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;) | "15" used ST. MARY'S, Trinidad numeral postmark (Type 0.4) on 1872 QV 1/- (SG.74). Ex MEDLICOTT £7 |
;) | "15" used ST. MARY'S, Trinidad numeral postmark (Type 0.4) on QV 1/- (SG.74). Ex MEDLICOTT £6 |
;) | "37", Trinidad numeral postmark (Type 0.6) on 1901 1d CA wmk (SG.128), very rare. Ex MEDLICOTT £125 |
;) | "13" (re-allocated) TRINIDAD numeral postmark (Type 0.4) on 1918 1d (SG.150b) piece, rare. Ex MEDLICOTT £125 |
;) | PAID AT BARBADOES Crowned Circle in BLACK ink on 1875-81 1d grey-blue (SG.74), some soiling but unique on this issue. Only three PAID AT BARBADOES are known in BLACK ink on "loose" Btitannia issues, the other two both with blue crayon "X" lines are on 4d crimson horizontal pair, single 1/- purple. £525 |
;) | BARBADOES dbl-arc postmark/cancel in red ink dated MR 20 1882 on 1875 ½d green (SG.72). Rare as such. £28 |
;) ;) | BRIDGETOWN to ST. PETERS parish, BARBADOS postal history 1868 locally addressed cover to W.B Gibbons, Gibbs, St. Peters with (1d) deep blue (SG.24) tied Bridgetown "1" bootheel, reverse I/MY 27 68 despatch and 10/MY 27 68 arrival (both M2-original) clear of partly missing flap. £325 |
;) | ST. JAMES "7" bootheel cover, Barbados postal history 1865 miniature envelope locally addressed to Mrs. Robert Gordon, St. Alban's Lodge, St. Michael's with (1d) deep blue (SG.24, faults) tied St. James "7" bootheel with BARBADOS 7/DE 8 65 (M2-original) and BARBADOS I/DE 8 65 arrival alongside, poorly opened and damaged flap. £325 |
;) | BARBADOS stamps: 1873 (½d) green wmk Large Star (SG.58), used with DOUBLE PERFORATIONS at base, slight toning, unusual. £60 |
;) | "37" (allocation unknown), Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.6) extremely rare "37" on 1896 1d Britannia (SG.115). £325 |
;) | 4 used ST. GEORGE, Barbados postmark on 1855 (4d) brownish red (SG.5, Cat.£275), no margins and crumpled appearance. £24 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS stamps: Newly discovered 1874 ½d deep green (SG.65), a used example with unlisted DOUBLE PRINT. Scan of normal for comparison only (not included) £75 |
;) | BRIDGETOWN bootheel (issued 1863), Barbados postmark on 1861 (½d) blue-green, possibly from an imperforate used pair (SG.21b). £48 |
;) | BARBADOS "tramlines" variety: 1876 ½d bright green P.14 with Crown CC REVERSED wmk (SG.72x), mint pair with left copy showing prominent diagonal lines through second "N" of "PENNY". £125 |
;) | The unique (2d) greyish-slate QUADRISECT, Barbados stamps fragment with used previously unrecorded and SG unlisted quadrisect (SG.4a variety) tied Bridgetown obliterator on newspaper piece (½d rate) mounted on small piece. £1750 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | 20 used LA BREA, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.2) on 1876 6d deep yellow-green (SG.77a), facial edge stain. £28 |