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#1926a, 18c Edna St. Vincent Millay, black (engraving) omitted, top right corner sheet-margin block of four, well centered, o.g., n.h., choice very fine; 1992 PF certificate.
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#1, 1840 1p Black, plate 8, an attractive mint single, well clear to large margins on all four sides, black color is intense with a razor-sharp impression, o.g., h.r., a fresh and very fine original gum example of the world's first postage stamp; 1997 Brandon certificate (S.G. #2, £4,000).
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#33, 1p Rose red, Plate 225, a scarce mint example of this scarcest plate of the "Penny Reds", exceptionally well centered for this, which quite often is poorly centered, dark rich color, full crackly o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; a key value for those trying to plate this issue; 1983 RPS
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#96a, 1883 2/6 Lilac on bluish paper, pristine mint example, magnificently centered and bordered by full clean perforations, possessing exceptionally pretty pastel color, full clean original gum with just a light trace of hinging, extremely fine; an unusually choice example of this very scarc
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#163 var., 1921 2 1/2p Dull prussian blue, bottom left corner sheet-margin horizontal pair with control "R21, pristine fresh, each stamp possessing impeccable centering, full o.g., never hinged, extremely fine; an amazing example of this very scarce printing of 1921 in this distinctive and un
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#181 var., 1919 10/- Steel blue, the very rare color of the Bradbury, Wilkinson issue, a handsome mint single with lovely centering, this rare deep color gives an excellent impression, o.g., n.h., accompanying certificate states "pressed out vertical crease" which is nothing more than an over
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#19a, 1949 "1 Rupee" surcharge on 1/- U.P.U., surcharge omitted, right sheet-margin mint single, a premium example of this very scarce error, the surcharge intended to change the stamp into local currency, fresh with bright color, o.g., very lightly hinged, very fine and choice; quite likely
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#1, 1862 6p Blue green, rough perf 14 to 16, a marvelously fresh mint single of the scarce first issue of this country, intense radiant color on bright white paper, full o.g., lightly hinged, centered just into the frame lines which is quite normal as Scott notes that its listed price is for
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#25, 4p Rose, watermark Crown and "CA", perf. 12, unusually well centered mint single, wonderfully fresh possessing a brilliant rose color, o.g., extremely fine; almost impossible to find this well centered; signed Kohler and Rendon (S.G. #41; £550).
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#E1a, 1916 5p Orange and black with "Special Delivery" overprint, double overprint, select mint example of this scarce variety, excellent centering, beautifully fresh with radiant orange color and the black showing an intensely sharp impression, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; double si
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#E1b, 1916 5p Orange and black with "Special Delivery" overprint, inverted overprint, a gorgeous mint single with simply incredible centering, bright colors and sharp impressions on fresh white paper, o.g., lightly hinged, an extremely fine gem; a scarce error in unsurpassed condition; 1987 B
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#MR3a, 1918 3p Brown on yellow with "War Tax" overprint, inverted overprint, a remarkably well centered example of this scarce error, bright fresh colors, o.g., light diagonal gum bend at right, still extremely fine; clear 1978 Brandon certificate (S.G. #94a; £1.000).
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#MR5b, 1918 1p Carmine and black with "War Tax" overprint, double overprint, one inverted, fresh mint single, bright colors, o.g., very fine; 1986 BPA certificate (S.G. #93a; £800).
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#MR7a, 1918 1 Carmine rose with "War Tax" overprint, watermarked sideways, right gutter-margin mint single, extraordinarily well centered, bright sumptuous color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; a far scarcer variety than its modest catalog value implies (S.G. #97a; £350).
