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| Country: Barbados Clear Subject: All | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | 8 code used ST. THOMAS, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2) dated 8/OC 17 83 on QV 1d (SG.92). £50 |
;) | ST. THOMAS, Barbados postmark/cancel (M3) DE 24 88 on QV 1d (SG.91). £5 |
;) | ST. ANDREW "9" code, Barbados postmark/cancel (M3) dated 9/MY 3 89 on QV 1d (SG.92), some faults. £12 |
;) | ST. GEORGE, Barbados postmark/cancel (M3) no code/JU 4 87 on QV ½d (SG.89). The ST. GEORGE no code is currently recoded JA 18 87 to OC 23 90 £8 |
;) | BLACK ROCK, Barbados postmark dated AP 3 63 on QE2 4c (SG.292) piece. £6 |
;) ;) | S for 5 code used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) dated perfectly formed S/AP 17 84 on QV 2½d (SG.93). £40 |
;) | 7 code used ST. JAMES, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) dated 7/AU 24 86 on QV 1d (SG.91). £7 |
;) | BARBADOS to ARGENTINA postal history 1933 cover to Buenos Aires with KG6 2½d Badge pmk'd GPO machine dated 2 SEP 1933. £25 |
;) | ST. JAMES, Barbados postmark/cancel (M4) 22 JUN 32 on 1d Badge (SG.231), creased. £5 |
;) | SOUTHAMPTON SHIP-LETTER and R.M.S.P. cachet postmark/cancels on Barbados stamp arrival dated 29 AP 07 on 1d Nelson (SG.147) with part purple d/ring PACKET COMPANY/Posted on the High Seas cachet, some clipped perfs. £10 |
;) | ST. PHILIP, Barbados postmark/cancel (M4) 31 MAR 14 on KGV 1d (SG.172), blunt corner perf. £7 |
;) ;) ;) | BEACHMOUNT HOTEL, BATHSHEBA, ST. JOSEPH, Barbados postal history 1936 Beachmount Hotel cover to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with 2½d Badge pmk'd Barbados 18 AUG 1936 machine with 4-sided printed brochure extolling the virtues of this recently renovated hotel (rates from $2.00 to $3.00 per day, no mosquitoes). £48 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1873 cover to P.A. Fraser, Barbados Railway Company, Bridgetown with GB QV 1/- green Plate 8 tied BEAULY "39" duplex dated A/NO 30 73 with BARBADOS I/DE 19 73 arrival on lower flap. The Barbados Railway Company was formed in 1873, the line opened 1st August 1882. £95 |
;) | BARBADOS stamps: 1873 6d orange-vermilion Large Star wmk (SG.60b), a fine used marginal IMPERFORATE PAIR, exceptionally rare as such. £325 |
;) ;) ;) | EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF A ST. VINCENT STAMP and a first sailing date of use (Placed in POSTAL HISTORY section for convenience): This QV 1d rose-red Perf. 14 to 16 (SG.1) in the accepted paler shade of colour of the first printing, as mentioned PML handbook Page 27, came from the first delivery invoiced from London on 27 March 1861 (56,040 stamps plus 10,020 6d deep yellow-green, SG.2) with expected arrival on 8 April 1861. These adhesives were seemingly not immediately unpacked as known covers of AP 9 61 and AP 24 1861 to the UK are cancelled with the red “PAID AT ST. VINCENT” pre-stamp handstamp. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue lists 8 May 1861 for issue date of the two denominations, which may be true. This 1d adhesive was cancelled by horizontal “A10” (PML.1) on the 8th, 9th or 10th for the 10 May 1861 sailing, and travelled on R.M.S.P. Teviot collecting BARBADOES dbl-arc arrival dated MY 11 1861 making this the EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF A ST. VINCENT STAMP and a first sailing date. The first known adhesive cover bears a strip of three QV 1d, pair QV 6d pmk’d JU 8 1861 addressed to Norfolk, Virginia and travelled in through New Orleans being possibly the finest known American Civil War blockade running cover. The second delivery of the QV 1d rose-red was not invoiced until 22 July 1862 (28,020 stamps), slight thinning. £450 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1/- violet (SG.81), some clipped perfs. £20 |
;) | ST. JAMES, Barbados postmark (M3) dated 7/MR 6 88 on QV 1d (SG.92). £6 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1938 Red Tower Lager cover sent stampless to The Aurora School of Photo-Engraving, Aurora, Washington with scarce "T" in diamond tax handstamp, GPO 12 AU 38 despatch and New York Due 10 cents duplex. £60 |
;) | MAIL TO BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO, Barbados postal history 1950 cover to Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, M.G.M. Studios, Culva City, California with 2 x 1½d Badge pmk'd GPO 28 FE 50 with handstruck red 2-line "UNCALLED FOR AT/METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER", reverse Culver City MR 22 1850 machine cancel. £75 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1872 (1d) blue Small star (SG.52). £9 |