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;) | 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 |
;) | BARBADOS period AP 26 1852 - DE 21 1857, illustrations of 278 covers (WIP-21) £90 |
;) | BARBADOS period JA 8 1858 - DE 10 1864, illustrations of 270 covers (WIP-299) £90 |
;) | BARBADOS period JA 9 1865 - NO 29 1875, illustrations of 357 covers (WIP-300) £125 |
;) | BARBADOS period JA 10 1876 - NO 24 1900, illustrations of 232 covers (WIP-301) £120 |
;) | Collect BARBADOS £0 |
;) | 2 used CHRISTCHURCH, Barbados Parish postmark (C2) on 1875-81 1d grey-blue CC wmk (SG.74). £25 |
;) | BARBADOS stamps: 1852 (2d) greyish slate/blued paper (SG.4a, Cat.£350), fresh mint with clear coloured dot in R of BARBADOS. £120 |
;) | "10" used ST. PETER, Barbados postmark on 1861 (1d) deep blue (SG.24). £8 |
;) | "1" used BRIDGETOWN, Barbados bootheel cancel on 1861 6d (pale) rose-red (SG.29), £10 |
;) | "5" used St. JOHN, Barbados cancel (C1) on 1861-70 (1d) deep blue (SG.24). £20 |
;) | "2" used CHRISTCHURCH, Barbados postmark on 1876 6d chrome-yellow (SG.79). £40 |
;) | "4" code used ST. GEORGE, Barbados (M-2R) dated 4/JU 2 77 on 1872 KE7 ½d bright green (SG.72), perf. faults. £18 |
;) | BARBADOES dbl-arc plus BARBADOS cds combination Not previously seen with both cancels struck on horiz. strip of four 1873 1/- black Large star wmk (SG.61), the dbl-arc dated possibly JY 11 1874 but month and day unclear, the cds clearly dated I/JY 11 74. £125 |
;) | WILLIAM FOGARTY, Barbados "used elsewhere" St. Vincent postal history 1937 printed sender address cover to William Hughes, St. Vincent with KGV 1d, 1½d, 2½d neatly pmk'd Kingstown C/21 MY 37. Ex DUGGLEBY Established in 1926 it was the island's largest multiple department store. During the 1930s, Fogarty's had the reputation of being 'the poor man's store' and it was believed that this is why it was spared from the fury of the 1937 riots in Bridgetown. However, the fire which occurred on January 20, 1970, was less merciful. It gutted William Fogarty (Barbados) limited as firemen directed jets of water on the front of the building. The fire went on to sweep the whole block £24 |
;) | "1" used BRIDGETOWN, Barbados postmark/cancel on SG unlisted vertically bisected 1852 (1d) deep blue/blued paper (SG.4var) tied to piece, crossed by light crease. £125 |
;) | RETALIATORY RATE (JY to DE 1848) - UNIQUE FROM BARBADOS (BAR69930) From May 1848 R.M.S.P. steamers travelled from the British West Indies to New York (the service ended January 1850 (21 round trips) - this complete entire with BARBADOES NO 22 1848 dbl-arc prepaid 2/- to William P. Hinds, Philadelphia arrived NEW YORK/SHIP/DEC 11 and was given a blue ink retaliatory rate charge of \\\"58\\\" (double 24c plus 10c = 58 cents). A unique exhibition item (written up BCPSG Journal June 1992). USA RETALIATORY RATE OF 1848 - During the period of 1847, usual practice was to prepay only U.S. internal postage on overseas letters, e.g. 5¢ under 300 and 10¢ over 300 miles, except from California. Letters sent via British Cunard liners were charged the British rate of 24¢ in addition, while the U.S. Ocean Line charged 24¢ from New York, adding the 5¢ or 10¢ if posted elsewhere. Until 1849 England did not accept prepayment via the Ocean Line and charged again (discriminatory rate). The U.S. retaliated in 1848 and doubled the charge on prepaid Cunard letters (retaliatory rate). £825 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS - the unique PRE-PREPARATION BY VERTICAL SCISSOR-CUT STRIP OF THREE First awareness of this practice, for easy separation, was noticed on 1858 imperforate horiz. pair 6d pale rose-red (SG.11) ex Sir James Marshall (1947 auction catalogue) clearly showing vertical 90% full scissor separation on FE 15 1860 cover to Samuel Barber, London (written-up BWISC Bulletin No.271, December 2021). The article was subsequently followed up as it was found that the wrapper was docketted "Demerary 9 Feby 60" and smuggled to Barbados for posting (as no outgoing British Guiana markings). This amazing horizontal strip of three imperforate 1858 1/- brown-black (SG.12, Cat.£330) has somehow managed to survive as the two right stamps were just barely overlapping when affixed to cover and now supported by small hinges, cancelled Bridgetown bootheel "1" (the bootheels despatched from the GPO London April 10 1863). The 1/- in black was needed to meet the AP 1 1863 increase from 6d to 1/- per half ounce rate, the bootheels sent out AP 10 1863, and the 1/- ERROR OF COLOUR in BLUE sent out from Perkins Bacon on AP 28 1863. The replacement perforated 1/- black was invoiced OC 29 1863 £275 |