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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: 1129

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
1861-70 no watermark, rough perf 14 to 16,, 1/- black horizontal pair, variety imperforate between, unused with part original gum; two horizontal creases barely affecting fine appearance. Extremely rare, only a block of four and five pairs recorded. R.P.S. Certificate (1929). S.G. 35a, £10,000. Photo

provenance:
Hodsell Hurlock Sale 1, June 1958
J.L. Messenger, 1983
Joseph Hackmey, April 1986
Fitz Roett

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

Sold for
£5,000

Starting price
£2000