FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, REST OF THE WORLD, FALKLAND ISLANDS

Lot 687		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1904-12 KEVII ½d to 5/-, SG 43-50, fine and fresh (8)
Lot 688		Estimate: $1,000 1912-20 Wmk Multiple Crown CA KGV ½d to £1, SG 60-69. Very fine and fresh (11)
Lot 689		Estimate: $2,000 1912 KGV 10/- Printers Proof in Black-Brown on unwatermarked, perforated, gummed paper, optd 'SPECIMEN'. Fine and rare
Lot 690		Estimate: $2,000 1928 KGV Surcharge 2½d on 2d Purple-Brown, SG 115, tied to piece by code C 'SOUTH GOERGIA/19 FE/28' datestamp. 1963 RPSL and 1998 BPA Certificates (both originally for pair, this being the left hand unit). Rare genuinely used with only 1179 examples overprinted
Lot 691		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $2,300 1933 Centenary of British Administration ½d to £1, SG 127-38, mostly fine, odd hinge remain (12)
Lot 692		Estimate: $500 1965 (4 Sep) large portion parcel-wrapping Port Stanley to UK bearing remarkable franking of 1960-66 Birds £1 (nine, including block of four), 5/- and 6d, some trauma associated with an apparent incident which has resulted in some other stamps having floated-off. Original article stated to have contained material from Meteorological Bureau and proves commercial need for high denomination stamps