25051891 Bisect Provisional ½d on UR half of QV 1d brownish claret, error opt DOUBLE, with 2 clear strikes one of which ties the bisect to the piece! Together with 2 unoverprinted 1d claret, tied by cork cancel. Opt from special printing supplied by PO to collectors after 10 Sept 1891. VFU. SG 13(var). Rare as only several double opts are known. RPSL photo-cert. (P) $1500$2500
25061904-12 KEVII set ½d to 5/-, opt SPECIMEN. VF fresh M, 1/- cnr perf added. SG 43-50s cat £600. Rare set. (8). (P) $500$700
25161912-20 KGV 10/- red on green. VF fresh MUH, bottom marginal. SG 68 cat £190 for M, should be at least double, £380 MUH. (P) $325$450
25171912-20 KGV £1 black on red, top value, wmk mult crown. VF fresh MUH bottom marginal. SG 69 cat £550 for M, should be at leastdouble, £1100 MUH. (P) $800$1100
25181929-37 KGV Whale & Penguin set ½d-£1. Superb fresh MUH. SG 116-26 cat £700 for M, should be at least double, £1400 MUH. (11). (P) $1400$2000
25211933 Centenary ½d to 2/6. VF fresh M. SG 127-135 cat £500. (9). (P) $250$400
25221933 Centenary 5/- black & yellow King Penguin. VF fresh MUH. SG 136 cat £950 for M, should be at least double, £1900 MUH. Popular stamp & rare MUH! (P) $1700$2300
25231933 Centenary 5/- black & yellow King Penguin, the 1949 presentation die proof by Helio-Vaugirard on wmk paper (155x116mm), comes with original envelope. SG 133(var), normal stamp would cat £950. (P) $400$600
2524ca1900 use of QV 1d red Postcard with "Falkland Island's NO 8…" cds (with apostrophe). To Germany with arrival cds. FU. H&G 3. $20$30
25251914-18 Ship cancel double oval "Posted on Board JUN 25" & "RMS Falkland" h/s -both part strikes in violet on KGV ½d green. Heijtz SC 2+3 cat £350. (P) $150$250
25261928 South Georgia Provisional 2½d on KGV 2d purple-brown forged opt tied to cover by "South Georgia 19 FEB 28" cds. SG 115 cat £1300 & "from 2" on cover for genuine. Attractive reference. (P) $300$400
25271929 tiny Registered cover (sl tones), franked KGV 3/- slate-green, assume wmk script, tied by "Falkland Islands 19 MY 29" cds, with reg label. To England, with b/s of Plymouth & Bromsgrove. SG 80 cat £160 as loose stamp & unpriced on cover. (P) $200$300
FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES
25281946-49 KGVI Thick Map set ½d to 1/-, perf SPECIMEN. Superb fresh MUH. SG G1-8s cat £1100+. Very rare genuine set & almost never seen in such nice MUH condition. Certificate can be obtained on request. (8). (P) $1200$1800
25301954-62 QEII Pictorials ½d blk of 20, 1d & 1½d positional blks of 10 with DLR imprint & plate no.1, 1d variety "retouches to cross-hatching". VF fresh MUH. SG G26a, 27b, ba & 28a cat £503++. Scarce imprints. (40) $200$300
2531South Georgia: 1904-12 KEVII 2d reddish-purple, tied to piece by full "South Georgia AP 21 12" cds. VFU. SG Z16a cat £325+, plus premium for on piece. Rare shade, especially with this pmk. (P) $250$400
2532South Georgia: 1912-23 KGV 2½d deep blue with part "South Georgia AU 7…" cds. VFU. SG Z25c cat £45. $30$50
2534South Georgia: 1935 KGV Jubilee 4d & 1/- tied to piece by "South Georgia 18 NO 35" cds. VFU. SG Z68-9 cat £20++ $15$25
2535South Georgia: 1911 German South Pole Expedition PPC of expedition ship "Deutschland", franked Falklands KEVII 1d tied by weak South Georgia cds, plus special red ship stamp tied by 4-line "Polarschiff Deutschland Sud Georgien Grytviken 10 Dezember 1911" cancel. VF. Rare & attractive. (P) $1300$2000
FIJI
25361870-71 Fiji Times Express 1d black on rose, vertically ribbed paper, rouletted on 3 sides. VFM, sl diag crease, nice original gum. SG 5 cat £1100. Rare genuine & certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $450$700
25371874 VR opt "Six Cents" on 3d green, opt type 5. Superb U, black cross m/s cancel, unusually w/c. SG 17 cat £700. (P) $200$300
25381874 VR opt "SIX CENTS" on 3d green, opt type 5. FU, postal m/s cancel, irregular perfs etc. SG 17 cat £700. 2012 Sismondo photo-cert. (P) $200$300
