Falkland Islands Dependencies: South Georgia: 1982 Conflict, (Mar. 16) South Georgia Insects f.d.c. unaddressed. Signed on reverse by R.K. Headland of the British Antarctic Survey dated Apr. 3 1982 after the event. Accompanied by a 1986 letter of confirmation from Headland at the Scott Polar Research Institute in which he records of the covers that “I had by rather a fortunate series of chances, an Argentine guard smuggle them out from King Edward Point unknowingly and they were with my personal effects aboard “Bahía Paraíso” and in the prison camp at Puerto Belgrano.” One of a very small number of signed covers (stated “only about a dozen”). Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1982 Conflict: (Mar. 27) commercial cover from South Georgia to Stanley franked by Dependencies 5p. tied by rare SG21 c.d.s. (in use for one week only) with additional strike and large St. Andrews Bay Mar. 24 dated cachet at left, with enclosed four page letter written by Annie Price on Mar. 24. Also airmail ‘carriage’ envelope sent from London to Stanley on June 13 enclosing the cover for eventual delivery with inserted printed message from Deputy Postmaster Bob Headland explaining that the item had been carried in hand luggage whilst a prisoner of Argentina. Rare, particularly when retaining both contents and carriage envelope. Cindy Buxton and Annie Price were filming a “Survival Special” for Anglia Television on South Georgia and had been living alone at their camp in St. Andrew’s Bay for seven months when fighting broke out. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1982 Conflict, Civilian Mail: (Apr. 2) internal cover addressed from Fox Bay to the Falkland Co-op in Stanley franked by Shipwrecks 5p. cancelled by fine FB.3 c.d.s. on the day of invasion. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1982 Conflict, Falkland Islands: (Apr. 6) local envelope franked Fishes 5p., vertical cover folds, (Apr. 8) to York (with enclosed short letter) franked Fishes 13p., both with type I (flag at foot) Argentinian Occupation c.d.s., (Apr. 13) local envelope (faults but with enclosed invoice) with type II (flag at top) c.d.s., also O.H.M.S. envelope to Hill Cove franked Mailships 5p. without c.d.s. but showing Apr. 10 Customs and Harbour dated cachet, each with adhesive crossed by biro strokes. (4 covers) Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1982 Conflict, (Apr. 6) envelope locally addressed in Stanley franked by Shipwrecks 5p. crossed by biro strokes with type I (flag at foot) “6 ABR 1982” Argentinian Occupation c.d.s. above. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1982 Conflict, (Apr. 13) airmail envelope and larger envelope (slight faults) to the same addressees in Argentina, the first bearing Fishes 5p., the second with 5p. pair, both crossed by biro strokes and with type II (flag at top, type 3 “1982” close to frame) c.d.s. alongside. Photo. (Image1)