Number of results: 247
3001
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: THE BLACK FRANK: 1873 (Oct. 1) a fine strike on blue envelope to Emma Luxton in Swansea, endorsed ''Paid'' with red ms. ''6(d.)'' and red London Paid of Nov. 15, F.1 c.d.s. at left, part Swansea arrival on reverse, slight flap damage. Carried on the ''Black Hawk'' to Montevideo and from there on the ''Boyne'' to Southampton. Emma Luxton, born in Petrockstowe, Devon in 1850 and living still with her parents, was the unmarried younger sister of William Luxton (1841-1881). William had acted as valet to the Prince of Wales whilst serving on H.M.S. ''Hero'' and had arrived on the islands in 1864 as part of a detachment of marines. He had decided to make his home there, working for the Dean family and raising a young family, his descendants later owning the Chartres sheep station on West Falkland. Ex Styles and Palmer collections. Barnes 5/73. Photo. Price Realised £5800 |
3002
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: THE BLACK FRANK: 1876 (Feb. 15) a fine strike on envelope endorsed ''Private'' addressed to Henry Langridge, West India merchant and shipbroker (1837-1915), in London, showing red ms. ''6(d.)'' with fine F.1 despatch c.d.s. at lower left and red London E.C. Mar. 31 arrival on reverse, small tear at top from opening. Carried on the ''Black Hawk'' to Montevideo and from there on the ''Mondego'' to Southampton. Barnes 4/76. Photo. Price Realised £5800 |
3003
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: EARLY INCOMING MAIL: 1877 blue envelope addressed to Colonial Secretary George Travis, franked by 1870 6d. grey pl. 15 GF tied by London W. ''SP 21/77'' duplex, with F.1 ''NO 4/1877'' arrival datestamp below. Carried on the ''Sparrow Hawk''. No. 26 in the 1977 Norris & Beech listing of the 'Travis' find. Photo. Price Realised £1000 |
3004
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: THE RED FRANK: 1878 (May 13) The latest known date of use. Envelope addressed to F. Coleman, Secretary of the Falkland Islands Company in London, with very fine strike of the Frank, prepaid rating ''6'' in magenta, type F.1 despatch c.d.s. at left and London E.C. July 1 arrival backstamp. Carried on the ''Black Hawk'' to Montevideo and thence to Southampton on the ''Mondego''. Coleman's customary receiving note reveals the enclosed letter to have been written on May 7 and the sender as Rev. Yeoman. Many of the shepherds on the Falkland Islands Company's main farm at Darwin were of Scottish origin and members of the Free Church of Scotland. In 1872 with the assistance of the Company a minister, Rev. Yeoman, was found and the following year a church of iron construction brought from Britain and erected at Darwin. Barnes 13/78. Photo. Price Realised £8800 |
3005
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1884, sheet of mourning notepaper (152 x 195mm) showing on reverse two sample strikes each of the Black and Red Franks, the type F.1 c.d.s. and large ''R'' registration mark both dated ''DE 11/1884'', the ''F.I.'' steel obliterator (Ob. 1/78) and 'First Cork F.I.' (1/85) together with stuck down examples of the 1878 6d., 1s., 1882 1d. and 4d. (from the upper right corner of the sheet) together with a Chile 1c., with handwritten message ''Perhaps you or one of your/friends has a stamp album/so I send you a full sample/of our stamps'', initialled ''WC''. Photo. Price Realised £480 |
3006
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Die Proofs, Imperforate 1d. die proof in reddish purple, showing border line at top approx. 1mm from upper frame line, affixed to card (70 x 105mm) numbered ''2'' at lower right. Ex North, Lickfold and Spencer collections. Five die proofs are known in different colours, each unique. Photo. Price Realised £4000 |
3007
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Die Proofs, Imperforate 1d. die proof in blue-green, showing additional border lines on three sides, affixed to card (70 x 105mm) numbered ''3'' at lower right. Ex North, Mayall, Lickfold and Spencer collections. Five die proofs are known in different colours, each unique. Photo. Price Realised £3800 |
3008
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Die Proofs, 1898 2s.6d. deep blue and 5s. red imperforate die proofs in issued colours on thin card. Photo. Price Realised £2900 |
3009
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Colour Trials, 1d. imperforate colour trial in brown on wove paper, a block of four, one with trivial ink spot in margin on reverse otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £820 |
3010
