1901 ½d green block of 8 and pair on registered cover to Germany neatly tied by Port Stanley cds 'MR 6/01' and first type Crown registered mark alongside and German registration label applied lower left. Kenzingen arrival on reverse. (Image)

1901 1d carmine-rose stationery envelope with additional ½d, 1d, 4d and 9d registered cover to Berlin, all tied by Port Stanley cds 'DE 11/00' and first type Crown registered mark alongside; German registration label applied below. German arrival on reverse. (Image)

Battle of the Falkland Islands. 1914 postcard of Government Offices, Stanley, bearing GB ½d (which was missed by the wavy-line cancel), to Winchester. Posted after the battle, headed 'H.M.S. Kent', from a serviceman to his wife. Small black circular PASSED/H.M.S. KENT/CENSOR' and dated Dec 27th 14 in pencil. Very scarce (Image)

1925 cover to the Cayman Islands bearing ½d green tied by full strike of the oval 'H.M.C.S. AFTERGLOW/POSTED ON BOARD/ 6 OCT 1925' , Falklands 'T' alongside. Caymans ¼d pair and 1½d War Stamp added to pay double the 1d deficiency, tied by Georgetown 'T' in circle and with two strikes of type 5 cds. Kingston machine transit on reverse. (Image)

1929 Whale and Penguin issue ½d to 2½d and 6d, 1s and 2s6d on registered, early airmail cover to Maidstone, cancelled Port Stanley cds '16 MY 30, showing correct postal rate of 4s3d plus 3d registration, on reverse Montevideo transit and Maidstone arrival '23 JU/30'. Opening faults and the odd toned spot still a rare cover. (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY: 1935 KGV 1d red P/S envelope (type IV, 1932 issue) uprated with 1935 KGV SJ 1d and 2½d, registered to London, with individual light strikes of type PS2A cds (22 MY 1935) and type 8A registration label at lower left. The 2½d tied by blue crayon cross. The vast majority of the Type IV printing was destroyed in 1938. Heijtz records only two known uprated examples. Fine and rare. Heijtz E2d (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY: 1938 1d+1d red-brown reply card in pack of six with original red/cream wrapper band, unused, minor splitting to wrapper. Out of the original supply of 960 cards, 900 were destroyed in 1960, thus this pack is 10% of the entire issue sold. Heijtz P6. (Image)

KGVI to early QEII covers/stationery including various KGVI covers, 1938 ½d to 1s on registered cover cancelled 'FOX BAY' dr cds, similar 1942 with 'Passed Censor' on reverse, 1944 three Operation Taberin covers and Deception Island postcard, 1938 4d registered stationery envelope (HG C2) overprinted 'SPECIMEN', 1957 4d registered stationery envelope (HG F) unused, selection of QEII aerogrammes mint and used, various mint registered stationery envelopes (HG H) with fees 16p to £1, plus one used cancelled Fox Bay, West Point Island mailbag label to 'POSTMASTER/STANLEY'. Slightly mixed condition, still an unusual and interesting lot, (72) (Image)

1878 imperforate colour trials on unwatermarked paper, each with four margins; 1d in brown and 6d in blue, the latter close at top, still fine. For SG 1, 3 (Image)

1878 no watermark 1d claret, a very respectable o.g. example, lightly hinged with good gum and colour. SG 1, £750 (Image)

1879 4d grey-black, no watermark, mint with large part o.g. Slightly blunt perf at right, otherwise fine for this. BPA Certificate (1969) when SG 2a. SG 2, £1400 (Image)

1882 1d dull claret with watermark inverted and reversed, unused without gum. Also shows the R3/2 'neck blemish', an extremely rare combination. SG 5y var (Image)

1885-91 1d claret pair and adjoining bisect, just tied by cork cancel to envelope to Abergavenny, with double-ring CDS alongside (date unclear); arrival CDS of SP 4 91 on reverse, which is endorsed 'letter dated July 1 1891'. Faults, mainly peripheral, including some minor foxing (not affecting the bisect), still a good and very scarce cover. Ex Harmers, Lot 244, 29.2.96; RPS Certificate (1957). SG 8, 8a, £4000 (Image)

1887 1d brownish claret with watermark sideways reversed, fine o.g. SG 8x, £350 (Image)

1891-8 Specimen group with 1891 set (extra 6d) overprinted Type F3, these foxed; 2d o.g. with violet handstamps; 2½d affixed to piece, overprinted in red; 2½d ultramarine with very faint overprint in black; 1d (oxidised) and 4d (watermark reversed) with small handstamps in violet, and 26d and 5/- overprinted Type B2, lightly toned (Image)

1891 1d brown with large part Post Office mail bag seal cancel, fine, ex Clough. SG 18a (Image)

1889 1d red-brown horizontal pair (straight edge at top) and bisect (lower right half) on piece of mourning envelope, First Bisect Corks, the bisect also tied by FE 2 1891 CDS. (SG 11a), Heijtz 13c (Image)

1889 1d red-brown whole stamp (straight edge at left) cancelled by First Bisect Cork. Shows the pen 'guide' line for bisecting applied to the earliest stamps prepared; rare. (SG 11a) (Image)

1891 1d red-brown two pieces with two whole stamps each plus a bisect, each tied by correct cancel, one horizontal and one vertical. The vertical strip shows the bisect cut the wrong way, i.e. NW to SE; unusual. Both ex Ken Clough, Harmers 8.10.97. (SG 11a) (Image)

1891 1d red-brown bisects, surcharged and without surcharge. Collection on stocksheets including unsurcharged on pieces (8), various cancels including one on dated piece (foxing); ½d surcharges, selection of fakes (9 and unsevered pair) and posthumous, and twelve on and off pieces including four with dated cancels, not guaranteed and in mixed condition. An interesting lot. SG (11a), 13, 14 (Image)

1891 ½d surcharge (left half) with two unsurcharged 1ds, well tied by cork cancels to envelope to London (part address excised). Double-ring CDS below, SP 15 1891, arrival CDS on reverse. Rare on cover, ex Ken Clough. SG 14 (Image)

1891 ½d on half of 1d brownish claret unsevered pair, cancelled by F1 obliterator. Fine, ex Earl Spencer. SG 11a, £1100 (Image)

1891 ½d on half of 1d red-brown (watermark reversed), posthumous surcharge, re-joined pair, the left half showing the surcharge double, unused with a little o.g. BPA Certificate (2006). SG 14 var (Image)

1891-1902 1d brown with watermark inverted, used with partial cork obliterator, scarce. SG 18a, £750 (Image)

1899 1d pale red, twenty-seven used examples in strips and blocks on registered front to Hamburg, MY 30 1901 CDSs. First type Crown REGISTERED marking, fine strike, label added on arrival; very slight foxing in places but quite spectacular. SG 23 (Image)