Rare Stamps Of Barbados 1896 1st By Bacon & Napier. Philately, Stamp Collecting.
Item History & Price
Rare First Edition, Philately, Barbados Stamps 1896.
The Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbooks
"The Stamps OfBarbados"
With A
History and Description of the Star-watermarked Papers of
Messrs. Perkins Bacon & Co
ByE. D. Bacon&F. H. Napier
First Edition
Published In London By Stanley Gibbons, Limited
In 1896
Rare 1896 first edition bound in blue cloth covered boards.
The titles are in gilt on the front cover and spine....
All page edges are gilt.
The book measures 8¾" x 5¾", it has xi + 119 pages + 8 page Publisher's Catalogue at the rear.The book is illustrated with 3 plates showing various Barbadian stamps and 3 additional plates reproducing the star watermark papers.
This is an early but still very useful handbook, with a great deal of information for the specialist that is not easily found today.
Some rubbing to the board edges, otherwise, the binding and contents are in very nice, clean, tight, sound condition.
A Very Nice Example of a rare philatelic collectable item.
For collectors of Rare Philately Books, Barbados Books, Barbados Stamps, Barbadian Philately, British Commonwealth Stamps, and for those interested in Barbados Postal History, The West Indies And Philately.
The Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbooks
"The Stamps OfBarbados"
With A
History and Description of the Star-watermarked Papers of
Messrs. Perkins Bacon & Co
ByE. D. Bacon&F. H. Napier
First Edition
Published In London By Stanley Gibbons, Limited
In 1896
Rare 1896 first edition bound in blue cloth covered boards.
The titles are in gilt on the front cover and spine....
All page edges are gilt.
The book measures 8¾" x 5¾", it has xi + 119 pages + 8 page Publisher's Catalogue at the rear.The book is illustrated with 3 plates showing various Barbadian stamps and 3 additional plates reproducing the star watermark papers.
This is an early but still very useful handbook, with a great deal of information for the specialist that is not easily found today.
Some rubbing to the board edges, otherwise, the binding and contents are in very nice, clean, tight, sound condition.
A Very Nice Example of a rare philatelic collectable item.
For collectors of Rare Philately Books, Barbados Books, Barbados Stamps, Barbadian Philately, British Commonwealth Stamps, and for those interested in Barbados Postal History, The West Indies And Philately.
