Page 41 - Barbados Britannia Issues - Robert Lebow
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Issue 6 - (4 Pence)
1st issued: 1861
Printing: recess by Perkins, Bacon & Co., London
Unwatermarked
Quantity issued: 107,200
Perforation 14-16 (rough)
pale rose red (shades) (c.1861)
cancellations (oblong) cancellations ("bootheel")
"1" (Bridgetown) "2" (Christchurch) "7" (St. James) "10" (St. Peter)
horizontal pair
imperforate block (4)
(probably from "Great Find" of 1887)
cfa
.t.
part cover from Bridgetown with oblong "1" cancel tied to c.1861 (4d) & c.1861 (1d) pos arked
"BARBADOES JA25/1862" (early use) paying 1d inland rate & 4d packet ra e (ra ed "4")
to Deville & Farlande on the island of Guadeloupe
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