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POSTAGE    STAMPS, 

^nfelopfs,  Mx^pxs,  §asi  Carbs/anb  Cfleigraplj  Stamps, 


THE   BRITISH   COLONIES   IN   THE  WEST  INDIES. 


TOG(ETHEE    WITH 


BRITISH    HONDURAS 

AND 

THE    COLONIES    IN    SOUTH    AMERICA. 


Jiffllitf)  Wi)ixi}}=i\iiO  Sijfrts  of  autotppc  EKiistrationis. 


COMPILED    AND    PUBLISHED 

BY 

THE     PHILATELIC     SOCIETY,     LONDON. 


(All  Eir/lds  Eeserved.) 


LONDON,     1891. 


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PREFACE 


TH  h]  Reference  Lists  of  the  Stamps  of  the  various  West  Indian  and  other  Colonies 
comprised  in  the  present  work  were  revised  and  completed  (so  far  as  was  possible 
at  that  time)  by  the  Philatelic  Society  of  London  more  than  twelve  months  ago.  Various 
circumstances  have  combined  to  induce  the  Committee  appointed  to  superintend  their 
publication  to  postpone  the  actual  production  of  the  work.  The  Society  had  recently 
received  from  Mr.  Basset  HuU,  the  manuscript  of  his  elaborate  treatise  upon  the 
stamps  of  Tasmania,  and  it  was  thought  best  to  at  once  revise  and  publish  his 
catalogue  in  priority  to  the  West  Indies  lists,  although  the  latter  were  immediately  in 
hand  at  the  time.  The  labour  and  expense  necessary  to  the  production  of  the 
"  autotype  "  illustrations  of  the  one  Catalogue,  would  alone  have  occasioned  delay  in 
proceeding  with  the  other,  but  this  was  not  the  only  reason  which  has  compelled  the 
Committee  to  ask  for  some  indulgence  at  the  hands  of  the  Society  and  the  Philatelic 
public. 

l^one  but  those  who  have  worked,  and  been  in  constant  intercourse,  with 
the  late  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  Mr.  Thomas  K.  Tapling,  can  at  aU  appreciate 
how  severe  was  the  blow  dealt,  how  essential  the  prop  displaced,  by  his  untimely  death 
in  the  zenith  of  his  career  of  useful  labour  in  the  pursuit  of  Philately.  Within  com- 
paratively but  a  few  days  of  his  death  he  was  actively  engaged  in  the  final  revision  of 
the  British  Guiana  reference  list,  and  in  elucidating  the  details  and  difficulties  attaching 
to  that  Colony,  which,  even  after  the  careful  work  of  the  Society,  still  presented 
themselves  to  the  Committee.  It  was  natural,  and  the  Committee  feel  that  but  little 
apology  is  due  for  such  a  result,  that  the  loss  of  so  valuable  a  coadjutor,  whose  hand 
had  been  a  master  hand  in  this  as  in  previous  works  of  the  Society,  should  delay  the 
production  of  so  important  a  treatise. 

The  invaluable  assistance  rendered  under  the  critical  circumstances  above 
referred  to  by  the  late  Secretary  to  the  Society,  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon,  deserves  grateful 
acknowledgment  by  his  colleagues  on  the  Committee.  His  careful  and  untiring 
labours  cannot  be  too  highly  appreciated,  and  the  short  "  Preliminary  Ifotes  "  from 
his  pen,  introductory  to  the  reference  list  of  each  Colony,  together  with  the  unique 
example  of  elaborate  research  displayed  in  his  Paper  on  the  Stamps  of  British 
Guiana,  must  alone  tend  to  render  the  present  work  acceptable  and  noteworthy 
amongst  Philatelic  publications. 

The  method  of  illustration  by  the  "  autotype"  process  has  again  been  adopted,  and 
it  is  hoped  to  some  extent  with  satisfactory  results.  It  is  obviously  not  equally 
suitable  in  aU  cases,  but  it  must  be  acknowledged  that  the  method  of  reproduction, 
by  what  is  practically  a  system  of  photography,  of  the  actual  stamp,  is  preferable  to 
the  very  best  illu.stration  by  engraving,  which  can  only  purport  to  depict  a  copy, 
however  exact,  of  the  original  design.  The  majority  of  the  stamps  so  I'eproduced  in 
illustration  of  these  lists  have  been,  as  on  former  occasions,  lent  for  the  purpose  by 
the  late  Mr.  Tapling. 

It  may  be  observed,  that  in  all  cases  where,  throughout  the  following  pages, 
dates  are  assigned  to  any  issues  of  stamps  at  variance  with  those  long  recognised  and 
accepted  in  former  Catalogues  or  Philatelic  literature,  the  grounds  and  authorities,  on 
which  the  Society  base  their  present  information,  will  invariably  be  found  in 
Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon's  "  Preliminary  Notes." 

