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| Country: Barbados Clear Subject: QV Head pmks Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) ;) | "5" used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark/cancel fine full bootheel tying diagonally bisected 1d grey-blue (SG.74) to small printed piece (reverse detached) showing top of rarely seen code "5" (M2-R) replacement cds. The only other bisected 1d (SG.73/74) is on undated locally addressed cover front to Geo. Sealy, The Guinea, St. John's. (Ex WS Davy, Lickfold, Ainscough, Frank Deakin). £300 |
;) | PAID AT BARBADOES Crowned Circle in BLACK ink on 1875-81 1d grey-blue (SG.74), some soiling but unique on this issue. Only three PAID AT BARBADOES are known in BLACK ink on "loose" Btitannia issues, the other two both with blue crayon "X" lines are on 4d crimson horizontal pair, single 1/- purple. £525 |
;) | BARBADOES dbl-arc postmark/cancel in red ink dated MR 20 1882 on 1875 ½d green (SG.72). Rare as such. £28 |
;) | BARBADOS postmark (21mm, Benwell unlisted) dated I/DE 24 78 on 1d grey-blue (SG.74). £14 |
;) | BRIDGETOWN bootheel (issued 1863), Barbados postmark on 1861 (½d) blue-green, possibly from an imperforate used pair (SG.21b). £48 |
;) | 4 code used ST. GEORGE, Barbados postmark (M2-R) dated 4/JA 8 84 on QV 1d (SG.92). £5 |
;) | 1 used BRIDGETOWN, Barbados postmark/cancel (C1) obliterator on strip of three 1861 (1d) blue (SG.23), blue crayon line on left stamp shows it was part of a registered letter franking. £40 |
;) | Cork cancel Corner perf. fault £12 |
;) | PLYMOUTH TO BRISTOL T.P.O. £20 |
;) | VREED-EN-HOOP £12 |
;) | 9 code used ST. ANDREW, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-O) dated 9/OC 19 83 on QV 1d (SG.92). £65 |
;) | 10 used ST. PETER, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1875 1/- violet P.12½ (SG.71), large closed tear. £8 |
;) | 10 used ST. PETER, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1874 1d deep blue (SG.66). £8 |
;) | 11 code used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) dated ll/JY 14 86 on QV 2½d (SG.93). £18 |
;) | 9 used ST. ANDREW, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1d dull blue (SG.74). £36 |
;) | 5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1870 1/- black Large star wmk (SG.47), rare on this issue. £40 |
;) | BARBADOS SHIP LETTER postmark/cancel (Benwell D3) dated 2 FE 82 on 1876 4d red (SG.76), extremely rare as an adhesive "killer". In the post-UPU period (Barbados joined SP 1 1881) adhesives on cover were cancelled by this oval BARBADOS SHIP LETTER datestamp, a fact not previously known. No examples yet found on "loose" 1882 Queen's head issues. £240 |
;) | BARBADOES dbl-arc postmark/cancel on DOMINICA stamp arrival dated AU 19 1877 on Dominica QV 6d green CC wmk (SG.8) being the UPU to non-UPU 6d inter-island rate. Dominica joined the UPU JY 1 1879, Barbados joined the UPU SP 1 1881. £90 |
;) | 5 code used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) normal shaped 5/OC 20 66 on guide-lines positional 1861 (½d) blue-green (SG.21a, Cat.£75) in combination with Bridgetown "1" bootheel. £28 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS stamps: 1876 ½d bright green CC wmk P.14 (SG.72), used showing prominent plate-scratches in second "N" of "PENNY", some trimmed perfs. Three used examples and one mint copy now recorded on this issue. £48 |