Islands: A K.G.VI selection, incl. 1937 Coronation perforated “SPECIMEN” (some perf. faults), 1938-50 to 10s. unmounted mint, 1d. black and vermilion, 2d. black and violet, 21/2d. Sheep and 6d. black and brown in complete unused (without gum) sheet of sixty with sheet nos. “4304”, “0201”, “2097’ and “0524” respectively, also 21/2d. with Madame Joseph cancellation and 5s. used, 1948 Silver Wedding unmounted mint and used, 1949 U.P.U....
Lot #1388 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: king george vi collections
Falkland Islands: A K.G.VI mint selection on leaves, incl. 1938-50 range of shades etc. with all four printings of 9d. and 1s., 2s.6d. (4, two 1937 printings), 5s. (3, one 1949 printing), 10s. (4), £1 (4), 1952 set (2), Dependencies with 1944-45 Overprints (3 of each), 1946 Thick Maps (with 6d. shade) in ‘broken arc’ pairs, 1948-49 Thin Maps, etc., mainly fine. (248)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1389 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1960-66 Birds De La Rue 1/2d. black and green, selection with varieties incl. progressive state of extended “H”, sheet nos., etc., comprising complete sheets (25) and four sheets complete less upper left and lower right corner blocks of four removed, also blocks of four (12) and pair from lower right corner of sheet and blocks of four (13) from upper left corner of sheet with varieties, unmounted mint, mainly fine.
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Lot #1390 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1960-66 Birds 1/2d. to £1 set, in unmounted mint irregular blocks of three or strips, mainly fine. S.G. 193-207, cat. £510. Photo
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1391 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1960-66 Birds sets (3) used on three 1960 envelopes from Port Stanley, fine. S.G. 193-207.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1392 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1960-66 Birds, Waterlow 1d. Pl. 2-1, six complete sheets of sixty, 2d. Pl. 1-1 complete sheet of sixty, mainly fine unmounted mint, also De La Rue 2s. fine mint single. (421) S.G. 194, 195, 204a, cat. £1,730, SH 124a, 125a, 134b.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #1393 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1964 Battle of Falklands 21/2d. black and red, two complete sheets of sixty, unmounted mint, mainly fine. S.G. 215.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1394 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1965 Churchill 1d. and 1s., both with watermark inverted and in unmounted mint blocks of four from the upper right corner of the sheet with sheet numbers “062” and “254” respectively, fine. S.G. 224w, 225w, cat. £434+. Photo
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1395 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1966-68 Birds, De La Rue 1/2d. watermark sideways, complete sheets of sixty from Pl. 1-2 incl. dot flaw [R. 12/3] (7 sheets) and Pl. 2-1 incl. ‘H’ flaw [R. 2/2], shoulder flaw [R. 8/4], substituted cliché [R. 12/4], weak entry [R. 12/5] and various stages of crack and hole below [R. 12/2] (5 sheets, one missing upper left corner block of four with ‘H’ flaw), unmounted mint and mainly fine. (716) S.G. 227, a, b, vars., cat. £...
Lot #1396 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1968 to 1972 Flowers issues, a specialised collection in a binder, mainly unmounted mint with a range of commercial or philatelic covers (24), multiples incl. plate blocks, imprint blocks, and some scarce plate flaws, chiefly fine.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #1397 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1968 Flowers set (6) used on f.d.c’s, three from Port Stanley, the others from Fox Bay, fine. S.G. 232-245
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #1398 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1970 S.S. Great Britain and 1977 Silver Jubilee sets in marginal gutter pairs, the 1970 4d. wmk. Crown to right of CA but folded between, unmounted mint, mainly fine. SH 188-191, 249-251, cat. £200.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1399 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1971 Flowers 5p. on 6d., variety surcharge partially double, with part of ”5p” clearly double, the result of a bouncing printing plate, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 270 var., SH199v1 cat £200. Heijtz certificate (2013) Photo.
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #1400 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1978 Mail Ships, 1p. to £3 set in unmounted mint marginal gutter blocks of six (3 pairs) and in c.t.o. marginal blocks of four, corner marginal cylinder no. blocks of four, and two sets of gutter pairs (one marginal), mainly fine. S.G. 331A-345A.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1401 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: queen elizabeth issues
Falkland Islands: 1981 Port Louis 25p. showing the recently discovered variety LEFT HAND MARGIN IMPERFORATE unmounted mint, light bend at foot but a very scarce variety with only a very small number of known examples. An exciting new find - only two other Falkland stamps are known imperforate between stamp and margin the 1938 2d. (SH 79v1, see lot 1296) and 1978 9p (SH263 v1). To be listed as SH314v1 (expected comparable value to SH 263v1 cat...
Lot #1402 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: collections and mixed lots
Falkland Islands: Various on leaves etc., with strength in Q.V. incl. 1878-79 1d. unused, 6d., 1s., 1887 1d., 4d., 1889 4d., mint, 1891-1902 shades incl. 21/2d. Prussian blue to 6d. (2), 9d. pair, 1s. (2) mint or unused, some forgeries and other issues incorporating the Bourne head, also K.G.V shades to 6d. mint (3), used(2), 1s. used (3), covers incl. stampless O.H.M.S., etc., mainly fair to fine. (approx. 100 + 10 covers) Photo.
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