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Colour Trials, 1d. imperforate colour trial in brown on wove paper, a horizontal pair showing large ''SPECIMEN.'' handstamp (27 x 3.5mm) in red, pressed creasing otherwise fine and rare. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
3011
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Colour Trials, 6d. imperforate colour trial in blue on wove paper, a block of four, a few faint tones on reverse of upper pair otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £720 |
3012
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Colour Trials, 1s. imperforate colour trial in olive-black on wove paper, a block of four, fine. Photo. Price Realised £820 |
3013
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Colour Trials, 1s. imperforate colour trial in green on wove paper, a horizontal pair with large margins, fine. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
3014
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Colour Trials, 1s. imperforate colour trial in green on wove paper, a block of four, fine. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
3015
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Printers' samples, 9d. imperforate printers' sample in red-brown, affixed to card (66 x 105mm) with ''ENGRAVED BY/BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LD. LONDON'' handstamp in red at foot and endorsed ''No. 13''. Six sample proofs are known in different colours mounted on board, each unique. Ex Ayre and 'Stanley' collections. Photo. Price Realised £3800 |
3016
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Printers' samples, 2s.6d. imperforate printer's sample in brown on thick card handstamped ''SPECIMEN.'' (16.5 x 2mm) in red, faintly stained. Photo. Price Realised £720 |
3017
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Printers' samples, 5s. imperforate printer's sample in deep blue on thick card handstamped ''SPECIMEN.'' (16.5 x 2mm) in red, slightly stained. Photo. Price Realised £800 |
3018
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1885 1d. pale claret, watermark Crown to right of CA, horizontal pair with gum, both handstamped ''Specimen'' (Samuel type FI1), one with handstamp doubled, the other showing dropped ''p'', very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
3019
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1889-91 1d. red-brown and 4d. olive grey-black handstamped ''SPECIMEN'' in red (16.5 x 2mm and 11.5 x 1mm respectively), in matching blocks of six (2 x 3) with marginal straight edge at top, without gum, from the single sheets of sixty. Ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (12) Photo. Price Realised £1150 |
3020
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1889-91 1d. red-brown and 4d. olive grey-black handstamped ''SPECIMEN'' in red (16.5 x 2mm and 11.5 x 1mm respectively), without gum, in matching upper left blocks of fifteen (5 x 3) from the single sheet of sixty with marginal straight edges on two sides, the former dated ''Sep 26 1889'' in upper margin. Ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (30) Photo. Price Realised £2200 |
3021
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1889-91 1d. red-brown and 4d. olive grey-black handstamped ''SPECIMEN'' in red (16.5 x 2mm and 11.5 x 1mm respectively), without gum, in matching blocks of thirty with marginal straight edges on three sides, the lower three rows from the single sheet of sixty. Ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (60) Photo. Price Realised £4500 |
3022
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1891-1902 1/2d. to 9d. set of five each overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' (Samuel type B2) in black, the 2d. and 9d. with flattened gum otherwise chiefly fine. S.G. 15s, 26s, 28s, 33s, 35s, cat. £700. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3023
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1891-1902 1/2d. blue-green, Nov. 1891 printing, 1d. orange red-brown, Oct. 1891 printing, 21/2d. pale chalky ultramarine, Aug. 1891 printing, each handstamped ''SPECIMEN.'' (16.5 x 2mm) in red and affixed to card, fine and scarce. (3) Photo. Price Realised £210 |
3024
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1891-1902 1/2d. blue-green, Nov. 1891 printing, unique lower marginal imprint block of eight (4 x 2) each handstamped ''SPECIMEN.'' (16.5 x 2mm) in red, affixed to card. Photo. Price Realised £620 |
3025
