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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: 1128

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
1861-70 no watermark, rough perf 14 to 16, 1/- blue error of colour, pen marks removed as on all examples, fresh appearance and arguably the finest of the fifteen examples so far recorded. S.G. 34a, £18,000. Photo

provenance:
Sir Ernest de Silva , February 1959
William Frazer, May 2003

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£13,000

Starting price
£4000