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An entire written in Trinidad on 25th April 1854. At this time the 69th Regiment was
serving in both Trinidad and Barbados and the letter was addressed to Capt Edgar there. The writer
had been offered one of the Depot Battalions left behind from active service in the U.K. and was
leaving immediately on the next packet. Apart from a certain amount of military gossip e.g. what is
happening to the 36th, the letter is mainly about financial matters and must have originally included
a number of documents. The original rate of 1/- was cancelled and it pre paid a 2 oz rate of l/4d as
indicated by a very faint Trinidad crowned circle in red. The letter was carried by the “Wye” and
arrived in Barbados two days later on the 27th.
An envelope sent from Trinidad to St Vincent in 1882. It was franked with a pair of 6d
adhesives with the value scored out and Id inserted in red manuscript. In addition there is a bisected
Id red, between them paying the U.P.U. Vi oz rate. The adhesives were cancelled by a Trinidad
thimble on 8th October and the cover back stamped in St Vincent a day later.E.
