Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands Dependencies

Stamp of the Falkland Islands overprinted for Graham Land, 1944.

Stamp of the Falkland Islands overprinted for South Georgia, 1944.

Stamp of the Falkland Islands overprinted for the South Orkneys.

Stamp of the Falkland Islands overprinted for the South Shetlands.

First issues

The first stamps specifically for the

General issues inscribed "Falkland Islands Dependencies" were issued from 1946. In 1963, British Antarctic Territory was formed, leaving in the Dependencies only the island groups of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands which had stamps issued as "South Georgia".

Stamps of the Falkland Islands Dependencies were again issued in 1980, before being replaced by those of the newly formed territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 1985.^[2]

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands
• Postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• Postage stamps and postal history of the British Antarctic Territory

References

Further reading

• Grant, B.S.H. (1952) The Postage Stamps of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies. London: Stanley Gibbons.

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External links

• The Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group.

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