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Auction: 22025 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 222

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
Covers
1871 wmk Small Star, rough perf 14 to 16 (1d.) blue clearly tied by "bootheel" "8" on 1873 (22 Dec.) envelope from St. Thomas to Bridgetown showing, on reverse, another strike of the "bootheel" "8", "8" and arrival datestamps; the envelope with flap missing and slightly soiled, more so on reverse. Rare, one of two recorded covers with this cancel. S.G. 48. Photo

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Sold for
£950