SOUTHAMPTON PACKET-LETTER cancel on BARBADOS stamp dated 14 SP 05 on 1d Nelson (SG.147). £14
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£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
BARBADOS stamps: 1861 (1d) pale blue (SG.23), unused without gum showing previously unnoticed prominent large birthmark on Britannia's arm, a constant variety found Row 5/3 on Plate II. £36
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
CHRIST CHURCH, Barbados postmark/cancel (M4) dated 5 NOV 31 on KGV 1½d orange (SG.231). £7
BARBADOS stamps: Crude litho imperf. forgey with QV head in deep green and "BARBADOS" in red and frame and "REGISTERED" in blue, with added postmark, very minor thins. £20
BARBADOS to Pernambuco, BRAZIL postal history 1885 cover to Messrs. Pohlman and Co., Pernambuco, Brazil with QV 1d tied Barbados open bootheel duplex dated A/MR 29 85, lower flap can display PERNAMBUCO 22 ABR 85 arrival. A rare QV period destination. £140
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
1 used BRIDGETOWN, Barbados postmark/cancel (Ex Hurlock) (C1) on 1854 bisected (2d) greyish slate (SG.4a), very fine used tied Bridgetown "1" obliterator clearly demonstrating the practice of downward scissor-cutting resulting in subsequent tear correctly tied to piece. (Alex Rendon, New York certificate issued 1994). Ex HURLOCK (1958, Lot 72). Evidence of pre-preparing imperforate stamps by cutting into horizontal strips and scissor cutting vertically between each stamp, for easy separation, is found on FE 16 1860 cover to London (ex Sir James Marshall Robson Lowe May 7 1946, Lot 140) with horiz. pair imperf. 6d pale rose-red scissor-cut vertically about 90 percent with clear separation tear showing at top right corner. At least one bisected 1854 cover shows identical downward scissor-cutting and separation tear. £600
5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on (1d) deep blue (SG.24). £8
2 code used CHRISTCHURCH, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) part dated 2/ME 22 without year on QV 4d (SG.98). £15
1 used BRIDGETOWN, Barbados postmark/cancel (C1) on 1858 (SG.11a), used showing upward scissor-cutting and subsequent tear separation particularly at top right and lower right corner. Evidence of pre-preparing imperforate stamps by cutting into horizontal strips and scissor cutting vertically between each stamp, for easy separation, is found on FE 16 1860 cover to London (ex Sir James Marshall Robson Lowe May 7 1946, Lot 140) with horiz. pair imperf. 6d pale rose-red scissor-cut vertically about 90 percent with clear separation tear showing at top right corner. £48