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Type IV, unaddressed and bearing 1935 Silver Jubilee set with "falkland islands" Andrews type 12a cancellations of 27 Sept. 1935 £100-120
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Master die proof without country name and value tablets, stamp-size in black and affixed to De La Rue day book piece marked "Feb 1/40 Leads" and further in red "Feb. 1st. 12"; fine. Photo £200-250
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Die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), marked "before/hardening" and dated "30 jan 12"; fine. Photo £500-600
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Overprinted "specimen"; fine £100-120
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Used and additionally bearing 1d. (2), to Dorset, "port stanley" Andrews type 11 cancellations of 26 Jan. 1921 (a little unclear); fine £100-120
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Used and additionally bearing war stamp 1d. strip of three, registered to the United States, "port stanley" Andrews type 13 cancellations of 23 Sept. 1921, London (1.12) and New York (12.12) transit markings on reverse; some staple holes, otherwise fine and unusual. Photo £150-200
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Used to Bleaker Island with "port stanley" Andrews type 13a cancellation of 7 Nov. 1922; small stain at lower right and flap missing from reverse, otherwise fine. Also an unused example with slight bends. Photo £140-160
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Proof in red on white card, endorsed "App'd/RWC/15/2/38" and numbered "13887"; fine. Photo £400-500
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Proof in red-brown on brown card, endorsed "Appd 14/16/3"; fine and unique. Photo £400-500
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Proof in brown-red on white card, endorsed "Appd/16/3"; fine. Photo £400-500
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Unused and another overprinted "specimen"; fine £100-120
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Used to England with "port stanley" Andrews type 13b cancellation of 26 Oct. 1943, censor strip at left, also another to Darwin with "port stanley" Andrews type 13b cancellation of 1 Dec. 1943; fine £140-160
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Used (selvedge removed on opening) to Somerset with "south shetlands" Andrews type SS 3 cancellation of 4 Apr. 1925 and with "falkland islands" Andrews type 12 (29.5) on reverse; fine and extremely rare. Heijtz SSL1, £1,200. Also a fine unused example. Photo £300-400
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Proof in rose on blue paper, endorsed "Appd/RWC/10-2038/B883"; fine. Photo £600-700
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Proof in vermilion on blue paper with printed "if used for tran....." on reverse; fine. Photo £600-700
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Proof in vermilion, endorsed "Appd 16/3" and with printed "if used for tran...." on reverse; corner crease well clear of the design, otherwise fine. Photo £500-600
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Overprinted "specimen", another unused (with wrapper band) and a further example with blue "falkland islands/dependencies/graham land" cancellation of 24 Feb. 1947 (selvedge intact); fine. Photo £300-350
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Size F, unused and another example overprinted "specimen"; the latter a trifle stained £60-80
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Size F, additionally bearing 1d., to Port Stanley with "fox bay" Andrews type 18a cancellations of 2 Sept. 1915; a trifle stained. Scarce. Photo £200-250
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Proof in blue on thin card; fine. Photo £500-600
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Size G, overprinted "specimen", also an unused example; fine £150-200
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Size G, insured (for £4) to England (address crossed through) with enclosure referring to stamps and permit, additionally with wax seals and bearing 2d. and 4d. with "port stanley" Andrews type 18c cancellations of 9 June 1943, part red on black insured label; roughly opened damaging the 2d. stuck around the edge of the envelope. A scarce insured registered envelope. Photo £400-500
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Size H, unused, fine £120-150
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Size H, unused; central vertical crease, otherwise fine £80-100
