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Auction: 16024 - The "Britannia" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 727

Barbados
1878 1D. Provisionals
Large numeral "1", 7mm. high with curved serif, and large letter "D", 2¾mm. high (Type A)
An unsevered pair reading upwards, unused with large part original gum, one very lightly foxed and one pulled perf at top. Extremely rare, only ten recorded. R.P.S. Certificate (1935). S.G. 86b, £26,000. Photo

provenance:
C.J.L. Snowden
Peter Jaffé, November 2006

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Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000