FALKLAND ISLANDS
Falkland Islands
FI1179
1962 QEII ½d Birds definitive, black and green,De La Rue printing. Lower right corner block of six, showing 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY' imprint and plates '2 1' in margin. Further the lower centre stamp showing the substituted cliche (row 12/4) and the lower right stamp showing 'weak entry' (row 12/5). This apparently the 1964 'e' printing. Very scarce, with only 33 sheets delivered. Superb used on piece cancelled 'FOX BAY'. Scarce. SG 193a, 193ab (printing e, Heijtz 123b, v2 and v3)
£130