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BARBADOS
PER U. S. & BRAZIL MAIL STEAMER,
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W. L. JOHNSON & Co.,
140 & 142 Pearl Stret,
Mew York,
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Two covers carried by steamers of the U.S. & Brazil Steamship Co. The first addressed to New
York was franked 4d with a key plate adhesive cancelled on 27th November 1889. It carries a Costa ship
brokers cachet on the reverse and was delivered in New York on 7th December, a transit, of 10 days. The
second was carried by the “Finance” and paid a 2 V2d Late Fee to be put on board after the mail had closed.
It was put in on 6th August 1898 and paid a Z2 oz. U.P.U. rate with another 2 Z2d adhesive. The steamer
arrived in New York on the 15th, a transit of 11 days.