25401876-77 Crown CR with VR underprint 1d deep blue imperf PROOF on horiz laid paper, error printed DOUBLE. Superb fresh M. SG 31a(p), double print unlisted on laid paper. (P) $80$150
25411876-77 VR underprint 1d blue on laid paper, variety "void corner". U, sl flts, nice appearance. SG 31b cat £350. (P) $100$200
25421876-77 Crown CR with VR underprint 1d deep blue on laid paper, variety "void cnr". FU. SG 31b cat £350. (P) $250$350
25431878-99 Surch crown VR 4d/1d, opt type A, rough perf 10. F-VF fresh M. SG 41 cat £75. (P) $50$70
25501912-23 KGV £1 purple & black on red die II, wmk crown CA. Superb fresh MUH. SG 137a cat £250 for M, should be at least double, £500 MUH. (P) $400$600
25511912-23 KGV £1 purple & black on red, Die II. Stamp VF fresh MUH, top marginal. SG 137a cat £250 for M, should be at least double, £500 MUH. (P) $400$600
25521912-23 KGV £1 purple & black on red Die II, wmk mult crown. VF fresh M. SG 137a cat £250. (P) $180$250
25561917-18 Postage Due wide setting ½d black on horiz laid yellowish paper. VFU. SG D1 cat £500. Rare! (P) $300$500
25571918 Postage Due set ½d-4d, opt SPECIMEN. VF fresh M. SG D6-10s cat £160. (5). (P) $140$180
25581922-29 KGV set ¼d to 5/-, wmk script, opt SPECIMEN. VF fresh M. SG 228-41s cat £400. (14). (P) $350$450
25592006-10 "Emergency" surch 1c/6c Bird with large XX in opt sheet of 100 with error opt "2c" XX instead of "1c" (pos 6/7). VF fresh MUH. SG 1316c cat £170 as single, scarce in comp sheet. (100). (P) $100$150
25602006-10 "Emergency" surch 1c/6c Bird with small xx in opt sheet of 100 with error opt "large XX" (pos 1/6). VF fresh MUH. Very scarce as a comp sheet. SG 1317a cat £350 as single variety. (100). (P) $200$400
25612006-10 "Emergency" surch 1c/23c Bird sheet of 100 with opt error "2c" XX instead of "1c" (pos 6/7). Also opt shifted to left exposing "c" of "23c" through vert column 1 & "missing UR bar on first X" on stamps 68 & 98. Hint of a reverse tropical spotting. VF MUH. SG 1346(var), 1346a cat £210 as a single opt error. (P) $100$200
25622006-10 "Emergency" surch 2c/23c Bird scarce 2009 printing comp sheet of 100 with all imprints & plate nos. Very difficult to find as it was a small print run & most were sold as postage or broken down into plate/imprint blks. VF MUH. SG 1350 cat £1000, Sc $2000 as single stamps. (P) $250$400
25632006-10 "Emergency" surch 2c/23c Bird, opt error "wrong blank" (XX instead of xxx), right marginal blk of 4. Possibly a trial opt, scarce with only one sheet discovered. VF fresh MUH. (P) $200$400
25652006-10 "Emergency" surch 3c/23c Bird comp sheet of 100 with variety "3 omitted" (pos 2/7). When this error was sighted soon after issue, postal staff frantically CUT OUT the offending stamp. It is believed only TEN sheets were sold with this error. VF fresh MUH. Unlisted SG, Scott 1218 cat US$4350. (100). (P) $700$1000
25672006-10 "Emergency" surch 18c/6c Bird original 2006 printing in comp sheet of 100 with all imprints & plate nos. Very difficult to find as the vast majority were sold as postage or broken down into imprint & plate blks. Stamps VF MUH, mnr selvedge tropicalisation. SG 1328, Sc 1157 cat $650 as single stamps. $200$300
25682006-10 "Emergency" surch 18c on 6c Bird part sheet of 60 entire lower pane (50) with graphic opt shift 15mm up, close to obliterating "FIJI". VF MUH. Scarce spectacular opt error. Vendor retail US$750+. (60). (P) $130$200
25692006-10 "Emergency" surch 20c/23c Bird, comp sheet of 100 with opt MISPLACED & skewed upwards at left, plus opt setting error "No gap flaw" between C & X (pos 7/10). VF fresh MUH. (P) $90$150
25702006-10 "Emergency" surch 20c/23c Bird UL plate number blk of 6, error opt misplaced 6mm down & off-centre, resulting in upper 2 stamps missing "20c xxx" opt. VF fresh MUH. Spectacular blk (2 prs with & w/o surch). (P) $100$200
25712006-10 Emergency surcharge 20c/23c bird lower marginal imprint/plate no blk of 20 (10x2) variety opt misplaced & sl skewed with XXX opt missing the 23c FV at LR to various degrees. Commercially used on carton fragment, some perfs very sl trimmed at top. Extremely rare item. $40$70
