Falkland Islands: 1976 (Nov. 1) locally addressed envelope franked at internal rate by Flowers 3p. showing variety slate-purple printed double (SH 210 v1) tied by light PS.3 c.d.s., a little roughly opened but scarce commercial usage. Heijtz certificate (2014) Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
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 #1453 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: cancellations and covers
Lot #1454 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: cancellations and covers
Falkland Islands: 1982 Conflict: Three covers incoming to servicemen from Argentina, two with enclosed letters, one sent Apr. 4 to Lt. Calderon of the the Third Air Brigade but endorsed “PG” (P.O.W.) and redirected to Red Cross in Buenos Aires, another returned with ms. “No revista en Malvinas” and datestamp I type 1. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-170]
Import VAT 5%
Lot #1455 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: cancellations and covers
Falkland Islands: 1982 Conflict: 1982 (Apr. 14) 13p. and (Apr. 20) 18p. aerogrammes sent home by Argentine servicemen, cancelled by datestamp II types 2 and 3 respectively.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Import VAT 5%
Lot #1456 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: cancellations and covers
Falkland Islands: 1984, most unusual correspondence of 43 airletters sent W.O.2 M. Russell to his wife in Humberside between Apr. 9 and July 5, most with with BF.17 or BF.41 cancellations, some interesting variations, also 43 incoming airletters to the sender from the addressee.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1457 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: cancellations and covers
Falkland Islands: H.M.S. “Endurance”, a collection of covers (44) in a binder, mainly dating from 1984 with some cancellation varieties, many Joint Services Expedition covers etc. signed incl. Rex Hunt (8), also two hardbound volumes: “H.M.S. Endurance 1981-82 Deployment” signed by Fuchs, Hunt, Shackleton, etc., and “H.M.S. Invincible, The Falklands Deployment 1982”.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1458 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: cancellations and covers
Falkland Islands: Departmental cachets, a collection of over 300 mainly internal stampless official covers, written-up in four binders, a good range of cachets from ‘AG’ to ‘WD’ groups, mainly fine and a most interesting assembly.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1459 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: cancellations and covers
Falkland Islands: A Q.V. to Q.E.II selection of envelopes (a few fronts) and cards incl. postal stationery unused and used from 1893, covers mainly philatelic but variously franked and addressed incl. 1933 Centenary 1d. and 4d. used from Fox Bay on two 1947 covers, Antarctic bases and expeditions with Hope Bay 1947 (2), H.M.S. “Protector” 1960 helicopter covers (2), etc., mostly good to fine. (76 items)
[Proposed price: £120-150]
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Lot #1460 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands: new island
Falkland Islands: New Island: 1912 incoming Christmas Greetings picture postcard sent Dec. 21 1911 from Uttoxeter, Staffs, addressed to Ethel Cull on “New Island/West Falkland Island/South America”, with light F.4 transit datestamp, a little soiled and worn. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1461 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: 1944-45 overprints
Falkland Islands Dependencies: 1944-45 Overprints: Essay of proposed overprint “SOUTH GEORGIA/DEPENDENCY OF THE” in red on imperforate 2d. black and carmine affixed to thick card (127 x 78mm.) with surround highlighted in Chinese white, “THE” crossed by diagonal deletion line, dated “21/4/43” at upper right and initalled “S.L.”. Unique. Photo.
[Proposed price: £3000-3500]
Lot #1462 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: issues from 1946
Falkland Islands Dependencies: 1946 Thick Map 1/2d. and 1d. (4) in complete unmounted mint sheets of sixty (10 x 6), some perf. separation and other mainly marginal imperfections but chiefly fine, also 1948 Thin Map 1/2d. (216) in mainly fine unmounted mint multiples. S.G. G1, G2, G9, cat. £846+.
