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Auction: 21019 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 416

(x) Barbados
The Britannia Issues
Covers and Cancellations
To The United Kingdom
1858 (11 Nov.) envelope from Bridgetown to London, bearing 1858 (10 Nov.) 6d. rose-red with large margins all round and twice cancelled "1", arrival datestamp (2.12) alongside, despatch datestamp on reverse; the earliest known use of the 6d. adhesive either the day of issue or the day after. Also from the same correspondence1857 (11 Nov.) envelope from St. Peter, stamp removed though the reverse with code "10", Code "1", double-arc and arrival datestamps Photo

Note: Original research by the owner has brought to light that effective 1 January, 1859 compulsory pre-payment of letters to the U.K. , by affixing of postage stamp, was introduced. Illustrated on page 49 of the Roett handbook

provenance:
Harmers of New York, April 1952
Wood

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