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Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

2001

S.G. #SB6

S.G. #SB6, 1933 2/- Badge of the Colony complete booklet, black on pale green with Advocate Co. Ltd. advertising on the front cover, containing panes of ten of the 1/2p Green and 1p Scarlet, and a pane of six of the 1 1/2p Orange, all perf. 14 of the second printing (S.G. #230, 231, 231b), stapled at right, made from sheet stamps just clipping a few perfs. at top as usual, o.g., n.h., very slight rust stains from staples on the covers, otherwise a fresh and crisp booklet, very fine; listed but unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, this booklet not even listed in Rogers (Scott #166b, 167b, 168a: unpriced). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2002

S.G. #SB7

S.G. #SB7, 1938 2/- Badge of the Colony complete booklet, black on light blue with Advocate Co. Ltd. advertising on the front cover, contains panes of ten of the 1/2p Green and 1p Scarlet, and a pane of six of the 1 1/2p Orange (S.G. #248, 249a, 250), stapled at right, made from sheet stamps just clipping the perfs. at bottom as usual, o.g., n.h., very fresh and extremely fine; an exceedingly scarce booklet (Scott #193c, 194c, 195d; unpriced). (Image)

S.G. £1,500

SOLD for $2,200.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2003

1906-32 Booklet pane lot, includes a key item from the 1906 first booklet with a full pane of 1p Carmine rose (#93 not listing a booklet pane, S.G. #137), o.g., n.h. and fresh, also includes both covers and interleaving for this rare booklet that was not listed in Rogers, and the Stanley Gibbons catalog does not note the black on red covers apparently because of lack of information, also includes two panes of two each of Scott #128-29 (S.G. #182-83) with a front cover of the booklet plus three used singles from booklet panes with RPS certificates, and finally a partial 1932 booklet (S.G. #SB5), intact but a block of four has been removed from each pane, o.g. or used for this later material, some minor gum toning, fine-very fine. (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $1,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2004

B1d

#B1d, 1907 "Kingston Relief Fund/1d" surcharge on 2p Slate and orange, double surcharge, mint closely spaced form of this variety, two distinct and nearly equally strong surcharges, one displaced about 1/2mm above the other, stamp is centered to top left, otherwise, o.g., l.h., very fine (S.G. #153b; £700). (Image)

600.00

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2005

B1d

#B1d, 1907 "Kingston Relief Fund/1d" surcharge on 2p Slate and orange, double surcharge, widely spaced form of this variety with one in the normal position and the other split, being lower and shifted strongly to the left, tied to small piece by Barbados c.d.s., very fine; 1955 RPS certificate (S.G. #153b; £750). (Image)

650.00

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2006

B1e

#B1e, 1907 "Kingston Relief Fund/1d" on 2p Slate and orange, double surcharge, both inverted, mint single, two distinct surcharges and of nearly equal strength, one being displaced lower by almost 1mm, o.g., l.h., very fine; 1996 RPS certificate (S.G. #153c; £700). (Image)

600.00

SOLD for $675.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2007

B1e

#B1e, 1907 "Kingston Relief Fund/1d" surcharge on 2p Slate and orange, double surcharge, both inverted, mint block of four (some separated perfs. between top pair causing short perfs on left stamp), two distinct surcharges of nearly equal strength, one being displaced slightly lower, centering and spacing indicates this comes from the same sheet as the single above, o.g. slight gum toning, otherwise very fine except as note above; 1975 BPA certificate stating at that time "made from genuine type but of uncertain status" (S.G. #153c; £2,800). (Image)

2,400.00

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2008

S.G. #153d

S.G. #153d, 1907 "Kingston Relief Fund/1d" surcharge on 2p Slate and orange, tete-beche pair normal and inverted, variety is the center pair in a mint vertical strip of four, fresh, o.g., light hinge reinforcement to center perfs. to prevent separation, very fine; this variety occurs because the setting was not as large as the sheet and required being put in the press more than once, in this case inverted in one pass, a very scarce error; 1961 RPS certificate (Scott #B1, B1b; tete-beche variety not listed). (Image)

S.G. £850

SOLD for $750.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2009

S.G. #153f

S.G. #153f, 1907 "Kingston Relief Fund/1d" surcharge on 2p Slate and orange, inverted surcharge in vertical pair, one normal, one double, the top stamp being distinctly double surcharged, each being a strong equal impression, displaced by a little over 1/2mm, o.g., double surcharged stamp n.h., very fine; like the tete-beche strip above this variety is caused by the fact that surcharging the full sheet required more than one pass in the press, in this case one pass was shifted one stamp lower causing a row to be printed twice; Stanley Gibbons does not make clear whether their listing is for inverted or upright overprints, but it can exist either way for the same reasons, only priced used and this pair is purported to be the only known mint example (Scott #B1, B1e; se-tenant variety not listed). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2010

