FALKLAND ISLANDS

FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Definitive stamps.
Map of Falkland Islands and portrait of King George VI.
Fourth stamp in a set of 14, issued on 02.01.1952.
Face value: 2,1/2 Falkland penny.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 105.
- Scott No. 110.
- StampWorld No. 105.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 175.

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.

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) was born in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, on December 14, 1895, and died in the same place on February 6, 1952, very shortly after the issuance of this set of stamps. He was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death.