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INTER ISLAND MAIL
A “Prices Current” sent from Barbados to Trinidad on 18th July 1863 carried by the
“Thames”. It was franked with a blue penny adhesive from Barbados, which was cancelled with a
boot heel mark containing the numeral “1” paying the inter island rate for printed matter. The red
manuscript “1” is an accounting mark indicating that the entire payment should be credited to the
British Post Office to recover the costs of the R.M.S.P. service.
An entire from Barbados addressed to Trinidad written on 21st July 1856. It refers to “(L
fine tot of M en of Wax have junt teft owe hay fox Qeoxgetown.........the tangent o f the
uenoeln wan a magnificent nhip”. The letter was charged the inter island rate of 4d and paid a
local rate of Id with a Barbados adhesive. The cover was back stamped in Trinidad but the date is
illegible, and there is no evidence as to whether the addressee in Trinidad was charged an inland rate.
