
| 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 | |