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INTER ISLAND MAIL
A long family letter about a visit to the States and a terrible trip back to Barbados. It was
written on 9th December 1845, was back stamped on that day by a 25mm twin arc (A7) and was
addressed to Trinidad. There are no other markings than a black manuscript “4” which suggests it
was sent unpaid and that Trinidad owed 4d to the British Post Office. There is no suggestion of an
inland charge as there is in some of the covers of this vintage. It is not at all clear how it got to
Trinidad. It was collected by “Reindeer” the day it was posted and either delivered to Trinidad by
some local arrangement. Or alternatively, because “Reindeer” did not call at Port of Spain, went all
the way to Grenada and was then brought back by “City of Glasgow” arriving on the 26th.
A commercial entire written in Barbados on 8th January 1847 addressed to St Pierre in
Martinique which pre paid 1/-, the foreign West Indies rate. It was back stamped by the same
mark as the cover above (A7) and probably carried by the “Eagle” but there is no arrival
information. There is no separate accounting mark. Was the entire 1/- paid to the U.K.?