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1891-1902 1d. Venetian red, watermark reversed, Nov. 1895 printing, block of four each handstamped ''SPECIMEN'' in violet (12.5 x 1.5mm), marginal from the foot of the sheet (reinforced), without gum. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3026
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1891-1902 21/2d. pale chalky ultramarine, Aug. 1891 printing, lower right corner marginal horizontal pair both handstamped ''SPECIMEN.'' (16.5 x 2mm) in red and affixed to card. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
3027
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1891-1902 selection of printing shades comprising 1/2d. (5), 1d. (6), 2d. (2), 21/2d. (4, one Prussian blue), 4d. (2, one brownish black with watermark reversed), 6d., 9d. (2), 1s. (both) each handstamped ''SPECIMEN'' in violet (12.5 x 1.5mm), some marginal, mainly fine without gum. (24) Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3028
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1898 2s.6d. deep blue and 5s. red overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' (Samuel type B2), fine with gum. S.G. 41s, 42s, cat. £550. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
3029
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Specimen Stamps, 1898 2s.6d. deep blue and 5s. red horizontal strips of three, each overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' (Samuel type B2), slightly gum toned otherwise mainly fine with full gum, very scarce multiples. S.G. 41s, 42s, cat. £1,650+. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3030
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 1d. claret, 4d. grey-black, 6d. blue-green, 1s. bistre-brown (2, one slightly oxidised), large part original gum, odd bend or other minor imperfection. S.G. 1-4, cat. £2,430. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
3031
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 1d. claret, unused block of ten (2 x 5) from the lower right corner of the sheet with straight edge imperforate margin at foot, mainly fine and an exceptionally rare multiple. S.G. 1, cat. £7,500+. Photo. Price Realised £4800 |
3032
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 4d. grey-black, a most exceptional example from the upper right corner of the sheet with almost full original gum. Ex Hubbard collection. S.G. 2, cat. £1,400+. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3033
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 4d. grey-black, unused block of twelve (2 x 6) being columns 1 and 2 of the sheet with straight edge imperforate margins on three sides, pressed diagonal creasing at upper right otherwise chiefly fine. S.G. 2, cat. £16,800+. Previously believed to be the largest recorded multiple, the adjoining columns 3 and 4 were offered in the Grosvenor auction of the John du Pont collection (Mar. 7, 2013, lot 2031 realised £13,500). Photo. Price Realised £7500 |
3034
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Used selection with cancellation interest incl. 'cork' types, comprising 1878-79 4d. on piece, 1885-91 4d. pale grey-black, 4d. grey-black (2), 1889-91 1d. (3), 4d. watermark reversed, 1891-1902 1/2d. green watermark reversed and 6d. orange-yellow watermark not reversed, chiefly fine. (10) Price Realised £250 |
3035
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1882 Watermark Crown CA Upright 1d. dull claret, a horizontal pair from the upper left corner of the sheet, fresh mint. S.G. 5, cat. £650+. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
3036
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1882 Watermark Crown CA Upright, 1d. dull claret, watermark inverted and reversed, large part original gum, minor horizontal bends otherwise fine. S.G. 5y, cat. £600. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
3037
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: Selection comprising 1885-91 Watermark Crown CA Sideways 1d. pale claret, Crown to right of CA, unused (regummed), 4d. pale grey-black, Crown to left of CA, 4d. grey-black, Crown to right of CA, horizontal crease, 1889-91 Watermark Crown CA upright 1d. red-brown, 4d. olive grey-black, both with slight imperfections, each with part or large part original gum, good appearance. S.G. 7w, 9, 10w, 11, 12, cat. £1,970. Photo. Price Realised £190 |
3038
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Crown CA Sideways, 1d. pale claret, Crown to left of CA, a mint block of ten (5 x 2) with three unmounted, fine, the upper row showing marginal watermark ''(A)GENTS FO(R)''. S.G. 7, var., cat. £950+. Photo. Price Realised £800 |
3039
