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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: 1156

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
Mail to Trinidad
1863 (3 June) near complete entire, rated "4" and bearing 1861 6d. rose-red cancelled with bootheel "1" and with superb despatch datestamp at left, arrival datestamp (damaged) on reverse; 1866 (18 Aug.) entire letter from Bridgetown to Messers. Fitt & Co., rated "4" and bearing 1861-70 6d. orange-red lightly cancelled with bootheel "1", despatch "1" datestamp on reverse; and 1875 (June) small envelope to Port of Spain, rated "4", bearing 1873 clean-cut perf. 6d. orange-vermilion cancelled by datestamp and with a further strike at top and arrival datestamp (24.6) at right. An interesting trio of covers

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Estimate
£350 to £450

Starting price
£280