FALKLAND ISLANDS.
A chart of
Hawkins’s Maidenland made by John Hawkesworth in 1773.
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued on 22.05.1981.
Face value: 10 pence.
Design: Ian Strange (1934-2018).
Printing: Offset lithography.
Printed by
Catalogues
- Michel No. 321.
- Scott No. 319.
- StampWorld No. 321.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 397.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 319.
The
Falkland Islands (claimed by Argentina as Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in
the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are
about 483 km (300 mi) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and
about 1,210 km (752 mi) from the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The
archipelago's area is 12,000 km2 (4,700 sq mi). The islands were
discovered by Richard
Hawkins (from whom they received their first name) in 1594. They are under
British rule since January 3, 1833.
The map depicted on the stamp was made by John Byron (1723-1786) and published in 1773 by John Hawkesworth (c. 1715-1773), by whose name he is known.
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