Page 13 - Barbados Britannia Issues - Robert Lebow
P. 13
Issue 1 - (4 Pence)
1 st issued: early 1855
Printing: recess by Perkins, Bacon & Co., London
Unwatermarked/b/uish paper
Im perforate
Quantity printed: 50,000
Issued to prepay packet rate to other areas of the Caribbean
brown red
uncancelled
top margin
horizontal pair
lower right margin
vertical pair
"STEAMSHIP/20" "1" (Bridgetown) bottom sheet
(BPA 1980 cert 5863) margin copy
uncommon usage in parishes
other than St. Michael (Bridgetown)
"5" (St. John) "7" (St. James) "11 " (St. Lucy)
