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Lot# 5045 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 5045 Barbados

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    1852 (April): (½ d.) deep green, imperforate, a used horizontal with good to large margins all round and just shaved at top left, on July 1852 entire letter to St. Michael's Parish, Bridgetown, cancelled by fine strike of numeral "2" obliterator of Christchurch. Similarly bold strike of italic "Too Late" at top. Reverse with "JY 22 / 1852 / 2" cds in black and arrival of "JY 23 / 1852 / H" circular datestamp. Acid ink in the address and the stamps lifted for checking and replaced; nevertheless a fine and most attractive entire, the second earliest recorded date for an inland cover in Peter C. Ford's "Barbados" census. Signed Sismondo.rnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, Robson Lowe, London, 29 Nov 1962, lot 696; collection D. Scott Gallagher, Siegel, New York, 21 Nov 1993; Siegel, New York, 9 Dec 2009, lot 3206.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF