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INTER ISLAND MAIL
Two covers from Barbados to Antigua reflecting the difference in treatment of Inter Island
mail. The first was a Prices Current sent from Seon & Eve, a firm of commission agents in
Barbados, on 12th December 1855. It was sent unpaid, apart from Id inland as represented by the
blue adhesive. The black manuscript “4” indicates the charge that would have been collected in
Antigua and accounted for to the British Post Office. Ex Hill.
The second is typical of mail from Barbados in the sixties and seventies. The Inter Island fee
was paid and accounted for to the U.K. by Barbados and 2d charged for inland. In both cases it was
probable that no inland fee was charged for delivery in Antigua and it is not understood whether
Barbados kept 2d or in some way remitted Id to Antigua. Ex Yardley, Brassier and Hill.