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1769 Large "Barbados" straight line handstamp, on reverse of folded cover to Reverend Doctor Daniel Burton, secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Westminster, England, endorsed "p Capt. Lee/Q.D.C." (Whom God preserve), small Bishop mark slightly overstrikes the "Barbad
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"Barbadoes" straight line handstamp, on front of entire folded letter datelined "Antigua Monday November 10th 1805", to Wells England and forwarded to London, with straight line Wells mileage marking, rated "1/10" and then re-rated "2/7", interestingly this was a rush letter to get on a ship
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#A1, "Paid at Barbadoes" Crowned Circle handstamp, on the front of very neat 1853 cover to the United States, black "Steamship/10" on arrival, on the reverse "Barbadoes/JU 11 1853" double-arc c.d.s. and similar St. Thomas transit, an unusually well struck example of this paid frank, very fine
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#1a, 1852 (1/2p) Yellow green on blued paper, imperforate, used single of this scarce first issue with clear to full margins all around, paper is well blued, neat numeral "1" in bars cancel, nearly very fine; 1984 APS certificate (S.G. #1; £650).
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#3a, 1852 (2p) Grayish slate on blued paper, imperforate, fresh mint horizontal pair, with full large even margins all around, full o.g., h.r., extremely fine; 1990 RPS certificate (S.G. #4a; £400).
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#3a, 1852 (2p) Grayish slate, unusually fresh mint horizontal pair, well clear to large margins all around, intense deep color of this printing, o.g., lightly hinged, very fine (S.G. #4a; £400).
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#3a, 1852 (2p) Grayish slate on blued paper, imperforate, used single with four clear large margins, variety showing small portion of the double-line papermaker's watermark, central numeral "1" in bars cancel, RPS certificate states "rather soiled", which we believe to be a bit harsh b
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#3b, 1854 (2p) Grayish slate on blued paper, vertical bisect used as 1p, on large piece of mourning cover including portion of backflap, neatly tied by numeral "10" of St. Peter parish post office, this bisect was only authorized between August 4th and September 21st, 1854, "AU 23/1854" c.d.s
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#3b, 1854 (2p) Grayish slate on blued paper, vertical bisect used as 1p, a most unusual example of two vertical bisects on the same piece, both tied by a single strike of numeral "1" in bars cancel, the two pieces are from different stamps and the postmaster may have pre-cut bisects for 1p st
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#6, 1855 (1p) Blue, imperforate, two singles neatly tied to 1858 double rate folded cover to Trinidad (inside side flaps missing) by well struck numeral "1" in bars cancel, stamps each have three large to extra-large margins, fourth side close or touching, vertical file fold just catches righ
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#8, 1859 6p Rose red imperforate, unused horizontal pair with fairly strong color, colors on this issue range from pale to deep, well clear even margins all around, faint tone spot in top margin, otherwise nearly very fine; 1982 APS certificate (S.G. #11; £1,400).
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#10, 1859 (1/2p) Pale yellow green, pin-perforated 14, well margined used single with numeral "1" in bars cancel, scissors separated as always, clipping a few perfs. in the large top margin, a choice and very fine example of this scarcer value; clear 1996 RPS certificate (S.G. #13; £400).
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#11, 1859 1p Blue, pin-perf. 14, tied to folded cover of prices current by centrally struck numeral "1" in bars cancel, to St. Lucia, portion of "Barbadoes/SP 16, 1861" double-arc c.d.s. on the reverse with similar St. Lucia backstamp, ms. rate "4", small portion of backflap missing with mend
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#12, 1859 (1/2p) Pale yellow green, pin-perforated 12 1/2, used single with bold numeral "1" in bars cancel, bright color, clear to large margins all around, scissors separated slightly clipping or blunting some perfs. as usual on this scarcer perforation, otherwise very fine; clear 1994 RPS
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#12, 1859 (1/2p) Pale yellow green, pin-perforated 12 1/2, used single with very light numeral "1" cancel plus a central nearly full strike of less commonly seen "Barbadoes/AP 19/1862" double-arc c.d.s., stamp is very well centered with virtually full perforations all around, quite uncommon o
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#14a, 1861 (1p) Blue, clean-cut perf. 14 to 16, an especially attractive mint single, being unusually fresh and possessing excellent centering, o.g., h.r., turned bottom left corner perf., otherwise extremely fine; clear 2003 RPS certificate (S.G. #19; £700).
