Lot# 4145 - 173-176 Auction
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Lot# : 4145 Falkland
1 / 1Catalogue# : 13Falkland Islands. 1891: Government Notice, 203 x 165 mm, authorising the provisional surcharges on 1st January 1891, the illustrative diagram square un-printed (unlike the example in Bunt collection) to show how the stamps were to be cut, bearing both halves of the ½ d. on 1 d. claret at lower left; the Notice has been signed by Fred Sheddon Sanguinetti at lower right in his role as Acting Postmaster. Folded as all these Notices are, this example not being folded near the two adhesives. An exceedingly rare sheet with just three recorded. Note: The example in the Bunt collection was missing one bisected stamp, the example in the Ayre collection had full copies of the stamps un-bisected and cancelled by the "F1" obliterator. Provenance: Collection E. A St. Helier Tweney, Cecil Martin (1955), Dr. F. E. Baker and "Stanley" (March 1998).Starting bid : 3,000 CHFHammer price : 10,000 CHF -
