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;) | BARBADOS delicious piece with pair 1875-81 1d grey-blue (SG.74) tied bootheel A/JA 18 81 on piece in combination with U.S. 1c, 5c Postage Dues boldly cancelled UNCLAIMED with ADVERTISED FEB 19 cds, light crease through 1c due. Wonderful display item. £300 |
;) | BARBADOS TEXT ONLY PRICING GUIDE PARISH Type M3 CANCELS (1,770 items) (WIP-264) some might question the sanity of recording the dates of use of 1,770 Parish M3 cancels period 1887 to 1909 in this TEXT ONLY digital PDF but the information was available and got recorded. On the Queens Head Side Face issues during this period is Barbados most glamourous and most valuable cancel (no illustration available) but described as INLAND POST/(Crown)/ 5/BARBADOES double ring circular negative mail bag seal (as used ST. JOHN), magnificent 95% full facing 8 oclock on QV 1d rose (SG.91). Added to that are QV ½d pmkd ST. THOMAS AU 16 88 and QV ½d pmkd ST. PHILIP 3/OC 28 89 both with part unidentified mailbag seals. Hurricanes affected the islands, the SP 11 1898 one caused substantial damage, and it most possible that cancellers mislaid and temporary alternatives used. This dated PDF could assist the student trying to slot in temporary uses as both cork cancels and serrated coin edge cancels also exist. Many of the 1,770 dated strikes are fully described and priced and provenance allocated in a few instances. £40 |
;) | BARBADOS Type M2 Parish numeral coded cds, a TEXT ONLY PRICING GUIDE of 524 items (WIP-263) this digital PDF is a text only pricing guide of the M2 Parish numeral cds which were proofed in London May 1863 as datestamps to accompany the distinctive bootheels. Sometimes if one pauses long enough at a particular cancellation one realises there are two different types. When Clarke, Radford, Cave produced their Barbados handbook on the cancels they listed this type as M2 failing to realise two types of the M2 cds exist. The original M2 proofed 1863 has the BARBADOS wording set close to the outer rim (now listed as Type M2-O for original), and the later type (proofing date unknown) has the BARBADOS wording set away from the outer rim (now listed as Type M2-R for replacement). Strikes on loose Britannia issues are some of Barbados rarest postmarks. Whilst on this subject an 1875 local cover to T.P. Goring, above Rices, St. Philip has an 1872 (1d) blue (SG.52) with 19mm BARBADOS JU 28 75 (code I) cancel, and alongside a previously unseen 21mm BARBADOS JU 28 75 (code A). This cover troubled me for maybe 20 years until the penny finally dropped that the 21mm cds was the left half of the cobbled together bootheel duplex first appearing on a cover 12 days later on JY 10 1875. The Goring cover is now the UNIQUE HALF OPEN DUPLEX CDS COVER!! £50 |
;) | BARBADOS PARISH BOOTHEEL CANCELLATIONS, A TEXT ONLY FULLY DESCRIBED and PRICED LISTING (WIP-23) this digital PDF lists by Parish and then by SG number 915 fully described and priced cancels that have been sold by me over the years. The Parish bootheels were despatched from the GPO London on April 10 1863 and first appear on SG.21. The 1/- blue error of colour was sent out April 28 1863 and being rejected the imperf. 1/- black was re-introduced and can be found with Parish bootheel cancels (all other SG.19 and earlier with bootheels are bogus as with cut-down margins). Collecting these cancels against their vibrant coloured backgrounds is a real delight. The Parishes are Christchurch (2), St. Philip (3), St. George (4), St. John (5), St. Joseph (6), St. James (7), St. Thomas (8), St. Andrew (9), St. Peter (10), St. Lucy (11). The capital, Bridgetown, used bootheel 1. (The 9 has a larger numeral than 6). These bootheels can finally be found on the QV Side Face Head issues. £90 |