Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 1d. claret, rare mint block of four from the top of the sheet. SH 1, cat. £4,000, S.G. 1. Photo. Most attractive and believed to be the finest of the three known surviving blocks. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 1d. claret, mint with crazed gum, fine. S.G. 1, cat. £750. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 1d. (perf. faults at foot and small ink mark), 4d. (2), 6d. horizontal pair, 1s. (3, incl. a horizontal pair) used, mostly fine. (8) S.G. 1-4, cat. £1,095. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 4d. grey-black, two examples, one showing part “TU” of “TURNER” watermark letters reversed, fine with part original gum, the other used and showing complete “R” but creased and with torn corner fault. SH 2 wmk1, S.G. 2a, cat. £4,250. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 6d. blue-green and 1s. bistre-brown in mint blocks of four, the former with straight edge margin at left, odd bend or perf. fault, attractive. S.G. 3, 4, cat. £820+. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1878-79 no watermark 1s. bistre-brown, very rare complete mint sheet of sixty showing flaws incl. “O” of “ONE” with flattened base [R. 1/1], a little fragile with some gum toning and other minor imperfections otherwise mainly fine with most unmounted. SH 4, v.1, S.G. 4, cat. £5,100+. Ex Ayre. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1882 to 1902, a used selection with a range of shades, printings and watermark variations incl. 1882 1d., 4d., 1885-91 watermark sideways 1d. (12), 4d. (5), 1889-91 1d., 4d. (3), 1891-1902 1/2d. (26), 1d. (64), 2d. (6), 21/2d. (27), 4d. (6), 6d. (14), 9d. and 1s. (3), cancellation interest incl. ‘corks’, 1d. with Govt. House “31 SP/99” c.d.s. in red (day date error), WF.2 “19 DE/1901” c.d.s. (small year date), etc., poor to fine. (173) (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Sideways, 1d. brownish claret, Crown to left of CA, mint block of ten [R. 1/3-2/7] with straight edge margin at top and incl. neck blemish [R. 2/4], mainly fine with the lower row unmounted. SH 6c, S.G. 8, cat. £1,300+. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Sideways, 1d. brownish claret, watermark Crown to left of CA reversed, mint, fine. S.G. 8x, cat. £350. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Sideways, 4d. pale grey-black, watermark Crown to left of CA (2), watermark Crown to right of CA (4), 4d. grey-black, watermark Crown to left of CA (4), watermark Crown to right of CA (3), a few trivial imperfections otherwise mainly good to fine used with cork cancellations. SH 9b, wmk1, 9c, wmk1, S.G. 9, w, 10, w. (13) (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Sideways, 4d. grey-black watermark Crown to left of CA, block of four from the top of the sheet (straight edge at top), unused without gum, rare multiple of fine appearance. SH 9c, S.G. 10, cat. £1,800+. Heijtz notes “blocks of four and larger multiples are very scarce, both mint and used”. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1885-91 Watermark Sideways, 4d. grey-black, watermark Crown to left of CA reversed and also showing marginal watermark lines, large part original gum, fine. R.P.S. certificate (1998). SH 9c wmk2, S.G. 10x, cat. £1,300+. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: “THE/FALKLAND ISLANDS/GAZETTE”, Vol. I, no. 5 (Jan. 29 1891) with Post Office Notices incl. 1890 (Dec. 15) giving notice, from Jan. 1 1891, of the reduction in the Empire single postal rate from 4d. to 21/2d., and detailing arrangements for the bisect provisionals with illustration, as well as 1890 (Nov. 21) and 1891 (Jan. 8) regarding parcel post, other Government Notices incl. official licences and 1891 (Jan. 27) regarding vaccination of children (205 x 330mm). Photo.

Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Second Mail on the S.S. “Denderah” 1891 (Feb. 12), envelope unusually to Montevideo, addressed to Mrs. L. Hordern, it is assumed by Lt. Lionel H. Hordern of H.M.S. “Beagle”, bearing 1d. brownish claret horizontal strip of three, one bisected, tied by First Bisect cork cancellations (Ob. 1/90) with indistinct F.2 despatch c.d.s. below, roughly opened and repaired with flap missing. Barton B13. Underpaid, the correct rate being 4d., but passed untaxed. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Fifth Mail on the S.S. “Isis” (Mar. 28 1891), envelope addressed by Henry Waldron from either Beaver Island or Roy Cove to J. Bragg in Birmingham bearing 1/2d. on half 1d. brownish claret, two singles and two unsevered pairs, tied by First Bisect cork cancellations (Ob. 1/90) with lightly struck F.2 c.d.s. below. Heijtz certificate (2020) notes it to be “the most important and a very famous bisect cover”. Barton E11. Ex B.S.H. Grant collection, and illustrated in “The Postage Stamps of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies” by Grant (1952), p. 42. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Ninth Mail on the S.S. “Herodot” (July 11 1891), the remarkable ‘De Worms’ cover bearing six examples of 1/2d. on half 1d. red-brown unsevered pairs in vertical strip of four and pair with “F.I.” steel obliterator cancellations, type F.2 despatch c.d.s., “(crown)/REGISTERED” mark and red hooded London arrival of Aug. 11. This official envelope was addressed to the celebrated philatelist Anthony de Worms (1869-1938) by Robert Wickham Morant Spearman (1867-1913), secretary to Governor Sir Roger Goldsworthy. Barton I5. Ex Perkin and Dudley Stone. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: Tenth Mail on the S.S. “Karnac” (Aug. 3, 1891), envelope to newspaper agents Kirkland, Cope & Co. in London franked 1d. red-brown horizontal strip of three from the right of the sheet with one bisected and surcharged 1/2d., First Bisect cork cancellations (Ob. 1/90) and type F.2 c.d.s. below, Sept. 14 arrival backstamp, a little stained with vertical fold at left. Ex Stern. Barton J14. SH 13d v4. Heijtz certificate (2011) An important rarity bearing a surcharged bisect se-tenant with unsurcharged stamps, only two such examples of the 1d. red-brown being known on cover. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: The 1891 Bisect Provisionals: The Geldard Covers of Nov. 1892, piece from cover addressed to Charles Geldard in London bearing 1/2d. on half red-brown (5) tied by Large Square F.I. cork cancellations (Ob. 5/92) with type F.2 c.d.s. alongside. With B.P.A. certificate (1955), the piece having been additionally trimmed since. See “The Falkland Islands: The 1891 Provisionals” by Malcolm Barton (2002), p. 141. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1/2d., mint or unused selection of shades and printings, partly sorted, poor to fine. (66) (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d., mint or unused comprehensive selection of shades and printings, partly sorted, poor to fine. (86)

Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d., 2d., 21/2d. watermark reversed, 4d., 6d. (upper pair horizontal crease), 9d. and 1s., each in a mint block of six (2 x 3) marginal from the top of the sheet, chiefly fine and hinged in selvedges only. (42) (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 1d. pale red, June 1899 printing, variety watermark reversed, unmounted mint, fine. SH 6l wmk1, S.G. 23x, cat. £350. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 21/2d., mint or unused selection of shades and printings incl. 1894 bright ultramarine and 1898 pale ultramarine watermark reversed pairs, Prussian blue, poor to fine. (56) (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 21/2d. Prussian blue, Jan. 1894 printing, mint imprint block of six (3 x 2) from the foot of the sheet, the upper strip of three rather heavily mounted and pair at left with vertical bend but very rare. SH 8d, S.G. 29, cat. £1,500+. Heijtz notes “blocks of four and larger multiples are very scarce, both mint and used”. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: 1891-1902 21/2d. Prussian blue, Jan. 1894 printing, mint block of four, fine and fresh. SH 8d, S.G. 29, cat. £1,000+. Heijtz notes “blocks of four and larger multiples are very scarce, both mint and used”. Photo. (Image1)