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Size H, to Cornwall, with "port stanley" Andrews type 13b cancellation of 19 Feb. 1940; small faults and a little roughly opened. Scarce £100-120
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Size H to Hove, additionally bearing 1/2d. and 1d. with "port stanley/falkland islands" Barnes PS3 (date unclear) cancellations, endorsed "Insured for £8 (Eight Pounds)" (twice) with black on red "insured/(valeur déclarée)" labels on front and reverse and "stanley/falkland islands/r no 1025" label; a little roughly opened, otherwise fine and extremely rare. Photo £300-350
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Size F unused and used (bearing additional South Georgia 2d.), size G, unused and used (2, one bearing additional 1/- (2), the other South Georgia 2d.), size H unused and used (2, one bearing additional 6d., the other South Georgia 1/2d. block of four); fine £150-200
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1977-91 duplicated selection (185), chiefly unused, a variety of types, mostly fine £80-100
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1886 (30 Nov.) OHMS envelope to New York, with "falkland islands" Andrews type 6a datestamp; the envelope with horizontal filing fold at foot terminating in a tear at left, small part of flap missing. A very rare stampless cover from the Falklands at this time. Photo £1,000-1,200
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1891 (2 Mar.) envelope (with printed Bishops Mitre on the flap), complete with enclosure, from Argentina to Stanley, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) bearing 2c. and 6c., with "falkland islands" Andrews type 8 arrival datestamp (27.3), the enclosure, with printed "(Bishops Mitre)/falkland islands", written by Waite Hockin Stirling, first Bishop of the Falklands, to Mr. F.E. Cobb on his retirement as Colonial Manager; some stains, otherwise fine and unusual. Photo £200-250
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1895 9d. pale reddish orange with a good portion of the rare red "government house/recd." datestamp; small fault at left. Heijtz PSO3. Photo £80-100
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1897 United States 2c. card reply portion to New York with "falkland islands" Andrews type 6a cancellation of 30 July 1897 and with arrival c.d.s. (9.10) on front; small fault at right. Also 1970 reply portion of Great Britain 3d. letter-card additionally bearing 1/2d., 1d. (all uncancelled) with "port stanley" Andrews type 14a, d.s. on front £150-200
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1898 (8 Oct.) piece bearing 1d. with manuscript "Schnr/Fair Rosamund/ Flknd/mail. 8/10/98"; stained though extremely scarce. Photo £80-100
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1905 (2 Jan.) envelope with printed "charles williams/globe store, stanley, falkland islands." on flap, registered to London and carried by the P.S.N.C. steamer Orissa, bearing Edward VII 1d. strip of three with slightly unclear "falkland islands" (Andrews 9b) cancellations and with "(Crown)/registered" at lower left, red London arrival c.d.s. (31.1) on reverse; a little stained. Scarce. Also two coloured picture postcards of the Orissa used from Argentina or France to England and an unused card. Photo £200-250
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1908 (8 Sept.) United States 5c. postal stationery envelope from New York to Port Stanley, "falkland islands", Andrews type 9c arrival datestamp of 21 Oct. on reverse and with another, dated 30 Oct. on the front, redirected to Denver and with framed "Inconnu/Not Known" cachet. Fine and extremely rare. One of only four covers recorded with this handstamp. Heijtz RE1, £3,000. Photo £1,000-1,200
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1930 (8 Feb.) envelope registered to London, bearing Whale and Penguin 1/2d., 2d, and 2 1/2d. with "south georgia" Andrews type 2 cancellations, hand-drawn registration label, type S.G. 4a, redirected to Devon on arrival and with arrival datestamps (29.3 and 31.3) on reverse; fine. See Heijtz page 246. Photo £120-150
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1930 (?) (8 Nov.) envelope to Norway, bearing Whale and Penguin 2 1/2d. blue cancelled by "south georgia" Andrews type 4a cancellation with another strike repeated alongside; some small stain spots, otherwise fine £80-100
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1934 (11 July) stampless formula registered envelope to London, with "falkland islands" Andrews type 12 c.d.s., "falkland islands/official/paid" and "post office/(Crown)/falkland islands" markings and oval arrival datestamp (4.8), all on the front; fine and scarce. Heijtz PSO.5. Photo £300-350
