1852-55, (1/2d) deep green on blued paper in mint l.h. block of four, good to large margins, very fine, cert. BPA (1989) (S.G. £600+). (Image)

1852-55, Blued paper group of mint blocks of four incl. (1/2d) deep green, fine to good margins, very fine (S.G. £600+); (1d) blue with good margins, some oxidisation at top (S.G. £240+); (4d) brownish red with fine to very good margins, vert. crease (S.G. £520+); and (No value) slate-blue lower left corner marginal (S.G. £112+), a very fine group. (Image)

1852-55 (No value) slate-blue on blued paper (unissued) in mint top right corner block of 20, good margins on the other two sides, only one stamp hinged, very fine (S.G. £560+). (Image)

1852-25, Group incl. 1852-55 (No value) slate-blue in mint top left corner marginal block of 10 and top right corner block of 9, both with clear margins all around and only one stamp on each with hinge remnant; 1852-55 (2d) mint pair with four good margins (minor foxing, S.G. £300), 1852-55 (4d) unused pair with four good margins (S.G. £260) and used single with four margins (S.G. £275), and 1855-58 (1d) pale blue used with good to large margins and neat cancel, and 1882-86 4d grey mint h.r. (slightly heavy, S.G. £350), a fine group.

1855-58 1d pale blue on two covers; one with good to very large margins tied to JA 11 1857 cover to St. Lucia by neat "1" numeral, ms "4" adjacent, reverse with despatch and partial arrival cds, with small portion of backflap missing and no sideflaps, stamp with slightly oxidised colour and faint corner crease at top left, still an attractive franking, listed in "Early BWI Covers Perkins Bacon Adhesives, Barbados" by Peter Ford; and 1d deep blue, three margins, tied to 1856 JY 12 entire to England by "1" numeral, despatch and arrival bs, not listed in Ford's book. (Image)

1861-70 Britannia, 1s blue error of colour with perforations on all four sides, unused without gum and barely any trace of the usual pen-cancellation, very faint trace of toning, still a very fine and fresh example of this very rare stamp, of which it is believed that only around 10 exist, cert. RPS (1984, which harshly states "Some staining") and Scheller (2022) (S.G. £18'000). Note: In 1863 Perkins, Bacon & Co. sent a supply of 50'000 1s to the island. On arrival it was discovered that they were printed in blue, the colour of the 1d, instead of black. A new supply was dispatched and the error was not put on sale. Before disposing of these stamps, a number were removed and defaced with a cross in ink. (Image)

1732 (Sep 7) entire from Barbados to Scotland, endorsed "p Capt. Nisbett", reverse with "TENBY" blind stamp and smudgy bishop mark, cover professionally restored, incl. transcript of contents. (Image)

1790 (Jul 7) entire from Barbados to "Demerary", British Guiana (Calmont correspondence), endorsed at lower left "p favour of Doctor Surton", very fine. (Image)

1861-70 (4d) Dull Brown-red, no wmk, imperf. pair with large part o.g., vertical crease and lightly toned though not detracting from the fine appearance; cert RPS (2018). (Image)

1872 1d blue, clean cut perf. 14.5-15.5 mint horizontal pair, a couple of tone spots though a scarce multiple, cert. RPS (2010). (Image)

1938, Collection on 35 album pages studying the 'Badge of the Colony issue, a comprehensive array of values, sets and specimens both perforated and violet handstamps including the 1947 "Local Specimen" from 1/2d to 5s of which a number of the 1d on 2d carmine (SG264 and SG264e) are ex. E.M. Bailey and unlisted in SG with the violet locally applied hs, includes large blocks, multiples on cover with postage dues, a sizeable valuable assembly formed over decades, hundreds of examples, in predominately fine to very fine condition, the odd fault or toning, a must view lot. (Image)

1874-75 1/2d stamp-size Die Proof in black on India paper and affixed to card, 39x39mm, rare. (Image)

1882, selection of 8 values with and without gum from 1/2d to 1s each handstamped "SPECIMEN", scarce, ex "Foxley". (Image)

1882-86 1/2d to 5s set including shades, fine mint (14).

1907, General Post Office correspondence from the Colonial Postmaster (mounted on card), adorned with Kingston Earthquake Relief Fund 1d overprinted stamps (block of six, block of four, vertical pair and two singles) with the endorsement "1907 These are genuine Earthquake stamps issued for the relief of the suffers of Kingston by the Barbados Government", addressed to Dr JH Wilkins and signed by the Colonial Postmaster, an unusual and scarce piece.

1935 Silver Jubilee, Selection including three sets of perforated ''SPECIMEN'' (Samuel type W8) as well as a single of the 1s value, an unmounted mint set, mint set lightly mounted in blocks of four, mint set with top corner (numbers) marginal plus additional single 1s in mint condition, several mint singles showing varieties comprising 1d mint showing 'damaged turret' (SG £700) accompanied by used example (SG £375) of the same and 2 1/2d showing 'bird by turret' unmounted mint (2), 1 1/2d with 'damage to top of Brunswick tower' used, 1s showing 'vanishing flag' mint (thin) and used sets (2), also five covers and one front including a reduced envelope with the h/s "From the Franklin D. Roosevelt collection", a set on a first day cover and another with pair of 1d value, two registered covers with set, mosty very fine just a few with lightly toned gum, otherwise a fine and excellent lot (SG £2'400+) (Image)

1950, KGVI definitive set of 12 (SG271 to SG282) handstamped in violet "SPECIMEN"; one of just six prepared for committee members; presented to 'Eustace Shilstone', comes together with colonial postmaster compliments slip dated 1st May 1950 and handwriten message; "Presented to Eustace M. Shilstone, member of the Design Committee for Stamp issue.", also accompanied with a KGV envelope addressed to EM Shilstone with Royal violet cachet to front, dated with red London SWI Official Paid double circle (11 DE 33); a fine group, the 2d does not have the specimen h/s and the compliment slip is frail and damaged, however a rare presentation of unquestionable providence. (Image)

1964, Definitive set of eight locally handstamped "SPECIMEN" in violet, one of just six sets prepared for island distribution, the $2.40 with inverted specimen, some localised toning, extremely rare; ex. Edmond A. Bailey; come with additional seven album pages with mint sets of the same issue, marginal plate block of four, very fine selection (150) and attractive assembly. (Image)

Postage Dues: 1934 (Nov 2) 1/2d green postal stationery wrapper from St George to Christchurch cancelled by "BARBADOS / St GEORGE" despatch cds, circular "T" tax marking and franked with bisected 1934-47 postage due 1d black with Christchurch arrival, very fine philatelic franking but still rare. (Image)