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Crown CA Sideways, 1d. pale claret, Crown to right of CA, mint block of six [R. 2/2-3/4], the upper right stamp with 'neck blemish' [R. 2/4], the lower row unmounted and showing marginal watermark letters ''ENTS'', chiefly fresh and fine. S.G. 7w, vars., cat. £720+. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
3040
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Crown CA Sideways, 1d. brownish claret, Crown to left of CA, a rare complete sheet of sixty (10 x 6) with rows 3 and 4 showing marginal watermark letters ''CROWN AGENTS FOR/THE COLONIES'' (inverted), a few bends and other small imperfections otherwise mainly fine mint, hinged on two and in selvedge only. Ex Palmer collection. S.G. 8, cat. £7,200+. Photo. Price Realised £2600 |
3041
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Crown CA Sideways 4d. pale grey-black, Crown to left of CA, mint, fine. S.G. 9, cat. £850. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
3042
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Crown CA Sideways, 4d. pale grey-black, Crown to right of CA reversed, large part original gum, fine. SH 9b wmk3, S.G. 9y, cat. £850. Photo. Price Realised £620 |
3043
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Crown CA Sideways, 4d. grey-black, Crown to left of CA, mint horizontal strip of three from the foot of the sheet, odd trivial bend, fresh and fine. S.G. 10, cat. £1,350+. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
3044
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Crown CA Sideways, 4d. grey-black, Crown to right of CA, a mint example from the top of the sheet, fine. S.G. 10w, cat. £450. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
3045
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1889-91 Watermark Crown CA Upright, 1d. red-brown mint and used horizontal pairs, the latter from the upper right corner of the sheet, mainly fine. S.G. 11, cat. £880+. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
3046
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1889-91 Watermark Crown CA upright 4d. olive grey-black, watermark reversed, mint, fine and scarce. S.G. 12x, cat. £500. Heijtz certificate (2011). Photo. Price Realised £350 |
3047
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: 1/2d. on half of 1d. brownish claret, the famous mint 'pair of two unsevered pairs', also showing watermark Crown to right of CA reversed and marginal watermark letters ''OL'', fine. An important rarity. Ex Grant collection. Holcombe (1985) and Heijtz (2016) certificates. SH 13b wmk1, cat. £7,000+, S.G. 13a, cat. £7,500+. lllustrated on p. 39 of ''The Postage Stamps of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies'' by B.S.H. Grant. Photo. Price Realised £5200 |
3048
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: 1/2d. on half of 1d. red-brown, watermark upright, part original gum, slightly oxidised. S.G. 14, cat. £700. Photo. Price Realised £130 |
3049
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: 1/2d. on half of 1d. red-brown, watermark upright, 'strip of three' with posthumous surcharges showing large full stop, large part original gum, a most unusual multiple. R.P.S. certificate (1930) as S.G. 13 in incorrect 'claret' shade. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
3050
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: 1/2d. on half of 1d. red-brown, watermark upright from the top of the sheet, rejoined pair having been used together cancelled by ''F.I.'' steel obliterator, fine and scarce. R.P.S. certificate (1937) S.G. 14, cat. £550+. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3051
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: 1/2d. on half of 1d. red-brown, watermark upright, unsevered pair, mint, fine and fresh. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie and 'Fordwater' collections. B.P.A. certificate (1966) S.G. 14a, cat. £4,750. Photo. Price Realised £2600 |
3052
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Posthumous surcharges, 1/2d. on half 1d. red-brown selection comprising broken ''2'' group on rejoined vertical block of six with steel obliterator cancellations, 'Harding' group (lack of tail to base of ''2'') 1/2d. applied inverted on 1d. red-brown horizontal strip of three, one bisected, with c.d.s. cancellations (B.P.A. certificate (1932) as genuine) and slightly oxidised unused single (faults) showing doubled surcharge (apparently from 'Campbell' group). (10) Price Realised £180 |
3053