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#14b, 1861 (1p) Pale blue, clean-cut perf. 14 to 16, diagonal bisect used as 1/2p, clearly tied by numeral "1" cancel in bars to piece of newspaper with address label of Rev. Frederick at St. George, the 1/2p newspaper rate was the typical use of these bisects and are usually collected on pie
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S.G. #22a, 1861 (1/2p) Grass green, imperforate horizontal pair, bright fresh color of the scarcer shade of the imperforates that apparently came from a sheet out of the Perkins, Bacon & Co. archives, clear to large margins all around, o.g., h.r., very fine; 1959 RPS certificate (Scott #15b v
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#16a, 1861 (1p) Blue, rough perf. 14 to 16, diagonal bisect used as 1/2p, pair of a single and bisect tied to piece of newspaper by numeral "1" "bootheel" cancel, this would be the proper 1 1/2p rate for newspapers to foreign countries and considerably scarcer than 1/2p local rate bisect for
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#21c, 1863 1/- Blue error of color, mint example of this very rare stamp that was printed in error but never placed into use, the few copies that exist were marked with a pen and circulated by the Barbados Colonial Secretary, this mark was removed on most as is the case with this stamp which
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#23, 1861 (1p) Blue, perforated 11 to 12, fresh unused single with bright color, centered just into the design at top and right which is quite typical of this issue, prepared in very limited quantities but not issued, fine and rare; 1943 RPS certificate; ex-Hurlock (S.G. #37; £2,000).
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#25, 1870 (1p) Blue, rough perf 14 to 16, wmk. large star, attractive unused single of this scarce stamp, fresh intense color, well centered, only a trace of o,g., choice very fine example of a difficult stamp to find unused; 1956 RPS certificate (S.G. #44; £1,300).
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#41, 1873 6p Vermilion, clean-cut perf. 14 1/2 to 16, wmk. large star, incredibly bright and fresh top sheet-margin mint horizontal pair, centered into the perfs. at top, full o.g., the left stamp n.h., faint diagonal gum crease, scarce mint multiple; clear 1994 RPS certificate (S.G. #60; £1,
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S.G. #62, 1873 6p Orange vermilion, perf. 11 to 12, wmk. large star, unused right sheet-margin horizontal strip of four, lovely bright color, scissors trimmed at top close to the design, otherwise well centered within the strip and fresh; this value is analogous to the (1/2p) Grass green and
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#43, 1873 5/- Dull rose, mint single, centered to the left, strong color, o.g., h.r., fine (S.G. #64; £950).
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#43, 1873 5/- Dull rose, fresh mint single with lovely rose color, centered to the left, o.g., fine (S.G. #64; £950).
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#48, 1875 6p Orange, perf. 12 1/2, wmk. Crown CC, unusually well centered single with full even perforations all around, o.g, tiny tone spot in bottom margin, otherwise extremely fine (S.G. #70; £550).
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#48, 1875 6p Orange, perf. 12 1/2, wmk. Crown CC, well centered mint single, bright with fresh color, o.g., h.r., very fine (S.G. #70; £550).
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S.G. #69, 1875 6p Bright yellow, aniline ink, perf. 12 1/2, wmk. Crown CC, fresh mint single, bright color that fluoresces through the back under ultraviolet light, o.g., very fine; 1956 BPA certificate (Scott #48 var.).
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#49, 1875 1/- Purple, aniline ink, perf. 12 1/2, pretty mint single, well centered, intense deep aniline color, o.g., h.r., very fine (S.G. #71; £450).
