Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. 1d. imperf. colour trial in brown on wove paper, fine. SH cat. £300. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. 6d. imperf. colour trial in blue on wove paper, fine. SH cat. £300. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. 1s. imperf. colour trial in green on wove paper, fine. SH cat. £300. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: 1885-87 Watermark Sideways 1d. brownish claret, watermark Crown to left of CA and 4d. pale grey-black, watermark Crown to left of CA reversed, lower marginal blocks of four ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives, one 1d. with a couple of nibbled perfs. otherwise fine without gum. S.G. 8, 9x. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: 1891-1902 1/2d. deep blue-green and 21/2d. very pale chalky ultramarine, First printing May 1891, from the single Bradbury Wilkinson archive sheets of sixty, unused with some traces of gum, fine. SH 5a, 8a. Photo. The archive sheets of each value were the only survivors from the first printing, the stamps issued to the islands being ruined as a result of the collision of the “Neko” with British steamer “Stancliff” in fog north of Ushant on July 21 1891. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: 1891-1902 1/2d. to 9d. set of five values overprinted “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type B2), the 2d. and 9d. without gum, others part original gum. Btwn. 15s and 35s, cat. £700. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: 1891-1902 1/2d. to 1s. set of eight values with 1898 2s.6d. and 5s., each handstamped “SPECIMEN.” (Samuel presentation type FI3) in violet, 2s.6d. corner bend otherwise mainly fine for these with gum. (10) Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: 1891-1902 selection of printing shades ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives comprising 1/2d. (5), 1d. (6), 2d. (2), 21/2d. (4), 4d. (2), 6d., 9d. (2) and 1s. (2), different printings and each handstamped “SPECIMEN” in violet (12.5 x 1.5mm), three upper marginal, mainly fine without gum. (24) (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: 1891-1902 1/2d. pale blue-green, Aug. 1891 printing, 1d. orange red-brown, Oct. 1891 printing and 21/2d. pale chalky ultramarine, Aug. 1891 printing, each handstamped “SPECIMEN” (16.5 x 2mm) in red and affixed to closely cut card, also 1/2d., 21/2d. and 6d. overprinted “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type B2) without gum and 1d. (faults) with fake handstamp. (7) Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: 1898 2s.6d. imperf. printer’s sample in issued blue on unwatermarked wove paper, perforated “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type B1), fine. SH cat. £1,000. Photo. (Image1)

Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Proofs and Specimens: The ‘Bourne’ head, a selection demonstrating usage by other countries incl. Griqualand 1879 Revenue values to £5 mint, Tasmania Beer Tax 1882 3s. on 2s.3d. and 9s. on 6s.9d. used with usual faults, Transvaal 1878-80 issues with 1d. plate proof pair, values to 1s. mint and used, 2s. used, 1882 1d. on 4d. used block of four, surcharge inverted mint, Revenue 1878-84 6d., 1s.6d., mint, etc. poor to fine. (35) (Image1)