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Fifth Mail (Mar. 28, 1891) registered cover to Isaac Turner in Hammersmith bearing 1887 4d. grey-black with 1d. brownish claret bisect, light 'First Bisect' cork cancellations, the bisect additionally tied by London May 2 arrival oval and red London May 4 hooded datestamps with despatch c.d.s. and ''(crown)/REGISTERED'' marking at left, carried on the ''Isis'', Hammersmith arrival backstamp, cover tear at top and some soiling but a scarce registered item. Ex Prappas collection. R.P.S. certificate (1935). Barton E10. Photo. Price Realised £2200 |
3054
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Sixth Mail (Apr. 14, 1891) envelope to W.A. Bird in Uxbridge bearing 1d. brownish claret bisect se-tenant with unbisected pair with straight edge margin at foot, tied by 'First Bisect' cork cancellations (1/90) with despatch c.d.s. at left, carried on the ''Herodot'' and ''Sorata'' with May 24 arrival backstamp, slight creasing. Ex Pinkney and Ayre collections. Barton F1. Photo. Price Realised £1250 |
3055
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals, Eleventh Mail (Sept. 4, 1891) envelope to Miss Cramp in Sydenham bearing 1d. red-brown (3, one bisected) tied by 'First Bisect' cork cancellations (1/90) with despatch c.d.s. at left, carried on the ''Theben'' and ''Potosi'' with London Oct. 10 arrival in red on reverse, a few trivial stains. Unlisted by Barton but for similar see K3, noting that the shared ''22'' in ms. at left may not indicate a correspondence number. Photo. Price Realised £1400 |
3056
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals, Twelfth Mail (Sept. 15, 1891) 'Wildsmith' envelope to London bearing 1/2d. on 1d. brownish claret used with unbisected 1d. brownish claret and 1d. red-brown, tied by First Bisect cork cancellations (1/90), despatch c.d.s. below, carried on the ''Totmes'' with red London Oct. 19 arrival backstamp, vertical fold clear of adhesives. Very scarce usage, the surcharge misplaced and additionally tying bisect to cover, revealing application of handstamp after adhesive affixed to cover, the bisect also having been 'wrongly' cut from lower right to upper left corners. Ex Lovibond collection. B.P.A. certificate (1960). Barton L3. Photo. Price Realised £2000 |
3057
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Sixteenth Mail (Dec. 23, 1891) registered cover to Henry Pease & Co.'s Successors, Darlington (manufacturers of woollen clothing), the 41/2d. rate unusually paid by 1d. red-brown bisect with four unbisected 1d. red-brown, one corner marginal, showing 'Large Squares' cork cancellations (1/91) with ''(crown)/REGISTERED'' marking, despatch cd.s. and London Jan. 28 1892 registered oval transit overlapping below, carried on the ''Abydos'' and ''Potosi'' backstamped Jan. 29 arrival, the cover with flap missing but attractive. Ex North collection. Barton O3. Photo. Price Realised £2200 |
3058
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1/2d. deep blue-green and 21/2d. very pale chalky ultramarine, from the first printing of May 1891, unique matching imprint blocks of eight (4 x 2) from the Bradbury Wilkinson archive sheets, unused with some gum. All of the issued stamps from the printing were lost when the 'Neko' sank on the way to the islands, leaving one sheet of each value in the printers' archive. Each with Heijtz certificate (2002). SH 5a, 8a. Photo. Price Realised £7000 |
3059
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1/2d. selection of mint multiples, comprising blue-green upper right corner marginal block of four, deep dull green left unmounted marginal block of six (3 x 2, slight gum wrinkles), yellow-green unmounted lower right corner marginal block of nine, dull yellowish green unmounted lower marginal block of eighteen (6 x 3) with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint, mainly fine. (37) Ex 'Fordwater' collection. S.G. 15, 16b, 17b, 17c, cat. £502+. Price Realised £350 |
3060
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1/2d. blue-green block of eighteen (6 x 3) cancelled by F.I. steel obliterators (Ob. 1/78), 1/2d. deep yellow-green block of twelve (6 x 2) cancelled by F.2 ''OC 22/1894'' c.d.s's with ''OC'' reversed, mostly fine and scarce used multiples. (30) S.G. 15, 17, cat. £738+. Price Realised £180 |
3061
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1/2d. green, 1d. Venetian red (block of four), 21/2d. ultramarine and 21/2d. pale ultramarine, each variety watermark reversed, mint, mainly fine. S.G. 16ax, 22ax, 30ax, 30bx, cat. £567. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3062
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1/2d. green, variety watermark inverted and reversed, lower marginal mint, a little heavily mounted otherwise fine. S.G. 16ay, cat. £500. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
