Page 29 - Barbados Britannia Issues - Robert Lebow

Issue 4 (½ Penny)

pin perf. 12½ X 14

discovery copy
(APS 1998 cert 115757)
not accorded catalogue status
x. Abram

12 LINN'S STAMP NEWS • JANUARY 7, 2002
Better illlages in 11

From Scott Publishing Co. classic specialized catalog in-
Every year new information clude several new major Scott
and new listings are added to numbers.
the Scott Classic Specialized In Barbados, an 18S9 (½-
Catalogue of Stamps and Cov- penny) pale yellow-green pin-
ers 1840-1940. perforated gauge 14 by 12½
Stamp images in the 2002 Britannia issue is inserted as
edition of the Scott classic Scott 12B. This rare stamp is
specialized cata.log are dra- -valued Its~ • ¥led con-
matically improved. Most of clilioa and is duW:in the un-
the images in the cata.log are used column (the ct,sh mean-
shown as actual stamps, with ing 1hat it exists U1lUICd but
margins and perf9rations, cannot prc~tly be valued).
within a thin black: border. In Bermuda, the 1936
"Since its inception in 12/6p postal fiscal is listed as
1995, the Scott classic spe- ScottARl.
cialized cata.log has provided Eleven new military stamps
an ever-expanding volume in are listed in Egypt for the
which collectors and dealers 1932-3S British Forces in
will find a wealth of world- Egypt issues, Scott M 1-11.
wide stamp and cover infor- Previous numbers Ml-4 are
mation all in one place," ac- renumbered as Ml2-15.
cording to Scott cata.log editor And in Somaliland Protec-
James K.loetzel. torate, the 1909 ½~anna bluish
The Scott classic special- green is reinstated as Scott 49.
ized cata.log, which also lists Forerunner listings are
British Commonwealth stamps added for Bangkok (Straits
through 1952 or 1953, in- Settlements used in Bang-
cludes listings for covers; kok), British East Africa (In-
forerunner issues; minor let- dia used in Mombasa, July-
tered listings for shades, per- October 1890), Brunei (the
foration varieties, paper vari- 1895 issue), Cape Verde
eties, watermark varieties and (British postal agency in San
overprint/surcharge varieties; Vicente) and South Africa
bisects on cover; listings for (British stamps used in South
never-hinged and no-gum Africa during the Boer War).
stamps; plate and printing va- The new Scott classic spe-
rieties; multiples; specimen cialized catalog contains
stamps and more. more than 150 countries with
Additions to the 2002 Scott at least some· cover lis~s.

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