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Auction: 6002 - St Vincent - The Peter Jaffé Exhibition Collection
Lot: 554

x ST. VINCENT The Abbreviated Village Datestamps "BAR" Barrouallie Struck in red unless otherwise stated Covers 1878 (28 Aug.) entire ex the "Gray" correspondence to London, bearing 1878 perf about 15 6d. light yellow-green (2, one with defective corner), both cancelled "A10" in red with fine "bar" c.d.s. ("20" altered to "28" in manuscript) in opposite corner, also showing St. Vincent c.d.s. in black and London Paid arrival d.s. (12.9); three filing creases and a few small faults nevertheless a rare and attractive franking. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800Note: One of three "BAR" covers with datestamp in red, and the proving cover for the use of the "A10" obliterator in red at Barrouallie (at a time when Kingstown was using black ink). provenance: O. Bowlby, October 1956 J.L. Messenger, January 1983

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