ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="description" content="The stamps of the Falkland Islands 1878-1902. A detailed look at the issues of the Queen Victoria period." /> <meta name="keywords" content="Queen Victoria, victoria, philatelic, falkland, falkland islands, malvinas, FIPSG" /> <link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="http://css.barasch.com/xstyle.css" /> <title>Falkland Islands Stamps</title> </head> <body> <p align="right"><img SRC="fk-map-logos.gif" width="450" height="219" alt="Map of the Falkland Islands" align="left" /> <img src="images/ALAN-FALK150sq.jpg" border="0" alt="Alan's special stamp" /></p> <p align="right"> <br /> </p> <table border="0" > <tr> <td align="left" bgcolor="green"><a href="http://www.AlansOfficeSpace.com" class="navgar">Excel Home</a> </td> <td align="left" bgcolor="blue"><a href="http://www.barasch.com" class="navgar">Alan&#146;s Home</a> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="red"><a href="http://food.barasch.com" class="navgar">Recipes</a> </td> </tr> </table><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- Begin user = "alan"; site = "mophil.org"; document.write('<a href=\"mailto:' + user + '@' + site + '?SUBJECT=Falkland Islands"\ class="navgar" TITLE="Falkland">'); document.write('Email</a>'); // End --></script> </td> </tr> </table> <p>My name is Alan Barasch. I have been collecting the stamps of the Falkland Islands since about 1969 and exhibiting them since 1977. I am a life member of the <a href="http://www.stamps.org">American Philatelic Society</A>, member of the <a href="http://www.fipsg.org.uk">Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group</a>, <a href="http://www.aape.org">American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors</a>, St. Helena, Tristan and Ascension Study Group, a life member of the <a href="http://www.israelstamps.com">Society of Israel Philatelists</A>, <a href="http://www.americantopicalassn.org/">American Topical Association</a>, Royal Philatelic Society, London, and a number of <a href="http://www.mophil.org">local clubs</a>. In my spare time, I write the websites for all the local <a href="http://StampFest.GreaterMoundCity.org">stamp shows and clubs</a>.</p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" width="980" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="567"><h2>How I Started Collecting Falkland Islands</h2> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"> <td valign="top">I was a freshman in college (U of Tennessee, Knoxville) and I was telling a friend about my collection. At the time it was a total of 5 volumes; including Israel, a scattering of recent US, and some foreign. </td> <td valign="top"><img src="images/Falk6dSpec.jpg" alt="Falklands" width="119" height="149" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"> <td width="100%" colspan="2">This &#147;friend&#148; looks at it in disgust and said, <font size="+2">&#8220;</font>real collectors specialize in something, they do not try to collect the world.<font size="+2">&#8221;</font> I pulled my catalog off the shelf and opened it at random. It fell open to Falkland Islands. Over 30 years later I am still at it.</td> </tr> </table> <p>In 2012, I am redefining the exhibit even further. The new exhibit is should expand from one-frame of one penny stamps to 5 frames covering the entire QV period. </p> <p>I have accumulated enough material to fill 6 frames but would rather tell a tight story. Showing 8 different postion pieces of a cheap item is not productive. </p> </td> <td valign="top" width="393">The Exhibit covers the years 1878 to 1902 or more appropriately, the issues of the Queen Victoria era. <p> The Scott's catalog numbers these issues 1 through 21 with several varieties. Stanley Gibbon's numbers them from 1 to 42 with considerably more varieties. </p> <p> The Heijtz catalog, which I think is one of the most comprehensive, list numbers to 15 but goes into excruciating detail of the varieties in each value. There being about 18 color variations, these 2 kinds of bisects and constant varieties. </p> <br /> Watch <a href="http://www.stamps.org">WSP</a> shows for this exhibit. </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <h3>Highlights</h3> <table border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" >&nbsp;</td> <td style="text-align: justify" >&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" ><img src="images/sg20-sheetbl.jpg" alt="Detail from sheet showing  neck blemish constant error" style="height: 200px" /></td> <td valign="top" align="center" ><img src="images/fi-pairs-bisect-sm.jpg" width="274" height="216" alt="FI 1891 Bisect pairs" /><p align="left">My friends think I am trying to corner the market on 1891 Bisect covers </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" >In addition to Falkland Islands, I collect:<ul> <li>Nyassa </li> <li>Offices in Palestine</li> <li>Corfu</li> <li>British Empire &#145;War Tax&#146; and Postage Dues </li> <li><a href="http://www.barasch.com/DNA/" title="DNA tests" /> DNA &amp; Genealogy</a> on Stamps</li> <li>Computers on Stamps </li> <li>Calligraphy on Stamps </li> <li>Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, &amp; Prince Edward Island </li> <li>Buddha on Stamps</li> <li>The descendants of Queen Victoria on stamps </li> <li>&#145;Dead&#146; Countries</li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top" align="center">Need more information about the <a href="http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/fk.htm">Falkland Islands</a>?<p><img src="images/2&amp;6proof-fr.jpg" width="137" height="169" alt="2 shilling 6d Proof" /></td> </tr> </table> <h3>Philatelic Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.fipsg.org.uk">Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group</a> - meetings held in many cities in UK and APS conventions</li> </ul> <div align="center"><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" colspec="L40"> <tr> <td><p align="center">Information about<br> <a href="http://www.mophil.org"><strong>Stamp Clubs</strong></a> in St. Louis &amp; The Stamp Expo</td> <td align="center"></td> <td><table border="0" width="250"> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.stamps.org"><img src="http://www.stamps.org/aps/GRAPHICS/APSCIR.GIF" width="66" height="65" alt border="0" /></a><br> <font size="-1"><b>APS # <font color="#ff000f">2321-058303</font><br> Visit the American Philatelic Society Website at <a href="http://www.stamps.org">www.stamps.org</a></b></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.visitingfiremen.org"><img src="images/VFPWebLogo1.gif" ALT="Visiting Firemen of Philately" border="0"/></a></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </center></div></div> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0"> <tr> <td align="middle"><a href="http://www.barasch.com"><img src="../images/alanbutton.jpg" alt="Alan's Home" border="0" width="144" height="31" /></a></td> <td align="middle"><a href="/"><img src="images/falk-but.jpg" alt="Falkland Stamps" border="0" width="144" height="31" /></a></td> <td align="middle"><a href="http://www.AlansOfficeSpace.com"><img src="../images/exclbut.jpg" alt="Excel &amp; VBA" border="0" width="144" height="31" /></a></td> <td align="middle"></td> <td align="middle"></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p><script language="JavaScript"> <!-- Hide JavaScript... var LastUpdated = document.lastModified; document.writeln (LastUpdated); // End Hiding --> </script> </p> </body> </html>