3063
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d. orange red-brown, Oct. 1891 printing, unused block of eighteen, the lower three rows of the sheet with margins three sides (portions of selvedge missing at left), a few minor stains but scarce. Ex Palmer collection. SH 6e, S.G. 18, cat. £2,340+. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
3064
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d. reddish chestnut, 1d. orange-brown watermark reversed, 21/2d. Prussian blue (faults, but with clear B.P.A. certificate, 1979), 4d. olive-black (unmounted), 6d. orange-yellow watermark reversed, and 9d. salmon, each in a mint block of four, most fine. (24) S.G. 19, 20, 29, 32, 33x, 36, cat. £2,104+. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
3065
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d. claret, watermark reversed, ninth printing July 1894, a lower left corner block of eight (4 x 2), the lower row showing watermark frame line only, unmounted mint. Ex 'Fordwater' collection. SH 6h, S.G. 21x, cat. £680+. Photo. Price Realised £480 |
3066
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d. Venetian red, watermark reversed, block of fifteen [R. 1/3-3/7] marginal from the top of the sheet, one showing neck blemish [R. 2/4], fresh and fine unmounted mint. Ex 'Fordwater' collection. SH 6i, v2, S.G. 22ax, cat. £195+. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
3067
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d. Venetian red, watermark reversed, Nov. 1895 printing, complete mint sheet of sixty missing upper left stamp, the lower row showing watermark marginal line only, hinged in selvedge only, mainly fine. (59) Ex Palmer collection. SH 6i, S.G. 22ax cat. £767+. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
3068
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d. Venetian claret, eleventh printing Apr. 1896, scarce complete mint sheet of sixty, fresh and mainly fine, unmounted except four. SH 6j, S.G. 22b, cat. £2,280+. Photo. Price Realised £1050 |
3069
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d. pale red, June 1899 printing, complete mint sheet of sixty hinged in selvedge only, the left column showing watermark marginal letters, overall gum toning and one or two small defects, 1d. orange-red, Jan. 1902 printing, upper left corner marginal block of ten (5 x 2) unmounted mint, mainly fine. (70) SH 6l, 6m, S.G. 23, 24, cat. £680+. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
3070
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 2d. reddish purple, Apr. 1896 printing, complete mint sheet of sixty, hinged in margins and on six stamps only some perf. buckling but mainly fine and unmounted. SH 7b, S.G. 26, cat. £390+. Price Realised £240 |
3071
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 21/2d. Prussian blue, Jan. 1894 printing, upper right corner marginal horizontal pair hinged in selvedge only, fresh and fine. SH 8d, S.G. 29, cat. £500+. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
3072
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 21/2d. Prussian blue, Jan. 1894 printing, 21/2d. pale ultramarine, watermark reversed, June 1898 printing, mint, a little heavily mounted otherwise fine. SH 8d, 8g wmk1, S.G. 29, 30bx, cat. £390. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3073
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 21/2d. Prussian blue showing a fine strike of the 'Large Windmill' cork cancellation (Ob. 8/94). B.P.A. certificate (1960) for shade. S.G. 29. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3074
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 21/2d. ultramarine, Apr. 1896 printing, complete unused sheet of sixty, [R. 1/1-2] with slight faults, scarce. SH 8f, S.G. 30, cat. £3,000+. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
3075
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 4d. brownish black, Jan. 1894 printing, watermark reversed, fresh mint block of four, fine. Heijtz notes ''blocks of four and larger multiples are very scarce, both mint and used''. S.G. 31, cat. £3,200+. Photo. Price Realised £2500 |
3076
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 4d. olive-black, May 1895 printing, complete unmounted mint sheet of sixty incl. ''CROWN AGENTS'' watermark letters, numbered in left selvedge, mainly fine. S.G. 32, cat. £960+. Price Realised £450 |
3077
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 6d. orange-yellow, watermark reversed, and 6d. yellow, both in mint blocks of four, fine. S.G. 33x, 34, cat. £560+. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
