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WEST INDIES MARITIME MAIL
SHIP LETTERS
An incoming cover from New York with a duplicate letter, the original having gone on the
“Falcon”, carried by the merchant ship “Harriet” on 9th April 1945. On arrival in Bermuda it was
struck a Ship Letter mark(Sl) in red and charged 4d. The file note suggests an arrival date of the 15th.
Ex Pitts.
An incoming envelope from Philadelphia landed by a merchant ship and struck with a “D2”
hand stamp. It was back stamped in Bridgetown, Barbados on 15'" April 1857and apparently charged
2d. There appears to be no written record or justification for this charge, so it may be that the “2”
represented a double charge of 8d.