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#51a/c, 1875 1p Gray blue, perf. 14, wmk. sideways Crown CC, a marvelously attractive used example of this rare watermark variety, central clear numeral "5" "bootheel" cancel of St. John parish post office, nice impression and color in the distinctive grayish shade that this variety comes in,
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#53b, 1875 4p Scarlet, perf. 14x12 1/2, wmk. Crown CC, a wonderful mint example of this seldom offered stamp possessing vibrant color and a crisp impression on bright white paper, particularly well centered, nearly full o.g., very fine; among the finest existing examples of this important
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#56a, 1875 1/- Violet, aniline ink, perf. 14, wmk. Crown CC, attractive unused single, bright color in the distinctive shade of this aniline ink, full even perforations, centered to the left with fine centering which many of the unused or mint examples seem to have; 1936 and 1977 RPS certific
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#56a, 1875 1/- Violet, aniline ink, perf. 14, wmk. Crown CC, mint example of this rare color which is bright and fresh, retains part of its original gum despite the certificate that states it is without gum, small thin spot not mentioned in the certificate, fine centering which most examples
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#57, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type A surcharge on half of 5/- Dull rose, surcharge reading down, a select used example being a large half and well centered, color is strong and fresh, perforations are full and even, and the mute "bootheel" cancel neatly frames the surcharge, extremely fine (S.G. #86;
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S.G. #86a, 1878 "1D" Type A surcharge on half 5/- Dull rose, no period after "D", surcharge reading up, an extremely rare unused copy of this overprint variety, which is quite likely found in only one position in the overprint setting and perhaps only missing for a portion of the printing, st
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#57a, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type A surcharge, unsevered pair, surcharge reading up, an unusually handsome appearing and well centered example of this exceedingly rare mint pair, this example possesses a deep rose shade with brightness that is not often found on this stamp, it also retains a
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#57a, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type A surcharge, unsevered pair, surcharge reading up, used with mute "bootheel" cancels, fresh color, basic stamp was centered just into the design at left, but thus giving the right stamp huge margins, fine-very fine (S.G. #86b; £1,800).
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#57a var., 1878 "1D." S.G. Type A surcharge, unsevered pair, left stamp with no period after "D", surcharge reading up, used with "Barbadoes/MR 31 78" c.d.s. and mute "bootheel" cancels, typical poor centering in the basic stamp cutting the design at left in the variety stamp, fine-very fine;
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#57a var., 1878 "1D." S.G. Type A surcharge, unsevered pair, right stamp with no period after "D", surcharge reading down, used with "Barbadoes/MR 31 78" c.d.s. and mute "bootheel" cancels, strong color, basic stamp was quite well centered, but scissors trimmed top margin similar to the origi
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#57a var., 1878 "1D." S.G. Type A surcharge, unsevered pair from adjacent stamps, overprint reading up, used with central "Barbadoes/MR 30 78" c.d.s., overprint quite strongly impressed showing that what looks like a period after "D" is really often a comma, centering varied because of the ty
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#57e, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type A and C surcharges on half 5/- Dull rose, unsevered pair, surcharges reading down, tied to piece along with 4p Scarlet (#47) by indistinct "bootheel" cancel (probably "1"), rather well centered side to side and clear at top, though nibbed perfs. with one pulled perf
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#57e, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type A and C surcharges on half 5/- Dull rose, unsevered pair, surcharges reading down, used with "Barbadoes/MR 29 78" c.d.s. one day after issuance, strong color, centered just into frame at top and light thinning at top, still of fine appearance; despite this being the
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#58, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type B surcharge on half 5/- Dull rose, surcharge reading up, handsome used single, quite well centered for these, stamp with strong color, lightly cancelled, very fine (S.G. #87; £750).
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#58a, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type B surcharge on half 5/- Dull rose, unsevered pair, surcharge reading down, center vertical perforations are blind so it appears imperforate between, fresh deep color, lightly cancelled with portion of c.d.s., centered just into the design at top, an attractive and f
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#58a, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type B surcharge on half 5/- Dull rose, unsevered pair, surcharge reading down, strong color, central mute "bootheel" cancel, centered into the design at top and light edge thin at left, fine appearance and scarce (S.G. #87a; £2,500).
