Falkland Islands: 1960-66 Birds, collection in a binder incl. set to £1 with 1s. re-entry in pair, De La Rue printings to 2s., range of plate no./imprint blocks of six incl. Waterlow values to 1s.3d., 2s., 5s. (2), 10s., £1 incl. 2d. block of four with weak entry, De La Rue 1/2d., 1d. (2, showing weak entry), 2d., watermark sideways 1/2d. single showing showing striking shift of black to right, plate no./imprint blocks (4, incl. pl. no. 2-1 blocks of four (2) and six with weak entry), also set used, philatelic covers bearing values to £1 with hovercraft flights, and De La Rue to 2s., commercial covers incl. scarcer rates with De La Rue 6d. block of four on registered cover to Pebble Island, etc. chiefly fine.

Falkland Islands: 1960-66 Birds, Waterlow pl. no. 1-1 1/2d., 2d., 3d., 21/2d. pl. no. 2-1, De La Rue pl. no. 1-2 1/2d. (2), pl. no. 2-1 1/2d. (showing printer’s plate nos. “47975” and “47770”, “H” flaw [R. 2/2], shoulder flaw [R. 8/4], substituted cliché [R. 12/4] and weak entry [R. 12/5]), pl. no. 1-1 1d., pl. no. 2-1 1d. (incl. incl. substituted cliché [R. 12/4] and weak entry [R. 12/5]), pl. no. 2-1 21/2d., pl. no. 1-1 3d., each in a complete unmounted mint sheet of sixty, chiefly fine. S.G. 193, a, ab, ac, 194, a, ab, 195-197.

Falkland Islands: 1960-66 Birds 1/2d. to £1 set in blocks of four incl. De La Rue printings, c.t.o. in 1968, the 1/2d. being watermark sideways, one 3d. with heavy bend otherwise mainly fine. (60) (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1960-66 9d. showing dramatic downward shift of Silvery Grebe vignette, used, fine. S.G. 201 var. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1960-66 Birds 2s. black and lake-brown, De La Rue imprint/plate no. 2-1 corner marginal block of six (3 x 2) showing substituted cliché [R. 12/4] and weak entry [R. 12/5], unmounted mint, fine. SH 134, v1, v2, S.G. 204a, ab, cat. £1,875+. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: THE HMS GLASGOW ERROR: 1964 Battle 6d. black and light blue showing error of vignette “H.M.S. GLASGOW” in place of “H.M.S. KENT”, mint, fine. SH 146v1, S.G. 216a, cat. £40,000. Photo. One of the great rarities of Queen Elizabeth’s reign with only around 30 surviving examples having been recorded, of which around two thirds have been hinged. Accompanying contemporary letter records the discovery of this example in a circuit book of the American Philatelic Society in 1971. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1964 Battle 1s., variety watermark inverted, marginal from the left of the sheet, fine unmounted mint. SH 147 wmk1, S.G. 217w, cat. £4,000. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1966 Churchill 1d. and 1s. watermark inverted varieties, each in a fine unmounted mint marginal block of four. SH 154wmk1, 155wmk1, S.G. 224w, 225w, cat. £412+. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1968 Human Rights Year 2d. variety yellow omitted (“1968” white), fine unmounted mint. SH 157 v1, S.G. 228a, cat. £2,250. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1968-72 Flowers issues, collection in a binder with 1968 set, values to 51/2d. in complete sheets, other positional multiples to 5s. strip of four, unmounted mint, 1971 surcharges unmounted mint and used, with 1p. on 11/2d. albino surcharge unmounted mint, 1972 set unmounted mint and used (2, one on f.d.c.) with values 3p. in sheets, range of commercial and philatelic covers incl. 1968 set f.d.c., 1/2d. (2) on 4d. stationery envelope to Fox Bay, 2d. and 6d. on 4d. stationery envelope to England, chiefly fine.

Falkland Islands: 1968 Flowers 1s., variety watermark inverted, unmounted mint, fine. SH 169wmk1, S.G. 240w, cat. £350. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1969 Government Air Service 6d. imperforate proof in issued colours affixed to Format International Security Printers Ltd. presentation card (101 x 127mm). SH cat. £700. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1969 Government Air Service 1s. imperforate proof in issued colours affixed to Format International Security Printers Ltd. presentation card (101 x 127mm). SH cat. £700. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1969 Bishop Stirling set in unfolded gutter pairs, unmounted mint, fine and scarce. SH 183-86, cat. £250, S.G. 250-53. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1970 to 1977, selection of sets in gutter pairs comprising 1970 Defence Force (folded), S.S. Great Britain, 1972 Silver Wedding (10p. only), 1974 Tourism (three known values), U.P.U., Battle, 1975 Arms (strips of four) and 1977 Silver Jubilee, unmounted mint, some minor bends otherwise mainly fine. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1970 S.S. Great Britain set in unfolded unmounted mint gutter pairs, fine. SH 187-91, cat. £200, S.G. 258-62. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1970 S.S. Great Britain 4d. and scarce 1s., both variety Watermark Crown to right of CA, marginal from the left and right of the sheet respectively, unmounted mint, fine. SH 188wmk1, 190wmk1, S.G. 259w, 261w, cat. £1,920. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1971 1p. on 11/2d. variety albino surcharge, unmounted mint block of 24 (2 x 12), columns 4 and 5 from the right of the sheet with margins three sides, cylinder nos. and sheet no. “0340”, unmounted mint, folded otherwise fine. Heijtz certificate (2013) SH 193v3, S.G. 264c, cat. £3,360+. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1971 5p. on 11/2d. error of surcharge at left, unmounted mint, fine. SH 193v1, S.G. 264a, cat. £750. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1971 5p. on 11/2d. error of surcharge at right, unmounted mint, fine. SH 193v2, S.G. 264b, cat. £2,000. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1972 Flowers 1p., variety slate-purple printed double, fine used with PS.3 c.d.s. on 1972 (Aug. 16) envelope to Argentina with Special Flight and Joint Declaration cachets, rare. Heijtz certificate (1996). S.G. 277 var., SH 206 v1. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1974 Flowers 1/2p. watermark upright inverted, lower left corner marginal example, fine unmounted mint. SH 205bwmk1, S.G. 293w, cat. £325. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1974 Flowers 6p. watermark sideways, variety Crown to right of CA, used, fine. SH 213bwmk1, S.G. 295w, cat. £750. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1974 Churchill miniature sheet, variety watermark inverted, unmounted mint, fine. SH MS1wmk1, cat. £200, S.G. MS306w. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1974 Battle set, each variety watermark Crown to right of CA, unmounted mint, fine. SH 232wmk1-235wmk1, S.G. 307w-310w, cat. £295. (Image1)