Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1971-76 Watermark Mult. Block CA, 1/2p. on 1/2d. first, second and third (watermark upright) overprintings, 1p. on 1d. first overprinting, 11/2p. on 51/2d. second (glazed paper) overprinting, 2p. on 2d., 21/2p. on 21/2d., 3p. on 3d., 4p. on 4d., 6p. on 9d., first overprintings, each in a complete unmounted mint sheet of sixty, mainly fine. (600) S.G. 18-b, 19, 20b, 21-24, 26, cat. £1,095.
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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 #1503 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Lot #1504 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1972 Silver Wedding set in fine mint gutter pairs, the 10p. side marginal with cylinder nos., SH 113, 114, 126-28, cat. £300, also 1977 Silver Jubilee, two sets in c.t.o. gutter pairs (one side marginal with cylinder nos.), mainly fine. SH 126-28, cat. £100 as mint.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1505 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1977-78 Watermark Mult. Crown CA Diagonal, 1/2p. on 1/2d. Pl. 3A and 3B, 1p. on 1d. Pl. 1A, 11/2p. on 51/2d. Pl. 2A and 2B, 21/2p. on 21/2d. Pl. 1B, 3p. on 3d. Pl. 1A, 4p. on 4d. Pl. 1A, 5p. on 6d. Pl. 1A and 1B (watermark upright), 10p. on 1s. (watermark Crown to left of CA but missing a top margin block of four) Pl. 1A 1A, 50p. on 10s. Pl. 1B, each in a complete unmounted mint sheet of sixty,...
Lot #1506 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1977-78 3p. on 3d. bistre variety watermark inverted, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 58w, cat. £200. Photo.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #1507 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1977-78 Watermark Mult. Crown CA Diagonal, 71/2p. on 1s., white gum (1978), variety watermark Crown to left of CA, unmounted mint block of four, marginal from the left of the sheet, fine. SH 136b wmk1. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1508 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south georgia
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands: 1994 Larsen 17p. with watermark Crown to right of CA, fine unmounted mint in a complete sheet of fifty. S.G. 251w, cat. £1,500 as singles.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1509 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1907 incoming cover from Norway addressed to Ludvig Nessen, Barque Valkyrie, Capt Vang, Norwegian Consulate, Whaling Station, South Georgia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America, franked 10ö. (2) with Kristiansand “7.3.07” machine cancellation, some faults. An exceptionally early item to South Georgia, more than two years before the opening of the first post office. Heijtz certificate (2011) Photo.
[Proposed price: £400-...
Lot #1510 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail, 1925 (Nov. 16) envelope from T. Olsen on the Christian Salvesen whalecatcher “Saima” at Leith Harbour (sender’s endorsement on flap) to Sandefjord franked at foreign rate by 1/2d. yellowish green and 21/2d. deep purple on yellow tied by SG2 c.d.s., the piece bearing adhesives previously cut away but reinstated. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1511 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1926 (Dec. 21) envelope sent to his wife in Sandefjord, Norway, by T. Olsen on the S.S. “Sposa” with endorsement on flap at 21/2d. rate reversion paid by Falklands 1/2d. with 2d., cancelled by good SG2 datestamp, usual imperfections with slight trimming at left and piece bearing adhesives having been excised and replaced. Ex Dixon and du Pont. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1512 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1929 (Mar. 18) envelope to Norway franked by Falklands 1/2d., 1d. pair tied by fair to good SG2 datestamps, sent by K. Johansen of the “Southern Wave” whilst at Prince Olav Harbour. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1513 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1933 (Apr. 17) envelope to Tønsberg, Norway, unusually bearing Falklands 1921-28 6d. tied by SG1 c.d.s. with sender’s endorsement on flap of H. Nilsen of the S.S. “Swona”. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1514 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1940 envelope from factory ship S.S. “Lancing” to Larvik, Norway, with “PAQUEBOT/LIVERPOOL” and red “OFFICIAL PAID/LIVERPOOL” datestamps of Mar. 27, enclosed letter headed “Lansing” and dated Jan. 28, unusual. The “Lancing” was torpedoed by U-552 on Apr. 7 1942 when off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 49 of her 50 crew surviving. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1515 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1946 envelope sent to London from factory ship “Sir James Clark Ross” whilst whaling in Antarctica, bearing Norway 3ø., 5ø. and 7ø. pairs tied by boxed Norwegian merchant ship “22 FEB 1946” cancellations with control no. 4, the cover taken by a tanker collecting a cargo of whale oil. Confirming letters and photo of the vessel also enclosed. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1516 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1947 (Nov. 14) envelope sent to Poste Restante in Buenos Aires by Juan Udovichenko, a member of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca at Grytviken, franked by F.I.D. Thick Map 3d. tied by violet SG5 c.d.s. and with Argentine 10c. affixed over handstamped “XI” in circle and cancelled by indistinct c.d.s., as charge to the recipient for use of the poste restante facility. Further information on this correspondence may be found in the...
