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RARE MIXED POSTAGE: Cover sent from Port Stanley to Buenos Aires on 31/DE/1935, franked with 1s. (Sc.80) on its LAST day of use. Upon delivery on 2/FE/1936 in POSTE RESTANTE it received Argentine franking for 15c. to pay that service, excellent quality, extremely rare and probably unique!
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Old map of the islands, size 23.8 x 16.3 cm, with 2 folds, excellent quality!
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Sc.27/29, 1904/7 Edward VII, the 3 high values of the set, mint, very fine quality (the 3S. with light crease, superb front)!
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Group of penguins, beautiful postcard sent from Buenos Aires to England on 29/MAY/1913, very fine quality!
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GREAT RARITY: 13P. Aerogram sent from the Falkland Islands to Mar del Plata on 9/AP/1982. The sender was a Corporal first class Tactical Diver of the Navy, who was writing to his girlfriend after just arriving on the island and only one week before the start of the military movements by the Argentine troops. It was censored by the Argentine Navy (it bears self-adhesive seals on 2 sides + rectangular mark on back), carried to the Ezeiza airport and dispatched there by the post at Agencia Postal Nº1 on 15/AP, excellent quality, extremely rare!
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Cover sent from La Plata to "Islas Malvinas (República Argentina)" franked with 25c. cancelled with pen, returned to sender with mark "MISSENT TO FALKLAND IS". On back it bears datestamps of "Declaración Conjunta" applied in Port Stanley (21/SE/1971) and Buenos Aires (16/NO), very fine quality!
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Small illustrated book published in 1917 by Rev. Hobley, with information about the islands, its inhabitants, industries, activities, government, history and more, printed in Port Stanley, 52 pages with many illustrations, fine to very fine quality, rare! Ex-Loeb, selling price was US$500
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Sc.30/40, 1912/4 George V, the complete set of 11 mint values + several additional shades of the low values and the 3S. The Scott catalog value is approximately US$1,700, very fine general quality (one stamp used)
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PORT STANLEY: General view, old unused postcard, very fine quality!
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Cover sent from Buenos Aires to "Port Stanley - Falkland Islands" on 31/JUL/1988, with the mark "Declaración Conjunta - 3", it was returned to sender from the Central Argentine Post Office because the name was indicated as "Falkland Islands" instead of "Islas Malvinas", with rare mark: "Devuelto por aplicación de lo establecido en el artículo 24 de la constitución de la Unión Postal Universal", very interesting!
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