World: British Commonwealth: Falkland Islands Dependencies Stamps
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Scott #1L1-8 was first issued in 1946. A new printing (footnoted in Scott) was issued in 1948 with clearer details in the center map and on paper that is sometimes described as more opaque. The map printing in the original 1946 printing is less crisp and in the text "COATS LAND" the vertical meridian line runs all the way through the "S". The 1948 printing has crisper map details and the meridian line does not touch or run through the "S" of "COATS". Some references state that the 1948 printing has more opaque paper, but I have not found this difference to be helpful to me. Both printings are fully listed by Stanley Gibbons; the 1948 stamps are scarcer than the 1946, some with significantly higher prices.