3078
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 9d. pale reddish orange, variety watermark reversed, mint, fine. S.G. 35x, cat. £600. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
3079
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1s. grey-brown, variety watermark reversed, a scarce block of four, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 37x, cat. £760+. Photo. Price Realised £820 |
3080
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1s. yellow-brown, variety watermark reversed, scarce unmounted mint block of four, marginal from the right of the sheet, fine. S.G. 38x, cat. £900+. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
3081
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1s. yellow-brown, variety watermark reversed, lower right corner marginal mint block of four with punch hole in selvedge, one with trivial grease mark otherwise fine. Ex 'Fordwater' collection. S.G. 38x, cat. £900+. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
3082
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 printings, selection comprising 1/2d. (marginal), 21/2d. and 6d. (marginal) overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' (Samuel type B2) without gum, 4d. and 6d. trimmed to resemble imperf. plate proofs, and a good range of mint or unused shades of 1/2d. (4), 1d. (12), 2d. (4), 21/2d. (6, two Prussian blue), 4d. (4), 6d. (4), 9d. (3) and 1s. (4) mainly fair to fine. (44) Price Realised £350 |
3083
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1898 2s.6d. deep blue and 5s. red mint, the former with faintly toned perfs., also 2s.6d. and 5s. used (cancellations not guaranteed). S.G. 41, 42. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
3084
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1898 2s.6d. deep blue upper right corner marginal mint block of four showing cracked plate and re-entry [R. 1/9] and scratched ''F'' with plate crack [R. 1/10] varieties, the varieties unmounted, slight bends, the lower right stamp with small thin on reverse. ''As the total printing was only 6,000, only 100 of each variety could exist. It is most unlikely that many examples have survived, and in unbroken pairs the varieties must be of the greatest rarity.'' - Dr. H. Koefmann (Strand Stamp Journal, Nov. 1956). S.G. 41, vars., SH 14, v1, v2. Photo. Price Realised £1700 |
3085
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1898 5s. red, THE UNIQUE COMPLETE SHEET OF SIXTY, unused, slight reinforcement otherwise mainly fine. A spectacular exhibition item, the largest recorded multiple. S.G. 42, cat. £15,000+. Photo. Price Realised £5500 |
3086
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1887 1d. brownish claret tied by ''F.I.'' steel obliterator to journal wrapper, likely to have previously enclosed an issue of ''The Falkland Islands Gazette'', addressed to Edward F. Baillon at Ventnor, Isle of Wight endorsed ''p. Book Post'' for the rare 1d. per 4oz. printed matter (or 'Colonial Book Post') rate in use from 1858 to 1898. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
3087
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891 (July 11) envelope to Kent franked by 4d. olive grey-black, left marginal, just tied by 'cork' cancellation with F.2 despatch c.d.s. below and red London Aug. 11 transit on reverse, some minor soiling and tone spotting. Carried on the S.S. ''Herodot'' with the ninth mailing of the Bisect Provisionals. Ex Neild collection. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
3088
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1894 (Apr. 14) Falkland Islands Co. envelope to Germany franked at foreign countries rate by 1889 4d. olive grey-black, marginal straight edge at left, small stain at foot, 'Bainbridge' cork cancellation (Ob. 2/94) with despatch c.d.s. below, showing red London May 29 transit and next day Buchbrunn arrival on reverse. Heijtz certificate (2016). Photo. Price Realised £580 |
3089
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1891 (Feb. 26) envelope from Government House (with printed imprint on flap) addressed to Capt. Frederic Echlin, R.N., son-in-law of the Governor Thomas Kerr, in Dorset, carried on the ''Pentaur'' and ''Liguria'' with the fourth mailing of the Bisect Provisionals franked at rare double rate by 1887 1d. strip of four and single with 'First Bisect' (Ob. 1/90) 'cork' cancellations with despatch c.d.s. below, Weymouth Mar. 13 arrival on reverse. Photo. Price Realised £3800 |
3090
