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Auction: 16025 - The Graham Cooper Collection of King George VI Stamps
Lot: 409

(x) Falkland Islands
1938-50 Issue
Essays
1946 6d. enlarged essay (178x102mm.) by K.V. Lellman for a proposed 6d. airmail stamp depicting flying Turkey Buzzards, drawn in pencil with frame and portrait handpainted in carmine, another pencil drawing of a flying Turkey Buzzard along with a composite essay for a suggested 1/- airmail stamp, both affixed to 1945 (Aug.) correspondence to the artist from the Postmaster at Stanley, and the first complete sheet of the 1/3d. stamp as issued numbered "0001" which was presented to the artist as per letter enclosed. A very interesting lot. Photo

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