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Auction: 25028 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1147

Falkland Islands
1890 (22 Aug.) O.H.M.S. envelope registered to New York, bearing 1d. pair and 1/-, probably paying double the 4d. letter rate per ½oz. and 6d. registration fee, tied by "First Bisect" cork (Barnes Ob. 1/90), with Type F.2. c.d.s. below, Crown Registered h.s., London Registered transit and New York Registry number. The cover indicated on face as being from the Postmaster of the Falkland Islands and with fine wax Post Office seal on reverse. Carried by Kosmos line vessel S.S. Neko. Photo.

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£140