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INTER ISLAND MAIL

Two covers from Barbados. The first was franked with a Id deep blue, no watermark, rough
perf 14-16 which paid the local inland rate for a V2 oz letter. It was cancelled by a barred oval “ 1”
with a Barbados despatch c.d.s. of 25th November 1862. The cover received a “ 1” and “4” in blue
manuscript, the former indicating the amount to be prepaid and the latter the amount due on receipt,
all of the latter being remitted to the U.K. Post Office. The cover was carried by “Solent” which
sailed on the 26th and arrived at St Lucia en route to St Thomas on the 27th.
The second paid the local inland rate for a 1 oz letter with two deep blue Id adhesives which
were cancelled by a barred oval “1” on 21st February 1858. The “8” in pen was the amount due on
arrival in Trinidad and was remitted in its entirety to the U.K. to cover the ocean passage. The cover
was carried by “ Derwent” which left on the 22nd and arrived in Trinidad on the 23rd via St Vincent
and Grenada. Both ex Dr Bateson.