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;) ;) | 2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, BARBADOS postal history 1892 cover to London with 2½d Seal pmk'd open bootheel duplex A/NO 5 92, the envelope flap skilfully backed for display of the regiments arms. £45 |
;) ;) ;) | 2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, BARBADOS postal history 1891 QV 2½d rate regimental cover to Cushendun, Co. Antrim, Ireland pmk'd SP 12 91 duplex with neatly written 14 sides on 3 pages regimental note paper in the form of a diary spanning the period 14 days Saturday 29th August to Friday 11th September. Newsy contents mention loss of £70 worth of silver in a robbery, the subsequent capture of one of the robbers when he tried to sell some of the spoons to a jeweller, another of the garrison had up by the police for refusing to pay full fare on the railway, and additionally getting caught when he gave his A.D.C.s free pass to his sister, polo matches, guard duty, shooting of braces golden plover, long legs and chirps, and taking the ponies for a swim and their rapid exit due a nearby blue shark. There is also mention of sketches of the glens of Antrim by the English artist and author Rose de Crespiguy. £150 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS postal history 1960 Polish Ocean Lines ms Stefan Batory printed cover with QE2 12c strip of three pmk'd GPO Barbados 4 FE 60 to Uxbridge, Middlesex re-directed London, reverse with delightful machine slogan. £30 |
;) | NEWSWRAPPER "USED ABROAD", St. Lucia and Barbados postal history 1890 use of St. Lucia QV ½d green/cream newswrapper posted with Barbados QV 1d pmk'd open bootheel duplex A/MR 31 90 to Gosport, England. £48 |
;) | Canada "used abroad" envelope BARBADOS to Holland postal history 1904 "W. DOHERTY & Co, DOHERTY ORGAN, CLINTON, ONTARIO, CANADA" cover used with Barbados 2½d Seal pmk'd B/NO 5 04 to Oss, Holland. £48 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS postal history 1899 unsealed rate cover with handstruck purple "MAIL VIA ST. LUCIA." to New York with ½d Seal pmk'd B/JY 24 99. £60 |
;) | BARBADOS railway Coloured ppc "Barbados Light Railway at Bathsheba", unused (55504). £24 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS postal history 1894 cover marked blue crayon "Down Train" to Airy Hill House, St. George with 1d Seal tied ST. JOHN MR 22 94 showing ST. GEORGE 4/MR 22 94 arrival, backstamped Barbados A/MR 22 94, toned spotting. (Ex Tony Sheppard). £120 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1917 use of KGV ½d green/cream Post Card uprated with ½d Victory to South Norwalk, Connecticut from sender at Christchurch requesting "by quickest mail your Ventrils also Kaisers Cream", seldom seen. £45 |
;) | Code 5 used St. JOHN, Barbados postal history 1884 use of QV ½d Post Card pmk'd open bootheel duplex A/AP 24 84 to W.A. Toppin, "Risqué", St. John re meeting of the Horticultural Society with BARBADOS 5/AP 24 84 (M2-R) arrival, some soiling. (Ex O.B. Davis). This series of Parish marks (M2-O, original set close to outer rim, and M2-R, replacement set further away from rim) are rarely found on entire. Struck on "loose" Britannia issues they are mostly extremely rare except for "2" code (Christchurch) but even this not recorded tying stamp on cover. £175 |
;) ;) ;) | MILITARY ADMISSION PASS BY POST CARD, Barbados postal history 1891 ADMISSION PASS to PRESENTATION OF COLOURS by way of QV ½d Post Card pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/MR 5 91 signed by the Capt. and Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion YORK and LANCASTER REGIMENT to admit Mrs. Jones carriage. Probably unique as such. £250 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS postal history 1854 entire written London and pmk'd NO 1 1854 to David Rees, R.M.S.P. Derwent, Barbados rated both "5" and "6" (each deleted) with BARBADOES NO 21 1854 dbl-arc across reverse flap and additionally marked manuscript "Left the Service" and "unclaimed". Writer commiserates with Rees' failure to get the expected promotion in the RMSP Company and encloses a £30 draft drawn on the Colonial Bank on account of a legacy. Additionally marked "Received 12 March 1855" so it is assumed that the letter eventually caught up with him. £125 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1928 shortpaid cover from Bashart Ally & Co to Birmingham with 0†4d, 0†5d Badge tied 14 DE 28 with circled "T" and GB 1d Postage Due tied Birmingham 2 JA 29 cds, small opening fault middle top. £65 |
;) | PRIVATE STEAMER "FINANCE", Barbados postal history 1890 use of QV 1½d lilac Post Card marked Per Steamer "Finance" via New York to Marlebone, London pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/AP 10 90 showing NY APR 27 90 transit, filing fold. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | BARBADOS to DENMARK postal history 1896 use of QV 2d PSRE with added 5d Seal (SG.110) pmk'd NO 13 96 to Copenhagen, Denmark (NO 27), original letter enclosed and reverse sealed by sender's wax seal. £100 |
;) | AIRMAIL BY METER, BARBADOS postal history 1955 cover marked on reverse "C. Allcock, Senator, Barbados" alongside violet oval d/ring COSTA & Co. LIMITED/General and Commission Merchants/BARBADOS to Liverpool with superb Seahorse 0.38c meter cancellation dated 26 IV 55. £20 |
;) ;) | GREAT BRITAIN to BAMENDA, CAMEROON missent BARBADOS and BERMUDA postal history 1931 cover with GB KGV 1½d tied Glasgow machine dated 3 SEP 1931 to "BAMENDA, B.W.I." with handstruck "NOT KNOWN" and "ADVERTISED" applied Barbados 19 SEP 1931 (backstamp) with manuscript "Try Bermuda" amended "Not" with "Try" deleted with Hamilton 23 NOV 31 backstamp, originally poorly opened 3 sides but frontal tear at right sealed with tear at left open. £120 |
;) | OFFICIAL PAID, Barbados postal history 1902 OHMS stampless Agriculture Department wrapper with BARBADOS/PAID/OFFICIAL handstamp to the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh pmk'd A/FE 15 02 open bootheel duplex. £48 |
;) | PARCEL-POST, BARBADOS postmark dated */JA 5 99 on 8d Diamond Jubilee (SG.122). £12 |
;) | PARCEL-POST, BARBADOS postmark dated */MY 10 00 on 10d Diamond Jubilee (SG.123, Cat.£55.00). £16 |