BARBADOS postal history 1893 cover to Major McCracken DAAG c/o Powell Spring House, near Bathsheba with pair 1d Seal pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/JU 24 93, light ST. JOSEPH 6/JU 24 93 arrival. Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Nicholas McCracken KCB, DSO (1859-1949) of the Royal Berkshire Regiment resided at Banyan, The Garrison, Barbados where he was Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG) 1892-97. £35
POSTMAN'S DELIVERY ROUTE, BARBADOS postal history 1935 cover to the Ursaline Convent, Barbados with USA 20c Airmail pmk'd WALL ST. STA. dated FEB 1 1935, on arrival bluish 5-line instructional handstamp "YOUR POSTMAN'S ROUTE IS/BRIDGETOWN No.15/Please include it as part of your Address, and ask your correspon/dents to do so." (Proud Type 145, this being the only recorded date for No.15 instruction). £275
BARBADOS postal history 1959 cover to Grenada with QE2 6c pmk'd 15 AUG 1959 with purple OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE cachet alongside. £12
BARBADOS stamps: 1882-86 QV 1d carmine vertically bisected and tied to piece by forged bootheel duplex dated A/AUG 9 92. £15
BARBADOS to Prince Edward Island postal history (Ex GINGOLD, HURLOCK) 1873 cover (torn along top) with rounded corner perf. (4d) dull vermilion compound perf. 11 to 13 x 14½ to 15½ (SG.57, Cat.£110) and clean-cut (1d) blue (SG.52) pmk'd BARBADOS I/JY 29 73 to Nathaniel McLaren, Georgetown, Prince Edward Island rated red "4" and b/stamped ST. THOMAS A/AU 2 73 transit. A rare destination. Ex GINGOLD (1947) and HURLOCK (1959). £240
BARBADOS stamps: Spanish-style litho forgery for a QV head label inscribed BARBADOS and REGISTERED used, light thinnings. £24
DOMINICA postal history 1878 small stampless piece with red DOMINICA PAID/I/SP 27 78 cds (ERD) to J.W. Shannon, Barbados. £225
BARBADOS postal history 1865 cover with rare printed sender's address of GOODRICH & HOUGH, PHOTOGRAPHERS, No. 1 BROAD STREET, Bridgetown, Barbados marked "via Colon" to McAdam, New York rated red "4" with (1d) deep blue, (4d) dull rose-red (SG.24,25) tied bootheel "1" with BARBADOS MR 11 65 despatch cds alongside, reverse ST. THOMAS MR 14 1865 transit dbl-arc. The (1d) stamp torn right through prior affixing, and cover slightly reduced at left. £280
Code 5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postal history (M2-Original) seldom seen dated 5/FE 3 74 as arrival on reverse GB QV 1/- green Plate 8 mourning cover pmk'd London JA 16 74 to Scottish railway Engineer P.A. Frazer, Bridgetown re-directed to "Windy Ridge, St. John" showing I/JA 31 74 arrival I/FE 2 74 re-direction cds. The M2-Replacement cds for this office shows lettering further away from outer rim. £325
Vertical "A10" (late use), St. Vincent postal history c1892 Barbados QV 1d pink embossed PSE pmk'd vertical "A10" to S.M.S. "Molthe", German training ship, Kingstown, no despatch ar arrival datestamps. Other late uses vertical "A10" are found on Barbados reply card portion JA 29 1892 and the latest date of FE 15 1892 on QV 1d UPU card to Trinidad £140
ST. ANDREW, Barbados postmark 9/OC 10 46 on KG6 1½d Victory (SG.262). £9
ST. PHILIP, Barbados postal history (M3) dated 3/AP 9 94 on 1d Seal Post Card to Trinidad, reverse AP 11 94 arrival, horizontal crease. £60
BARBADOS 3/NO 27 84 CA wmk £8
BARBADOS 10/MR 7 85 CA wmk £9
BARBADOS postmark I/MR 18 74 on 1873 (½d) green Large Star (SG.58, Cat.£26), corner perf. fault. £12
10 code used ST. PETER, Barbados postmark (M2-R) dated 10/NO 2 85 on QV 4d (SG.98). £10
ST. GEORGE, Barbados postmark DE 19 49 on KG6 1½d U.P.U. £5
CHRIST CHURCH, Barbados postmark 7 JAN 58 on QE2 5c (SG.293), perf. faults. £3
ST. GEORGE, Barbados postmark (M4) 6 JAN 17 on 1d Large Seal (SG.183). £12
5 used St. JOHN, Barbados postmark (C1) on (1d) deep blue (SG.24), small pin-hole. £9