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;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 16 used CHAGUANAS, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.2) on re-perforated 1863-80 1/- lilac-rose (SG.73a). £20 |
;) | 2 used SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.7a) 2/MY 23 70 on 1863-80 1/- mauve (aniline) CC wmk P.12½ (SG.73b), tear and perf. faults. £5 |
;) | 2 used SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.6) on 1876 4d bluish grey CA wmk P.14 (SG.76), thinned with perf. toning. £5 |
;) | 17 used COUVA, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.2) on 1863 (1d) lake CC wmk P.12½d (SG.69), perf. faults. £10 |
;) | 6 used AROUCA, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.2) on 1861 (1d) rose-red (SG.52), str. edge at base. £30 |
;) | G (used location 4 in the Parish of St. Georges, near the village of St. Pauls), Grenada postmark arrival cancel dated 25 MR 04 on Trinidad 1d Britannia (SG.128). £48 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |