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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: 1162

(x) Barbados
Britannia Issues
Mail to United Kingdom
1881 (24 Jan.) envelope to London, bearing 1875-81 CC, perf 14 3d. mauve-lilac tied by dumb bootheel obliterator, showing red crayon "1½", despatch and arrival datestamps; the envelope with flap missing. A neat and attractive franking. S.G. 75. Photo

provenance:
W.S. Davy, May 1960
Leslie Wheeler, May 1970
Jack Challis, June 2000
Fitz Roett

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

Sold for
£600

Starting price
£200