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Help Identify Barbados Stamp By Catalog.

 
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Posted 02/16/2021   12:00 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add SSlava to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
And what exactly are the numbers in the Michel catalog of these stamps? I managed to consider watermarks only in one penny (the watermark is similar to Wz3, that is, 1875), in other stamps the watermarks could not be considered (it seems that there are no watermarks at all).
Many stamps have about 14 or more perforations (I have nothing to measure such perforations, but definitely more than 12-13). One stamp has no perforation.














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SSlava, about perforations. The stamp that has none was cut with scissors - one can still see where the perforations were.
Secondly, perforations need to be gauged, not counted. Go to www.stampsmarter.org , you can print a perforation gauge that works better than counting.

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I can't help with the Michel numbers but I can advise the half-penny stamps will be in the 1875-81 period, as will the one penny.

The blue stamps without a value and the one shilling look like they're from the 1861-70 range.

The third stamp has a barred numeral 1 (third type?) of Bridgetown. The other stamps (except the one penny) have bootheel cancellations. The one penny has what is probably the second type of circular datestamp.

Hope this helps
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I can't help with the Michel numbers but I can advise the half-penny stamps will be in the 1875-81 period, as will the one penny.

The blue stamps without a value and the one shilling look like they're from the 1861-70 range.

The third stamp has a barred numeral 1 (third type?) of Bridgetown. The other stamps (except the one penny) have bootheel cancellations. The one penny has what is probably the second type of circular datestamp.

Hope this helps

Thank you very much for the answer! This means that half a penny in Michel's catalog is 25 (1875-78), but why do I not see watermarks on these stamps, except for one? I looked under different lighting , there are definitely no watermarks.
Blue stamps and 1 shilling stamp also do not have watermarks.
And without watermarks in Michel's catalog, only one attribution is 7A (1861) and 10 A or B (1863 or 1866) per shilling.
And other attribution is possible only by watermark type (but there are no watermarks).
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Watermarks can sometimes by tricky to see, but I don't know if this is the case with early Barbados stamps.
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Watermarks can sometimes by tricky to see, but I don't know if this is the case with early Barbados stamps.


Yes, the early Barbados stamps (1860), judging by Michel's catalog, are all without watermarks.
Since 1870, watermarks have appeared on the stamps. But oddly, I saw watermarks only at the 1 penny stamp.
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Have you tried watermark fluid? You can't really say there is no watermark just by looking at it. If you see a watermark by holding the stamp to the light, this means that there is a watermark. But if do not see one, it does not mean there is no watermark. You need a watermark fluid and a black tray to confirm it.
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For what it is worth, you can count the perforations. Measure a 2cm length and count the perforations in the space. That is what a perforation gauge is measuring.
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