25722006-10 "Emergency" surch 20c/31c Bird comp sheet of 100, variety opt missing "Oc xx" on all 10 stamps in the 6th vert column, plus uneven opt inking on the rest of sheet. Also opt setting errors with "no gap" flaw between "c & first x" (pos 7/10). VF MUH. Very rare & possibly unique sheet. (P) $200$400
25742006-10 "Emergency" surch 20c/31c Bird, error "opt shifted 10mm up", left marginal horiz pr. VF fresh MUH. (P) $90$150
25752006-10 "Emergency" surch 20c/31c Bird comp sheet, opt shifted 28mm up into top selvedge & centre gutter leaving rows 5 &10 w/o surch (20 stamps). VF MUH. Extremely rare & probably unique, the only sheet discovered. Superb Exhibition piece. (P) $500$1000
25762006-10 "Emergency" surch 20c/30c Bird comp sheet of 100, upper pane opt normal & shifted Sl upwards, lower pane completely missing surcharge on all 50 stamps. VF MUH. Extremely rare (unique?) with this the only sheet discovered. Superb Exhibition piece. See website for comp sheet. (100). (P) $300$600
25792006-10 "Emergency" surch 40c/31c Bird left marginal plate no blk of 6, upper stamps variety "double opt", middle row "partial double opt", lower pr single (normal) opt. VF fresh MUH. Rare, only 5 blks of 6 recorded & some may have been reduced. (P) $180$300
25802006-10 "Emergency" surch 40c/31c Bird gutter blk of 4, error "opt shifted 22mm down" resulting in lower pr missing surcharge which appears in the gutter. Very scarce with less than 10 gutter blks surviving. VF fresh MUH. (P) $90$150
25812006-10 "Emergency" surch 50c/31c double row of 10 (pos 31-50) with full gutter selvedge below & both plate nos. Spectacular printing error "Extra numeral 5" between stamps 36 & 37. VF fresh MUH. Less than 10 of these errors have survived as PO removed the error pr before issue to the public. A rare printer's mistake. (P) $350$500
25822006-10 Emergency surch 50c/44c Bird error misplaced opt 10mm up to middle of stamp, on registered commercial cover to Australia with 14 other stamps inc pic & commems. Scarce usage! $40$70
25831910 use of KEVII ½d green post card, uprated with ½d, tied 3 strikes of Suva cds, addressed to German Navy doctor aboard SMS Scharnhorst at Tsingtau, Sydney transit b/s, arrival cds "Shanghai SP 23 10 BFPO". Rare destination. (P) $250$350
FINLAND
25841860-71 Arms 10k & 40p rose on pale rose, 10 of ea in se-tenant sheetlet of IMPERF proofs of 1893 official reprints. Superb fresh UN, as made. SG 13R & 41R, originals would cat £17,000, Fa 4R & 9R originals would cat Kr100,000. Extremely rare as such se-tenant imperf proof sheetlets! (P) $800$1200
25851866 Arms serpentine roulette 5p purple-brown on grey, teeth 1¼mm, vert laid paper. F-VF fresh M, part gum. SG 17 cat £450, Fa 5c cat Kr3000, Mi 5A cat €650. (P) $80$120
25861866-71 Arms 5p brown on pale lilac blue, sheetlet of 10 IMPERF proofs of the 1893 Official reprints. Superb fresh UN as made. SG 17R, originals cat £4500+, Fa 5R, originals cat Kr30,000. Extremely rare as imperf proof sheetlet! (P) $300$500
25871866 Arms serpentine roulette 5p deep brown on pale lilac, teeth 1¾mm, vert laid paper. VF fresh M. SG 18 cat £550, Fa 5c cat Kr3500, Mi 5B cat €500. (P) $80$120
25881866 Arms serpentine roulette 5p purple-brown on grey, teeth 2½mm, vert laid paper. F-VF fresh MLH. SG 19 cat £450, Fa 5 cat Kr3000, Mi 5c cat €500. (P) $80$120
25891866-67 Arms serpentine roulette 1Mk brown, roulette B -teeth 1¾mm. F-VF fresh UN, only 1 short tooth. SG 48 cat £3750, Fa 10c cat Kr 25,000, Mi 10B cat €4500 & all undercatalogued as very rare mint. Ex Faberge -pos 14 in his reconstruction (colour photo copy provided). 2015 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $1000$1500