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1897 (Mar. 2) envelope from Government House (with printed imprint on flap), registered to Switzerland exceptionally bearing 1878 1s. and 6d. (3, two marginal, one from the lower left corner of the sheet), F.1 c.d.s. cancellations, the 1s. additionally just tied by ''(crown)/REGISTERED'' marking, with London Registered hooded datestamp of Apr. 8 below and backstamped Lausanne Apr. 10 arrival, the cover initialled ''P.B.G'' at lower left. Photo. Price Realised £1200 |
3091
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1900 (June 25) 1d. carmine stationery envelope (1899) registered to Germany, with added 1891-1902 4d. olive-black cancelled F.4A (earliest known date) with further fine strike at left, ''(crown)/REGISTERED'' marking and German receiving registration label, redirected from Bitsch to Weinheim with Aug. 27 transit and arrival backstamps, attractive. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
3092
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1903 (Jan. 6) registered cover to Hungary bearing 1898 2s.6d. deep blue and 5s. red cancelled F.4B (with ''JY'' for ''JA'' month error) additionally tied by Feb. 3 London registered transit red, backstamped Nagyszeben (now Sibiu, Romania) Feb. 6 arrival. Photo. Price Realised £620 |
3093
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1905 (Nov. 7) 1d. carmine stationery envelope (1899) registered to U.S.A., with added 1891-1902 9d. salmon, cancelled F.4B with ''(crown)/REGISTERED'' marking and blue pencil ''12'' below, New York transit and Newark Dec. 18 arrival on reverse. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3094
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: 1912 envelope registered to Bedfordshire showing fine strike of circular ''POST OFFICE/(crown)/FALKLAND ISLANDS'' type PSO.5 handstamp in red, with type 1 registration label and bearing 1904-12 2d. purple lower right corner marginal block of four cancelled in transit by ''18 MR 12'' registered oval datestamps with further strike and next day Kempston arrival c.d.s. on reverse, the address erased and reinstated. B.P.A. certificate (1988). Photo. Price Realised £350 |
3095
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Specimens: THE DE LA RUE 1903 COMPOSITE ESSAYS, unique pair of reunited essays with K.E.VII head printed in red affixed on 1891-1902 1d. and in blue affixed on 1898 2s.6d., both with oval frame and enclosed pearls around heads handpainted and mounted on thick card (89 x 114mm) dated ''Sept. 25th 03'', the former endorsed ''Approved for 1/2, 1 and 21/2d./stamp'', the latter ''Approved for 3s. stamp./(subject to colour being/settled).'' and both initialled ''W.H.M.'' (Crown Agent for the Colonies Sir William Hepworth Mercer) dated ''1.10.03'', slight soiling. The latter ex Lovibond and 'Stanley' collections. Listed as 5(i) in ''The De La Rue Definitives of the Falkland Islands'' by J.P. Bunt (1986). Photo. Price Realised £7000 |
3096
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Specimens: Low denomination master die proof in black on surfaced wove paper (36 x 40mm), before deepening, dated ''22 OCT 1903'' above and with etched horizontal lines at lower right to illustrate shading depths. Listed as A.1 in ''The De La Rue Definitives of the Falkland Islands'' by J.P. Bunt (1986). Photo. Price Realised £2900 |
3097
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Specimens: High denomination master die proof in bright blue on surfaced wove paper (50 x 56mm). Ex Perkin, Ayre and 'Stanley' collections. Listed as H.2 in ''The De La Rue Definitives of the Falkland Islands'' by J.P. Bunt (1986). Photo. Price Realised £7200 |
3098
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Specimens: High denomination master die proof in red on surfaced wove paper (50 x 55mm). Ex Perkin, Ayre and 'Stanley' collections. Listed as H.3 in ''The De La Rue Definitives of the Falkland Islands'' by J.P. Bunt (1986). Photo. Price Realised £7800 |
3099
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Specimens: Die proof of 1/2d. in black on thin surfaced card (55 x 58mm). Ex Ayre collection. Listed as B.1 in ''The De La Rue Definitives of the Falkland Islands'' by J.P. Bunt (1986). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3100
| Sale number: 110 Falkland Islands: King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Specimens: Die proof of 1/2d. in black on thin surfaced card (48 x 58mm) dated ''30 NOV. 03'' above, endorsed ''AFTER/STRIKING'' and initialled ''G.C.G.'' (?). Listed as B.5 in ''The De La Rue Definitives of the Falkland Islands'' by J.P. Bunt (1986). Photo. Price Realised £2500 |
