U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 20-21, 2016

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Lot #502
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1857 cover endorsed "Port Stanley/18 November1857" and sent by Falkland Islands Company steamship "Victoria" to Montevideo, then treated as unpaid & carried out of the mails to England aboard the Royal mail steamship "Medway", subsequently franked with pair of GB 2d blue perf, 14 Victoria issue (SG 35), tied by CLIFTON 959 duplexes, with red "6" and INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID hs on arrival in England, plus blue manuscript German 3 1/2 Silbergroschen postage due notation in transit. Manuscript German docketing shows "Port Stanley-18 Nov. 57" copied from dateline of contents and underlined notation "Last cover from there". Reverse bears red London cds and red double circle AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN transit. A remarkable and early cover from Falkland Islands, certainly a noteworthy addition to an advanced collection of the area, exhibition quality, with 2013 BPA certificate
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #503
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1891 surcharged "1/2" on diagonal half of 1p red brown, fine used (with the original piece on which it originated), with BPA certificate
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Catalog #SG 14
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #504
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1904-7 KEVII, 1/2p-5sh, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 43-50)
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Catalog #22-29
Catalog Value £475
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #505
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1929-37 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 116-126)
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Catalog #54-65
Catalog Value £700
Unsold
Lot #506
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1933 Centenary, 1/2p-£1, complete set, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f. (SG 127-138; catalogue value for hinged)
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Catalog #65-76
Catalog Value £4,250
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #507
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1938 George VI, 1/2p-£1, set of 16 (complete according to Scott's), n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 146/163)
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Catalog #84-96
Catalog Value £475
Price Realized
$230.00

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