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INTER ISLAND MAIL
A letter from Georgetown in Demerara on 23rd April 1861 addressed to Betty’s Hope in
Antigua. It was carried by “Teviot” to Barbados and then by “Trent”, arriving in Antigua on the
27th. The manuscript “4” in black meant that the ocean crossing was unpaid and Antigua had to
account for it to the U.K., whilst the red “1” suggests that Id was paid in cash in Georgetown to
cover the inland costs. Ex Wynstra.
A cover from British Guiana addressed to Jamaica in 1864 after the colony had assumed
control of its own postal affairs and changed its currency. It was franked with a 12 cent adhesive
which was cancelled by “A03” in a barred oval prepaying the ocean passage (8 cents) aind inland ex
Georgetown (4 cents) - the exchange rate was 2 cents to the Id. The manuscript “4” in red is an
accounting mark indicting that the colony owed the U.K. Post Office 4d for the ocean passage. The
cover was carried by “Trent” which left Guiana on 24th April, by the “Thames” from Barbados on
the 26th and by “Solent” from St Thomas arriving in Jamaica on 6th May.