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1941 (28 Jan.) envelope to Augusta, Ga., bearing 1/2d. and 2 1/2d. with Port Stanley cancellations, "Opened by Censor" strip with violet "Missent to Augusta, Maine" cachet; small faults though scarce commercial mail £80-100
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1942 (3 Feb.) OHMS postcard from Morecombe to Stanley, missent first to Stanley, Co. Durham and then to Stanley, Perthshire, finally arriving in the Falkland Islands in April; corner crease, otherwise fine and unusual £80-100
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1942 (23 July) small stampless envelope, with enclosure, from Port Howard to Stanley, endorsed "Evacuee", Port Stanley code C arrival d.s., small faults though extremely rare. One of only seven recorded Evacuee covers and believed to be unique with the original letter. See Heijtz page 237. Photo £1,200-1,500
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1942 (25 Nov.) stampless envelope to "Mr. K.V. Lellmam, Darwin" showing a fair to fine strike of the "fellowship of the bellows/blow to it" circular cachet in violet and with Port Stanley c.d.s. alongside; rare. One of five recorded covers with this handstamp. See Heijtz page 237. Photo £800-1,000
Note: Members of this association undertook to contribute a penny for every German aircraft shot down. Correspondence arising from the local branch activities was allowed to go post free when endorsed by the circular marking of the Fellowship
Provenance:
"Stanley", March 1998
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1942 (Dec.) stampless envelope to London with typewritten "on active service" on the front and "2591292 cqms caunce h falkland islands force" on reverse, endorsed by W.P. Sandeman at lower left and with superb violet "(Crown)passed by censor/no.3023" handstamp, "received from/h.m.ships" arrival marking and with various attempts at delivery; some stain spots. Rare. Photo £150-200
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1943 (12 Nov.) stampless envelope, with lengthy enclosures, to Leeds, endorsed "On Active Service" and with fine violet "(Crown)passed by censor/no/4428" cachet, red "post/office/maritime/mail" arrival on the front; part of flap missing, otherwise fine and rare. Photo £100-150
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1944 (8 Feb.) stampless envelope to Stanley containing a receipt for 13/7d. for teas sold at canteen, with a fine strike of the red oval "british red cross society/falkland/islands/branch" type I cachet (and with another strike on the receipt) and Port Stanley c.d.s.; fine. Also 1956 (26 June) cover to G.S. Middleton with type II cachet and 1969 cover with type III cachet. See Heijtz Page 236. Photo £400-450
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1949 envelope from Mevagissey, St. Austell to Port Stanley, bearing 1/- and with violet "missent to british guiana" cachet, on reverse Georgetown c.d.s. (1.5) and Port Stanley (29.5) arrival c.d.s.; small stain spots and slightly crumpled. Most unusual £80-100
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1974-95 Missent mail, fourteen items to or from the Falklands including 1974 cover with "missent to falkland is." handstamp and manuscript "Misdirected to/Falkland Islands", 1985 window envelope with framed "missent to/falkland islands", 1992 cover with framed "missent to/falklands islands", etc., chiefly fine £150-200
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1993-2002 Returned mail, eighteen "Falklands Experience" cards, variously addressed with each bearing Falkland Islands issues, returned undelivered to Major Spafford in Weston Super Mare; a variety of labels and markings; fine £60-80
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1934 (7 June) envelope from London to Stanley bearing 10d. (5) and carried on the second Zeppelin South America flight of 1934, with Friedrichshafen transit datestamp (9.6) and red Air Mail cachet on the front, on reverse Montevideo (13.6) and "port stanley/falkland islands" arrival (20.6) c.d.s.; fine and a very rare Zeppelin destination. Photo £500-600
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1937 (17 Nov.) envelope to Stanley bearing 1937 Coronation 1/2d. (2), on reverse red oval "fleet air arm office/16 nov 1937/h.m.s. exeter" cachet; fine. See Heijtz page 165. £1,000. Photo £300-400
Note: The first Air Mail in the Falkland Islands was by means of a seaplane catapulted from the deck of H.M.S. Exeter when she visited for various short periods between 1934 and 1939
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