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Covers to British West Indies
cover 1870 (9 July) entire (faults) to Barbados bearing 6d. tied by double-arc d.s., showing red crayon "4", legible red Trinidad Paid d.s. with clear arrival c.d.s. (12.7) on reverse. Photo
Details
cover 1870 (9 July) entire (faults) to Barbados bearing 6d. tied by double-arc d.s., showing red crayon "4", legible red Trinidad Paid d.s. with clear arrival c.d.s. (12.7) on reverse. Photo
Further details
Note: There being no 5d. stamp, this rate was usually covered by the use of 1d. and 4d. stamps, the envelope being marked "4" in red crayon, the other 1d. for the Trinidad P.O. Occasionally such letters were overfranked by a single 6d. stamp.