Page 76 - Barbados Britannia Issues - Robert Lebow

Issue 9 - 5 Shillings

1st issued: 1873
Printing: recess by Perkins, Bacon & Co., London
Watermark: (small 6 pt. star)
Quantity issued: 10,000 less 4,800 overprinted (balance left for postal use: 5,200 stamps (est.))
Perforation 15½x15

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