S.G. #D4ab

S.G. #D4ab, 1950 1c Green, crown missing in watermark, right sheet-margin block of six (3x2), the error appearing in the bottom row between the right pair, o.g., n.h., very fine; this error is actually quite rare on the 1c value as the missing crown was soon replaced, but with the wrong type crown producing another variety (Scott #J4 var.). (Image)

S.G. £350+

SOLD for $450.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2011

S.G. #D4ac, D6ac

S.G. #D4ac, D6ac, 1950 1c Green and 4c Carmine, St. Edward's crown watermark error, both values in right sheet-margin blocks of six (2x3), this incorrect crown appears at the right of the sheet near the bottom and occurred because a crown was missing in the watermark form and an incorrect type was used to repair it, o.g., n.h., very fine-extremely fine (Scott #J4a, 6a; $250.00+). (Image)

S.G. £340+

SOLD for $300.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2012

S.G. #D6ab,D6ac

S.G. #D6ab, D6ac, 1950 6c Carmine, crown missing and St. Edward's crown watermark errors, each found in a horizontal and vertical block of six from the right side of the sheet, these errors occurred at the same place because paper was made with the crown missing for a while and when it was repaired the wrong crown was inserted, o.g., n.h., very fine (Scott #J4a, J4 var.). (Image)

S.G. £340+

SOLD for $325.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2013

MR1a

#MR1a, 1917 "War Tax" overprint on 1p Carmine, imperforate horizontal pair, a very scarce unissued variety, clear to large margins all around, o.g., right stamp with light creases, otherwise very fine; 1965 RPS certificate (S.G. #197 var.). (Image)

4,000.00

SOLD for $2,500.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

Barbados Large Lots

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

2014

Barbados 1749-1855 Pre-stamp cover collection of 25 folded covers, entire letters and envelopes, the earliest is a 1749 entire folded letter without postal markings, carried by a ship captain to Rhode Island, postal markings on other covers include a 1767 large "Barbadoes" straight line handstamp on a rather tattered cover, 1771 two line "Barba/does" and two smaller straight lines from 1805 and 1808, other markings include six covers with fleuron c.d.s, eight with double arc c.d.s including a paid cover with the marking in red, plus several ship letters and 1853 red "Paid at Barbadoes" Crown circle, condition is mixed including some partial strikes and faults to covers, but also includes nice strikes and fine-very fine items; a nice lot of early covers from this island.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,350.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2015

30/139

#30/139, Nineteenth century cover lot of 41 covers and several fronts, starts with four covers and a front with Britannia issues including a bisect cover, with a note from H. Bloch said appears to be genuine but too poor to sign, then a RPS certificate that states not genuine, the rest of the covers are from the later 19th century including some interesting usages such as 1890 cover to Old Calabar River in the Niger Coast Protectorate, an 1894 soldier's 1p concession rate cover to England, and an official 1896 Returned Letter printed form letter, also includes ten covers and wrappers with black "Paid at Barbadoes" Crown circle handstamps, pressed into use during 1893 and 1896 due to shortages of 1/4p and 1/2p stamps, these are usually domestic usages as Stanley Gibbons specifies under #CC1, but one is used on an official cover to the Dominican Republic, condition varies but most are fine or better for the period; an interesting lot well worth examining.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,900.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2016

Barbados Britannia Issue valuable and substantial collection of over 850 mint and used singles, plus another 80 stamps in multiples from pairs to a block of six, this design, produced by Perkins, Bacon & Co., was used for 30 years between the first imperforates issued on blued paper in 1852 until the Key Plate Victoria issue of 1882 (Scott #1/59; S.G. #1/88), there is a nice range of the earlier and usually scarcer mint and used imperforates and includes examples of all the first issue on blued paper, the imperforates include various shades, later issues also have a variety of shades and all have been identified by Stanley Gibbons to take advantage of the more specialized and detailed listing, in addition to shades there are other varieties throughout including perforation varieties, as well as imperforates of some later issues that are normally perforated, there are six certified examples of S.G. #23 that appear to be on bluish paper, but the Royal Philatelic Society refused to verify this, also watermark varieties, many numeral cancels are present starting with the early numerals in oval of bars, then the later numeral "bootheel" cancels, most are "1" of the General Post Office but other numerals of the outlying parish post offices will be found throughout, there are also a few bisects on pieces that are genuine, as well as a few fakes, in addition there are a few mint and used of the 5/- Dull rose and several used examples of the 1p on half 5/- Dull rose provisionals, there is far to much to list all the scarce and desirable items here, condition does vary as would be expected for this period of material but overall quite clean and a large portion are fine-very fine; catalog value will be enormous and this is certainly a lot worthy of careful viewing; accompanied by 126 RPS, BPA or APS certificates.

