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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: 1154

Barbados
Britannia Issues
Mail to Nova Scotia
1867 (26 Feb.) entire from Bridgetown to Port Medway, marked "pr Mail via Halifax", bearing 1861 rough perf 14 to 16 (1d.) deepish blue vertical pair (one crossed by pressed filing crease) placed sideways and tied by bootheel "1", showing manuscript "8" (deleted) and "27" with, on reverse, despatch, St. Thomas (2.3) and Halifax (21.3) datestamps; and 1875 (10 Jan.) front from Bridgetown to Halifax, bearing rough perf 14 to 16 (4d.) dull rose-red and 1874 perf 14 1d. deep blue, both tied by Barbados double-arc d.s. with another strike below and showing "7" and "cts/10" handstamps

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£150