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INTER ISLAND MAIL
An envelope from Barbados addressed to Kingston Jamaica cancelled on 25th October
1862.The cover was nominated to go by Barque “Maida” but it is most unlikely that this happened
as the dates tie exactly with the sailings of the R.M.S.P. packet. Wye departed Barbados on the 26th
and arrived in St Thomas on the 28th. The Derwent left St Thomas on 1st November and arrived in
Kingston on the 5th, the date the cover was back stamped in Jamaica. The cover prepaid 5d - Id
inland and 4d for the inter island rate. There is a very faint “4” in red indicating the credit to the
U.K. for the sea transit. The earliest inter island cover I have from Barbados that charged a 6d rate
is 2nd February 1863, so the change from Id to 2d inland must have occurred at the end of 1862,
beginning of 1863.