[Proposed price: £70-90]
Lot #1463 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: issues from 1946
Falkland Islands Dependencies: 1946 Victory set perforated “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type D21), fine with gum. S.G. G17s, G18s, cat. £375. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1464 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: issues from 1946
Falkland Islands Dependencies: 1954 Ships, complete sheets of fifty of Waterlow 1/2d. (5, one with sheet no. “466”, the others with ‘tow-rope’ flaw [R. 5/11-12]), 1d. (4, one with sheet no. “0273”), 11/2d. (3, with sheet nos. “0396”, “2154” and “2155” respectively) and De La Rue 1/2d., unmounted mint, mostly fine. S.G. G26, a, G27, G28, G29, cat. £1,275+.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #1465 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: issues from 1946
Falkland Islands Dependencies: 1954 Ships, Waterlow 1/2d. lower right corner plate block of 24 (8 x 3), De La Rue 1/2d. lower right corner plate block of fourteen (7 x 2), 1d. and 11/2d. plate blocks of ten (lower two rows of sheet with margins), each with imprint, mostly fine unmounted mint. S.G. G26, a, G27b, G28a, cat. £395+.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1466 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: issues from 1946
Falkland Islands Dependencies: 1954 Ships, De La Rue 1/2d., 1d. and 11/2d., each in a complete unmounted mint sheet of fifty, the 1d. from Left Pane showing retouches [R. 8/1, 10/1, 12/1], a few minor bends otherwise mainly fine. S.G. G26a, G27b, G28a, cat. £1,875+.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1467 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: issues from 1946
Falkland Islands Dependencies: Q.E.II mainly unmounted mint in a stockbook and on leaves, incl. 1954-62 with De La Rue printings to £1, later with gutter pairs incl. South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands 1987 Birds, etc., chiefly fine.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1468 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: graham land
Falkland Islands Dependencies: Graham Land: 1949 (Mar. 22) home-made postcard hand-illustrated by Karl Lellman, depicting a penguin and bearing Thick Map 6d. pair, one showing ‘broken arc’, tied by E1 c.d.s., attractive. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1469 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: graham land
Falkland Islands Dependencies: Graham Land: 1954 (Feb. 1) airmail envelope to Port Stanley from John Merry on the R.R.S. “Biscoe” (endorsed on flap) bearing Thick Map 1/2d. to 6d., the 6d. marginal and showing missing “I” in “ISLAND”, cancelled by Hope Bay D3 c.d.s’s. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1470 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1911 (Sept. 6) official envelope registered to Buenos Aires by Postmaster Edward Binnie bearing K.E.VII 1/2d., 1d., 2d. and 21/2d., the four low values available on the island at this time, tied by mainly fine individual strikes of SG1 c.d.s. with registration label at right and Sept. 27 arrival backstamp, a little roughly opened. Carried on the “Harpon”. Illustrated on p. 10 of F.I.P.S.G....
Lot #1471 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: Small “South Georgia” imprint, 1911 (Oct. 16), 1904-12 1d. purple (oxidised) on piece with small “South Georgia” imprint below and tied by SG1 c.d.s., fine. S.G. ZU3, SH SGU2b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1472 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1911 (Nov. 11) piece (67 x 38mm.) showing rare provisional handstamp “Paid At/SOUTH GEORGIA” with “1d” value inserted by ms and initialled “E.B.B.” by the Postmaster, Edward Binnie, overstruck by fine South Georgia SG1 c.d.s. A fine example of the rarest of the South Georgia provisional handstamps used from Oct. 1911 to Feb. 1912 after the post office had run out of 1d. and 21/2d. stamps. Osborne...
Lot #1473 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1912-20 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 1d. vermilion on thick greyish paper, 1920 printing comb. perf., variety watermark reversed (S.G. 61dx), cancelled by fine central strike of SG1 “AU 1/23” c.d.s., fine and rare. S.G. Z23d var. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1474 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1912 (Feb. 13) ‘Lawson’ cover registered to Liverpool bearing 1891-1902 9d., lower marginal example (slight oxidisation), tied by small “South Georgia” imprint and SG1 c.d.s. with additional strike and SG1 registration label alongside, London transit and Mar. 25 arrival backstamps. Heijtz certificate (2014) S.G. ZU3, SH SGU2b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #1475 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1912 (Feb. 14) ‘Lawson’ envelope to Liverpool bearing 1904-12 1/2d. lower marginal pair cancelled by fair to fine SG1 c.d.s.’s and both with small “South Georgia” imprint (SGU2) below, carried on the “Cachalote” to Buenos Aires for onward transmission. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #1476 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1912 (Feb. 14) envelope to Mrs. Lawson in Liverpool, bearing 1904-12 1d. pair cancelled by fair to fine SG1 c.d.s.’s and both with small “South Georgia” imprint (SGU2) below, carried on the “Cachalote” to Buenos Aires for onward transmission. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #1477 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1913 (June 7) outward half of 1893-97 1d.+1d. reply card locally addressed, bearing 1912-20 1/2d, 1d., 2d. and 21/2d. with six mainly fine strikes of SG1 c.d.s., unusual. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
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