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#59, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type C surcharge on half 5/- Dull rose, surcharge reading down, rather attractive and particularly scarce unused single, strong color and well struck impression of this scarce type of surcharge, perfs. close at top, otherwise a very fine and rarely offered unused example
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#59a, 1878 "1D." S.G. Type C surcharge on half 5/- Dull rose, unsevered pair, surcharge reading down, used example with portions of "Barbadoes/SP 9 1878" double-arc c.d.s., a cancel not often seen on these provisionals, color somewhat faded and small stain in right stamp, otherwise fine and t
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#60 var., 1882 1/2p Green, "Hal" of "Halfpenny" omitted, a striking and most unusual unique error caused by a piece of foreign matter (probably piece of paper) coming between the plate and stamp as the duty plate was being printed, confirmed by slight trace (weak because the stamp is used) of
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S.G. #104d, 1892 "Penny Half" surcharge error on 4p Brown, mint single caused by misalignment of the surcharge on the sheet so that "Penny" belonging to one stamp is positioned with "Half" of the stamp at right, this surcharge is also printed on a diagonal so that there were only one or two s
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S.G. #104d, 1892 "Penny Half" surcharge error on 4p Brown, used single with central "Barbados/JY 27 92" c.d.s., centered to the top as all are from the single sheet with this with misaligned surcharge, most known copies bear this cancel, very fine; it is believed that less than 20 examples ar
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#69c var., 1892 "Half Penny" surcharge on 4p Brown, double surcharge in red and black, black without hyphen, unused single, fresh, faint horizontal crease, very fine appearance; it is believed that the red surcharge was printed as a proof and found to be unsatisfactory, it was decided to use
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#69c var., 1892 "Half Penny" surcharge on 4p Brown, double surcharge in red and black, red without hyphen, in mint horizontal pair se-tenant with normal double surcharge, o.g., light horizontal crease and gum toning largely apparent from the reverse only, very fine appearance; this pair appea
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S.G. #201a, 1920 1/4p Victory, "C" of "CA" missing in watermark, nice example of this with the error showing in the center portion of the stamp, o.g., lightly hinged, very fine (Scott #140 var.).
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S.G. #201c, 1920 1/4p Victory, substitute crown in watermark, mint bottom left corner sheet-margin block of four, variety shows in the bottom left corner of the corner stamp, the crown replaces an apparently damaged original crown and is very distinctive and unlike any other, less commonly kn
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S.G. #202a, 1920 1/2p Victory, "C" of "CA" missing in watermark, mint vertical left sheet-margin pair with plate no. 1 for the frame, error occurs right under the plate number and in addition is a scarce position piece, o.g., n.h., light natural gum bends, very fine (Scott #141 var.).
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S.G. #202b, 1920 1/2p Victory, wmk. multiple Crown and "CA", "A" of "CA" missing, pristine mint block of four with watermark error showing in the bottom pair, o.g., n.h., very fine and scarce (Scott #141 var).
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S.G. #202c, 1920 1/2p Victory, substitute crown in the watermark, a lovely bottom left corner sheet-margin single, the variety clearly showing in the bottom left corner of the stamp, because it has the selvage the slightly different "CA", which was replaced at the same time, shows as well, o.
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S.G. #202c, 1920 1/2p Victory, substitute crown in the watermark, variety clearly shows in the bottom right corner of the stamp, intense colors, o.g., nearly very centering; a very scarce error that is listed by Stanley Gibbons but unpriced (Scott #141 var.).
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S.G. #203a, 1920 1p Victory, "A" in "CA" missing in watermark, an unusually attractive stamp with the error right in the center so there is no chance of mistake, exceptionally well centered, neat portion of 1921 c.d.s. cancel, extremely fine; purported to be the discovery example of this stam
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S.G. #204a, 1920 2p Victory, "C" of "CA" missing in watermark, mint single with the error clearly showing in the center portion of the stamp, o.g., fine centering and scarce; purported to be the discovery copy of this variety (Scott #143 var.).
