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Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 1960

Falkland Islands Covers and Cancellations battle of the falkland islands: 1913 (27 Feb.) picture postcard of Buenos Aires to England, written on board H.M.S. Glasgow and accompanied by a real photo card of the vessel; 1914 (9 Aug.) unstamped envelope from Lt. Canaris (written before the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands) on board the S.M.S. Dresden to a family member in Germany, showing two "kais. deutsche/marine-/schiffspost/no 66" c.d.s. and boxed "Feldpostbrief" h.s. in violet; 1914 (Nov.) envelope to England franked at 1d. and 1914 (12 Dec.) unstamped picture postcard (Gentoo Penguin Rookery) to H.M.S. Worcester at Kent, both showing circular-framed "passed/h.m.s. kent/censor" h.s. A fine group of items associated with this famous sea battle Estimate £ 200-250 provenance: Dudley Styles, 1988

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