Discovery II 1929-37 overprinted — 3d
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1956.FLK.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Trans-Antarctic Expedition — overprints
1956.FLK.01· piece 3 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Falkland Islands (FLK)- Year / date
- 1956-01-30
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 3 d
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Ultramarine
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 12½
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 41 × 28 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 956.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- FK-DE 1L36
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- FK-DE 36
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- FK-DE 68
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- FK-DE G43
Notes
Discovery II overprinted TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958 in black. The value Domfil itemises as «Escultismo / The Scouts», 956.3, and the one SOSOW builds its entry on.
Series history
On 30 January 1956 the Falkland Islands Dependencies overprinted four values of their 1954 ships definitives with the legend TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958, marking the Commonwealth expedition that would make the first overland crossing of Antarctica.
The four are the 1d sepia Trepassey 1945-47, the 2½d yellow Penola 1934-37, the 3d ultramarine Discovery II 1929-37 and the 6d red-violet Discovery 1925-27. All keep the original George Roberts designs recess-printed by Waterlow & Sons, 41 × 28 mm horizontal except the vertical 6d at 28 × 41 mm, perforated 12½, on paper watermarked Crown over Script CA multiple.
The Scout interest runs through the same two ships that carry it in the 1954 series. Domfil itemises the 3d as «Escultismo / The Scouts», number 956.3, and SOSOW likewise builds its entry on that value while repeating its note that opinion differs on whether the issue counts as a Scout item at all. The 6d, meanwhile, overprints the 1954 Discovery design: the ship that served the Sea Scouts as a floating headquarters and training vessel on the Thames from 1937 until 1954.
Catalogue references run Michel FK-DE 34–37, Scott FK-DE 1L34–1L37, Yvert FK-DE 66–69 and Stanley Gibbons FK-DE G41–G44. The four values are catalogued here in rising face-value order.