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Auction: 23013 - Stamps and Covers of the World: Featuring Superb Mauritius, the "Claremont" Collection of South West Africa and the Charles Freeland Collection of Virgin Islands
Lot: 1127

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
1861-70 no watermark, rough perf 14 to 16, 6d. rose-red neatly cancelled by large part strike of "cancelled" obliterator, position 6 in the horizontal block of six, good colour; perforations on all sides, fine. Extremely rare, one of three recorded examples. S.G. 29, £12,000. Photo

provenance:
J. Charlton Henry
Dale Lichtenstein
Peter Jaffè

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Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£3200