Lot 327
† Falkland Islands 1891 SG 8a 2½d rate bisect cover to UK




Stamps & Covers of The World Including the Petra Collection | S25021
Auction: 25 - 26 November 2025 at 10:30 GMT
£168
Description
1891 (JY 11) cover to London franked at 2½d rate by 1885-87 1d brownish claret vertical pair (from left of the sheet with imperf margin) and single bisected diagonally, tied by three strikes of ‘First Bisect’ cork cancel (Barnes 1/90) with very fine type F2 dispatch cds at left. Red London arrival backstamp of 'AU 11 91' on reverse. The piece with the stamps neatly cut out then hinged back into place, and minor creasing, still a fresh and attractive example of this provisional usage. SG 8a cat £4,000
Footnote
This is cover No 115 in the Barnes census.




