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All Forums Category: World Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: World Classic Stamps Mint and Used

What Is The "C.a." & "C.c." Mean For Early Barbados Stamp Identification?

 
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mobilman44
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Good Day!
I am fine tuning the Barbados section of my collection and notice that Scott's identifies several late 1800 issues by "watermark" and "C.A." or "C.C.".

While the watermark identifier is obvious, what does the C.A. and C.C. represent? Is it within the watermark, or is it something visible on the stamp itself?

Thank you all for your insights!
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Hi mobilman44,

C.A. = Crown Agents
C.C. = Crown Colonies

The letters are in the watermark.

Hope this helps
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mobilman44
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Ahhh, thank you! I thought that was the case but had not seen any examples in the watermarks as of yet.

This Forum has been so helpful over the years, and I really appreciate it.
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Here are what the watermarks should look like as you view the back of the stamps.



If you would like to see the Barbados stamps from 1892 until about 1935, use the link below to view my index of stamp websites. There are 185 pages showing individual sets with over 4,100 images of stamps.

http://www.kgvistamps.com/KGVIStamp...leIndex.html
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