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S.G. #208wa, 1920 6p Victory, inverted watermark with "C" of "CA" missing, quite unusual to have this combination of varieties but this is apparently the only way it is found, the "C" is clearly missing near the top of the stamp, very well centered, o.g., l.h., tiny spot of gum toning on the
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S.G. #209a, 1920 1/- Victory, "C" of "CA" missing in watermark, fresh mint single with bright colors, the watermark on the high values is normally sideways and the error clearly shows at right, o.g., very fine and very scarce, this purported to be the discovery example for the error on this v
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S.G. #211a, 1920 3/- Victory, "C" of "CA" missing in watermark, top left corner sheet-margin block of four, unusually well centered, normal sideways watermark and error occurs at the left of the bottom right stamp, o.g., stamps are all n.h. being hinged in the top selvage only, extremely fine
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#193A var., 1942 1/2p Bister, wmk. multiple Crown and script "CA", "A" of "CA" missing, top right corner sheet-margin block of ten with control number, the watermark error occurs in the bottom left stamp, very fresh and well centered, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; this watermark did not appear
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#193A var., 1942 1/2p Bister, wmk. multiple Crown and script "CA", "A" of "CA" missing, top sheet-margin block of sixteen, the watermark error occurs in the right pair of the second row from the top, this block possesses virtually perfect centering, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine and a
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#194A var., 1942 1p Green, wmk. multiple Crown and script "CA", "A" of "CA" missing, Thomas De La Rue bottom sheet-margin imprint block of eight, the watermark error being in the bottom selvage, exceptionally fresh with intense deep green color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; at the time this wa
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#194A var., 1942 1p Green, wmk. multiple Crown and script "CA", "A" of "CA" missing, exceptionally well centered used single with the watermark error in the center of the stamp, lightly cancelled, extremely fine; used examples of this watermark error are not listed, and we know of only one ot
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#195 var., 1938 1 1/2p Red Orange, wmk. multiple Crown and script "CA", "A" of "CA" missing, Thomas De La Rue bottom sheet-margin imprint block of eight, well centered and fresh, the watermark error is found in the bottom selvage below the second stamp from the right, light natural gum wrink
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#196 var., 1938 2 1/2p Ultramarine, wmk. multiple Crown and script "CA", "A" in "CA" missing, mint top sheet-margin block of six, watermark error is found in the selvage above the center stamp, particularly dark shade of Ultramarine (called blue by Stanley Gibbons), possesses pristine freshne
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#201A var., 1941 5/- Indigo, wmk. multiple Crown and script "CA", "A" of "CA" missing, lovely Thomas De La Rue bottom sheet-margin imprint block of six of this high value, marvelously fresh and well centered, the watermark error is found in the selvage below the second from the right stamp, o
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#209a/b, 1947 "One/Penny" surcharge on 2p Bright rose red, perf. 13 1/2x13, double surcharge, mint single with two distinct surcharges that are of nearly equal intensity, the first overprint is displaced about 1/2mm higher, o.g., centered to the left as all known examples are, very fine; Stan
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#209a/b, 1947 "One/Penny" surcharge on 2p Bright rose red, perf. 13 1/2x13, double surcharge, another mint single as above with two distinct surcharges that are of nearly equal intensity, the first overprint is displaced about 1/2mm higher, o.g., centered to the left as always, very fine;
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#270a, 1965 4c Olive green and dark blue, imperforate, mint right sheet-margin block of six (2x3), o.g., n.h., very fine and scarce (S.G. #325a; £675+).
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#398, 398a-f, 4c on 5c Sepia, rose and lilac, a specialized collection of this locally surcharged definitive, which received simply a "4" and an "X" to obliterate the former 5c denomination, this was done in settings of 25 on sheets of 100 so each sheet had to go into the press four times pro
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S.G. #SB2, 1913 2/- King George V complete booklet, black on red covers, containing two panes of six of the 1/2p Green and three panes of six of the 1p Red (S.G. #171, 172), stapled at left, o.g., n.h., made from sheet stamps but nearly full perfs. on all panes and well centered, covers are a
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S.G. #SB3, 1916 2/- Badge of the Colony complete booklet, black on red covers, containing six panes of two of the 1/2p Green and nine panes of two of the 1p Deep red (S.G. #182, 183), stapled at right in the bottom selvage of the stamps, light creasing to front cover, o.g., n.h., some gum ton
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S.G. #SB3, 1916 2/- Badge of the Colony complete booklet, black on red covers, containing six panes of two of the 1/2p Green and nine panes of two of the 1p Deep red (S.G. #182, 183), stapled at right in the bottom selvage of the stamps, light creasing to front cover, o.g., n.h., first 1p pan
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S.G. #SB5, 1932 2/- Badge of the Colony complete booklet, black on pale green with Austin Cars advertising on the front cover, containing panes of ten of the 1/2p Green and 1p Scarlet, and a pane of six of 1 1/2p Orange, all the scarcer perf. 13 1/2x12 1/2 of the first printing (S.G. #230a, 2
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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), st
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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
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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 Gibb
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#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
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#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 certificat
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#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).
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#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, centerin
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