25901866-67 Arms serpentine roulette 1Mk deep brown, roulette C -teeth 2¼mm. Superb fresh M, partial gum, all teeth amazingly intact. SG 49 cat £3000++, Facit 10c cat SFr 20,000+, Mi 10c cat €3000+ & all undercatalogued as very rare mint. Ex Faberge position 46 inhis reconstruction (colour photo copy provided). Rarity in such nice condition. 2015 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $2500$3500
25911866-67 Arms serpentine roulette 1Mk brown, teeth 2¼mm. Superb fresh MLH, nice original gum, 1 tooth split & reattached (but it is original), all others intact. SG 49 cat £3000+. Facit 10c cat SFr 20,000, Mi 10c cat €3000 & all undercatalogued as very rare mint. Ex Faberge -pos 10 in his reconstruction (colour photocopy provided). 2015 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $1200$2000
25921857 Cover (sl toning & repaired flap), franked 5k blue, small pearls, tied by boxed "Borga 7 MAI 1857" pmk & with boxed "ANK 9 5" b/s. Stamp is 2 shades, ½ blue & ½ dark blue due to partial weak print. SG 1, Fa 1Ic cat Kr90,000 = A$13,500. Attractive & rare classic no.1 cover. 2006 Tuori AIEP photo cert. (P) $1500$2500
25931857 Cover front franked 10k red-carmine tied by "Helsingfors 1 7 1857" cds, margin just touches at right. SG 2, Fa 2e cat Kr25,000 on cover. 2006 Tuori AIEP photo cert. (P) $350$500
25941858? Folded letter wrapper franked on reverse oval Arms 5k, small pearls, wove paper -4 huge margins (expertly repaired on 1 side), tied by "Helsingfors" cds & with m/s cross. To Coblenz Germany, with boxed red "Aus Russland France" cachet, b/s 3-line "Konigsberg 30/I Bromberg". SG 1 cat £2500+, Fa 1 cat Kr16,000+ -both as loose stamp, cat Kr70,000 on cover. Attractive. (P) $800$1500
25951858 Cover franked 10k carmine-red cut to shape, tied by "Helsingfors 12 10 18 8" cds & with pen cancel, plus boxed "ANK 16 10". Cover 2 folds well clear of stamp. SG 2, Fa 2g. 2006 Tuori AIEP photo cert. (P) $350$500
FRANCE
25961849-52 Ceres 25c greenish blue on yellowish, imperf. VF fresh MLH, nice original gum, 4 margins, very close but clear at top. SG 10cat £7500, Maury 4d cat €10,150. Genuine mint examples are very rare. 2016 Scheller photo-cert. (P) $1500$2500
26011849-52 Ceres 20c black, horiz TETE-BECHE pr. F-VFU, 3 margins, star dotted pmk. SG 23 cat £9000, Yv 3e cat €8500, Maury 3atb cat €12,000. Rare genuine example of this important classic item. RPSL photo-cert. (P) $1500$2500
26021849-50 Ceres 10c bistre, imperf, 1862 official reprint, available for postage. Superb fresh UN, 4 margins. SG 29 cat £750, Yv 1f cat €650, Maury 1e cat €700. (P) $180$250
26031852-53 Napoleon 10c bistre-brown, imperf. Fresh M, original gum, thin at top, margins close. SG 37 cat £48,000, Maury 9 cat €48,000. Genuine M are of great rarity being the 2nd rarest mint stamp of France! 2016 Scheller photo-cert. (P) $3000$5000
26041853-61 Napoleon 1Fr deep carmine. VF appearance, tiny repaired thin, 4 margins, dotted pmk. SG 73 cat £5500. Maury 18b cat €5500. Very attractive genuine example of this very rare classic. Exp Calves. (P) $600$900
26051862 Ceres 1Fr carmine, imperf, official reprint available for postage. VFM, 4 large margins. SG 34 cat £850, Maury 6g cat €900 (P) $300$450
26061863-70 Napoleon 2c red-brown, perf, opt SPECIMEN. VFM. SG 105(s) cat £160 as normal. Maury 8s cat €275. (P) $50$100
26071869 Napoleon 5Fr bluish-grey/greyish, with bluish "5 F" value. Superb fresh M, nice original gum, excellent centring & beautiful colour. SG 132(var) cat £11,000++, Yv 33b cat €9750, Maury 33c cat €11,000. The key top value of classic France & desirable in suchnice condition. Exp Alberto Diena, plus Dr Giulio Bolaffi AIEP photo-cert. (P) $3500$5000
26081870-71 Ceres Bordeaux 20c blue, type I, imperf. Superb fresh MLH, tiny expertly repaired tear in margin only, 4 original margins. SG164 cat £29,000, Maury 44I cat €33,000, Yv 44B cat €25,000. Major classic rarity. 2014 Scheller photo-cert. (P) $3500$5000
26091876-85 Peace & Commerce 25c ultramarine, type I. Superb M, disturbed gum, perfect centring. SG 220 cat £12,000, Maury 68 cat €10,000, Yv 68 cat €10,000. Unusually nice example of this rarity. 2011 Scheller photo- cert (P) $3000$4500