Lot #1517 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1948 (Oct. 28) envelope from Øivind Eskedal (personal stationery with printed imprint on flap) to Minde, Norway, franked at single seamail rate by F.I.D. Thin Map 3d. cancelled by SG7 c.d.s. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1518 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1949 (Feb. 12) envelope to Tönsberg, Norway, endorsed “By Air Mail” with sender’s note on flap “Björn Viso/1683”, franked at airmail rate by F.I.D. Silver Wedding 1s. and Thin Map 3d. cancelled by SG7 datestamps, scarce. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1519 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail, 1951 (Feb. 14) envelope at airmail rate to Norway with printed imprint on flap of Øivind Eskedal, franked by Thin Map 1s., with Minde Apr. 13 arrival backstamp and redirected; also 1952 (Feb. 29) surface rate cover franked by Thin Map 3d. and (date unclear) airmail envelope at double rate with Dependencies 1s. pair, both from Leith Harbour to Norway. (3 covers)
[Proposed price: £110-130]
Lot #1520 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1951 (Nov. 17) envelope from Øivind Eskedal (personal stationery with printed imprint on flap) by registered airmail to Sandefjord, Norway, bearing F.I.D. Thin Map 3d. and 1s. pair cancelled by SG7 c.d.s’s and with type 7 registration label Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1521 - falkland islands and antarctica whaling mail
Whaling Mail: 1957 envelope to Sandefjord, sent via airmail with Rotterdam Apr. 1 meter mark and endorsed from factory ship crew member on the “Sir James Clark Ross”, adhesive tape seal stain on reverse. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1522 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south orkneys
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Orkneys: 1946 (Feb. 1) Newfoundland Railway envelope addressed to Deception Island bearing Thick Map set with first day C2 datestamps and arrival backstamp, slight imperfections.
[Proposed price: £70-90]
Lot #1523 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south orkneys
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Orkneys: 1971 (Feb. 12) Falkland Islands 1960 4d. stationery registered envelope scarce size F (SH R4a) addressed to Texas with B.A.T. 1963-69 6d. tied by Signy Island H2A c.d.s., the envelope cancelled in transit at Stanley on Apr. 23 and type 12c registration label added, backstamped Dallas June 11 arrival. Photo.
[Proposed price: £160-180]
Lot #1524 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south shetlands
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Shetlands: 1914 (Feb. 3) envelope to Port Stanley bearing 1/2d. and 1d. tied by type B1 “DECEPTION ISLAND/3 FEB 1914/SOUTH SHETLANDS” double oval datestamp in black. Rare, this the earliest recorded date for the Deception Island Oval. Ex Stern and du Pont. Photo.
[Proposed price: £600-700]
Lot #1525 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south shetlands
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Shetlands: 1922 (Nov. 22) large linen-lined O.H.M.S. envelope registered to Port Stanley bearing corner marginal examples of 1912-20 3s. slate-green and 1921-28 1s. pale ochre cancelled by fine strikes of Deception Island type B1 oval datestamp in violet with further strike below and Apr. 20 arrival backstamp. A rare and attractive cover, previously containing photographs, discovered in the papers of...
Lot #1526 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south shetlands
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Shetlands: 1923 (Apr. 25) ‘Lawson’ envelope to Liverpool, bearing 21/2d. deep blue block cancelled by type B1 “DECEPTION ISLAND/3 FEB 1914/SOUTH SHETLANDS” double oval datestamp in violet (with traces of black) with Dec. 18 Port Stanley transit on reverse. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #1527 - falkland islands and antarctica falkland islands dependencies: south shetlands
Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Shetlands: 1923 (Dec. 1) ‘Lawson’ envelope to Liverpool bearing 1/2d. block of four with central type B2 c.d.s, backstamped Port Stanley Dec. 18 transit. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
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