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INTER ISLAND MAIL
A foolscap envelope from Antigua to Barbados franked with 3 x 6d adhesives paying a 1 Z2 oz.
rate (only recorded example of this franking) with 1/ due the U.K. It was carried by R.M.S.P’s Eider from
Antigua on 19th August 1876 to Bridgetown on the 21st. Ex Davy, Toeg and Freeland. The latter suggested
in his write-up that Id was legally due each Post Office for inland costs but both Colonies signed an
agreement on 1st August 1863 under which each retained the amounts prepaid.