Est. 7,500-10,000

SOLD for $23,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2017

60/192

#60/192, 1882-1937 Marvelous mint and used stock of several thousand stamps of the issues of the late 19th century starting with the Queen Victoria key plate issue through the George V period issues, very comprehensive for the period both mint and used, collected by shades and other varieties and all identified by Stanley Gibbons numbers, each number usually has approximately five to ten mint examples, occasionally in blocks of four or larger, plus both mint and used varieties, one type of desirable variety that is found throughout are the inverted and reversed watermarks including a few that are not listed as yet by Stanley Gibbons, within this lot we note a very specialized grouping of the 1892 1/2p on 4p Brown surcharge showing multiple plating notes and minor varieties that are not listed as well as some that are, the last definitive issue in this stock is the 1925-35 Badge of the Colony, and though this is one of the lesser issues in total catalog value, it contains several hundred stamps identified by plate flaws, re-entries and retouches to the design, in all a valuable and very attractive accumulation, condition is overall fresh and clean, o.g. or used, some mint are n.h. becoming progressively more frequent in the later issues, fine-very fine; our calculation is that there is a total of well over 3,500 stamps with a Stanley Gibbons catalog value in excess of £25,000 (S.G. #89/247).

Est. 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $5,250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2018

Barbados Parish cancel collection/accumulation containing over 2,000 used stamps including those on piece, plus over 35 covers, these trace the different cancels of the various post offices with a concentration on the outlying parish post offices, though there are some from the GPO as well (includes some maps showing the parishes and towns), starts with a stockbook containing 300 19th century including imperforates showing the numeral in bars cancels, plus the slightly later boot-heel numeral cancels as well early c.d.s, etc., catalog value for just the used stamps is $2,000.00-3,000.00, also a large album with hundreds of later issues by different cancel type and town, these are mostly cancels of the 20th century to the 1940's, there are also balances of collections and many not yet incorporated into the collection, including more modern postmarks, many nice and scarcer items are to be found throughout, condition varies but the greatest portion are fine-very fine; examination will prove fruitful for the collector of this area.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,050.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2019

Barbados mint and used stock and accumulation, includes twelve three-ring stock binders stuffed with individual sales sheets by Stanley Gibbons number, the first four books, which contain the 19th century and first half of the 20th century are quite sparse and are of little significance, starting with the King George VI issues there is a very comprehensive stock up to the mid-1990's, these are often found in several mint singles and blocks of four as well as desirable used including some blocks of four, many better sets are found in quanities of around ten complete mint sets, in addition to the large stock of mint and used issues the significant value in these books is found in the varieties, usually these are inverted watermark varieties, but including some missing colors such as a mint gutter pair of S.G. #524a and a mint single of S.G. #631a, there is also a stack of pages, stock pages and sheets, we note two 6c Carmine postage due errors (#J6a), one in a full sheet, and we also note a full sheet of 100 of Ultramarine and yellow ochre definitive with inverted watermark (S.G. #351aw; £7.50 per stamp), condition is mostly fresh and quite clean particularly in the modern, which is nearly all o.g., n.h. fine-very fine.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $575.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

2020

Barbados large twentieth century cover accumulation, consisting of over 1,200 covers and cards, includes covers from early 20th century to quite modern, includes many commercial usages as well as philatelic covers with some nice and attractive frankings from the 1920's-1930's, 250-300 covers are FDC's, while there is a lot of ordinary mail present there is also a nice range of unusual usages which include both early and modern, we note a wide range of covers with various types of ship markings and "paquebot" usages, there are even a number of United States covers with ship cancels while in port at Barbados, there are also first flight covers, we note some scarce items such as WWI German prisoner of war cover from Barbados, a cover with scarce Belgian Relief label issued by Barbados for aid to the Belgians in WWI, also some attractive telegraph covers, postage dues and other interesting items, philatelic covers include, beside FDC's, covers with unusual town markings and better frankings as several 1935 Jubilee full set covers, etc., condition varies as would be expected on an accumulation of this size, however there is much fine-very fine, usable material to be found by either the collector or dealer as the one who assembled this accumulation did it over many years with an eye for the unusual.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM