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Auction: 17046 - The Caerynn Collection of 1935 Silver Jubilee Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the British Empire
Lot: 336

(x) Falkland Islands
South Georgia Covers
1935 (10 July) envelope to England bearing set of four, 1/- lightning conductor, all neatly cancelled with double-ring datestamps. A very rare variety on cover. S.G. 142c, £1,800. Photo

Note: The lightning conductor variety occurs on the second printing which was delivered to the Falkland Islands on 26 October 1935. Stamps were carried to South Georgia on SS "Lafonia" which left Stanley 10 November. arriving on 15 November
There is nothing to suggest that the cancellations are not genuine, however there are no recorded dates of this postmark between 10 July 1935 and 10 November 1935
It is most likely that rather than being forged the datestamps on this cover were either backdated with a genuine handstamp, or that the South Georgia postmaster forgot to change the date from 10 July to 10 November

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200