BARBADOS G.P.O. wax seal 1927 reg. OHMS cover to Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire with KGV 3d Badge pmk'd R.L.O. 14 APR 27 cds, reverse clear of poorly opened intact flap BARBADOS/Crown/G.P.O. wax seal. £60
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
SOUTHAMPTON PACKET-LETTER cancel on BARBADOS stamp dated 14 SP 05 on 1d Nelson (SG.147). £14
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
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