Page 15 - Barbados Britannia Issues - Robert Lebow
P. 15
Un-issued
Printing: recess by Perkins, Bacon & Co., London
Unwatermarked/b/uish paper
Im perforate
Quantity printed: unknown
This stamp was never issued having been discovered in the 1887 "Great Find" of Perkins Bacon stamps.
The complete sheet of 110 stamps ( 10 x 11) shows the first plate type and layout.
This layout was used for subsequent plates until the Three Pence Issue in early 1873.
At that time the layout was changed to 120 stamps (10 x 12).
slate blue (shades)
block (4) right margin block (4)
reverse showing heavy bluing
typical for this stamp printing
On the full sheet to the right is the "patch on sail" variety (row 11 - pos. 4)
and "gash in throat" variety (row 11 - pos. 9)
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