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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: 1147

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
Mail to Canada
1876 (10 Apr.) envelope from St. Peter's parish to Montreal, marked "Via Halifax", bearing 1875 CC perf 12½ 6d. chrome-yellow clearly tied by "bootheel" "10" obliterator, showing red crayon "4" with, on reverse, despatch, St. Thomas (13.4), Halifax (6.5) and arrival (10.5) datestamps. No other 6d. cover with this franking known. S.G. 70. Photo

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£400