Barbados 1861 (1/2d) Dp Green SG17 Perkins Bacon CANCELLED Handstamp Newly Discovered Major Rarity

Barbados

1861 (1/2d) Dp Green SG17 Perkins Bacon CANCELLED Handstamp

Newly Discovered example of this Major Rarity, not known to Peter Jaffe in his 1998 book "CANCELLED by Perkins Bacon

Lovely fresh colour, showing 2 crisply struck part strike(s) of the Perkins Bacon "CANCELLED" handstamp

Position 3 from the original vertical blocks of six (2x3) prepared for presentation to Ormond Hill (nephew of Rowland Hill) in August 1861.

Previously unrecorded position 3, 5 examples now known, including one in the Royal Philatelic Collection.

New B.P.A Certificate 

The fascinating story of these stamps is told in Peter Jaffe's 1998 book "CANCELLED by Perkins Bacon".

Type Single
Stamp Era Queen Victoria
Condition Used
Grade F = Fine
Year of Issue 1861

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