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Postage stamps, booklets, flight, censored and maritime mail and philatelic covers of Barbados for sale.
Barbados philately is currently one of the most popular areas in the West Indies. There is not much pre stamp postal history available but the large range of classic issues more than make up for this. A collection of classic Barbados stamps can be stunning.
Collecting the Parish postmarks of Barbados is a challenge especially the early numeral cancels.
For those collecting Barbados stamps I can recommend Edmund Bayley's 'Stamps of Barbados' handbook. 'Barbados Post Office Markings to 1981' by Clarke, Radford and Cave is a must for postmark collectors.
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1852 issue: 1919 reprint of design with name but tablet defaced, in dull blue green on thick wove paper. Very fine. (Bayley RP94) £120
1852-5 blued paper, (4d) brownish red (SG5), 4 good margins, v.f.u. Cat £275 £90
1858 6d pale rose-red (SG11), 4 margins, two very large, v.f.u. Cat £110. £40
1861-70 rough perf 14-16, 4d dull rose red (SG25), off centre, fresh o.g. £30
1861-70 rough perf 14-16, 4d dull brown red (SG26), off centre but fresh colour, f.u. £18
1871 small star, rough perf 14-16, 4d dull rose red (SG49), trimmed perfs at foot, g.u. £3
1872 small star, clean cut perf 11-13 x 14½-15½, 4d (SG57), couple of perf faults, dated cancel, v.g.u. £30
1873 3d (SG63), fresh, part o.g. £80
1874 Large star, perf 14, ½d (SG65), slightly toned, v.g.u. £2
1875-8 Crown CC, perf 14, ½d (SG72), ovptd. 'TOO LATE' fresh o.g., small thin. Status uncertain. (Ex Edmund Bayley). £25
1892-1903 Crown CA, 2/6d violet and green (SG115), fine m.m. £30
1892-1903 Crown CA, 2d (SG108), ovptd. Specimen and additionally h/s 'ULTRAMAR' in blue, fine mint. Applied by Spanish receiving authority. £20