When  describing  postcards,  it  should  be  noted  that  the  term  lic/Jit  Imff  is 
employed  when  the  card  is  of  a  brownish  hue,  but  the  word  straiv  is  used  in  contra- 
distinction when  the  card  is  of  a  lighter  shade. 

There  remains  only  to  add  that  the  lists  wiU  be  found  completed  down  to  the 
end  of  1890. 

DOUGLAS  GARTH, 

Secretari/,  Phil.  Soc,  London. 


LIST     OF    ABBREVIATIONS. 


T Top. 

B. 

Bottom. 

R. 

Right. 

L. 

Left. 

C. 

Cent  or  cents. 

d. 

Penny  or  pence. 

s. 

Shilling  or  shillings 

$ 

Dollar  or  dollars. 

£ 

Pound. 

Perf.       . 

Perforated. 

in. 

Inches. 

Mm. 

Millim6tre.s. 

ANTIGUA. 


PRELIMINARY    NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACOA. 


Beeoee  making  a  few  remarks  upon  the  stamps  of  Antigua,  I  wish  to  saj'  how  much 
I  am  indebted  to  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  Limited,  for  the  information  they 
have  furnished  me  with,  not  only  concerning  the  stamps  of  this  Colonj^  but  also 
respecting  those  of  all  the  other  islands  of  the  British  West  Indies  printed  by  their 
companj-.  I  feel  under  a  special  obligation  to  Mr.  James  D.  Heath,  the  Managing 
Director,  and  Mr.  Alfred  Bacon,  the  Secretary,  for  the  trouble  they  have  constantly 
taken,  searching  through  old  account  books,  letters,  &c.,  in  order  to  procure  me  as 
full  and  complete  replies  as  possible,  to  the  various  lists  of  questions  I  have  handed 
them  at  different  times.  I  tender  these  gentlemen  my  sincere  thanks  for  their  kindness, 
and  I  acknowledge  with  gratitude  the  invariable  courtesy  I  have  met  with  from  all 
the  other  officers  of  the  company  I  have  come  in  contact  with. 

Antigua  has  never  possessed  an  Official  Gazette,  but  Government  notices  are 
now  published  in  The  Gazette  of  the  Leeward  Islands,  together  with  those  relating  to 
the  other  five  Colonies  composing  that  group.  As  the  latter  publication  gives  no 
postal  information  peculiar  to  the  various  islands,  I  am  unable  to  give  anj-  particulars 
of  the  stamps  of  Antigua  from  that  source. 

The  plates  of  the  one  penny  and  six  pence,  constructed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.,  were  of  steel,  and  each  contained  120  stamps,  arranged  in  ten  horizontal 
rows  of  twelve.  These  plates  were  handed  over  to  the  Crown  ^.gents  on  the  23rd 
November,  1871,  and  afterwards  given  to  Messrs.  De  la  Riie  and  Co.,  who  have  since 
printed  all  further  stamps  required  by  the  Colony.  Proof  impressions  in  black  upon 
white  card,  struck  from  the  engraved  dies  of  the  one  penny  and  six  pence  are  known. 
It  is  most  probable  that  the  six  pence  was  issued  some  months  earlier  than  the  one 
penny,  as  the  first  supply  of  the  former  value  was  forwarded  on  July  1st,  1862, 
while  the  first  consignment  of  the  latter  was  only  despatched  on  December  12th  of 
that  year.  A  note  in  one  of  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.'s  books  states,  that  the 
first  supply  of  the  six  pence  printed  in  June,  1862,  was  upon  plain  paper,  that  with 
star  tvatermarJc  being  used  for  the  first  time  on  November  7th  in  the  same  year. 


A.WIGUA. 


REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDOX. 

Issue  I.   1862. 

One  value.  Printed  in  taille-douce,  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  of  London. 
Coloured  impression  on  medium  white  wove  unwatermarked  paper.  Yellowish  gum. 
macliine  perforated  15.  Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria,  to  left.  Above 
and  below  are  straight  labels  of  solid  colour,  which  do  not  reach  to  the  sides  of  the 
stamp,  inscribed  with  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the  value  in  words,  in  white  block 
letters.  The  background  of  the  stamp  is  composed  of  nine  vertical  bands  of  reticu- 
lations in  which  two  patterns  alternate.  Two  plain  coloured  lines  compose  the  border 
and  complete  the  design.     Shape,  upright  rectangular.     (lUustration  1.) 

T.  "  AUTIQUA."      B.  "  SIX  PENCE." 

6d.,  deep  green. 

Issue  II.    January  (?),  1863. 

Two  values.  Printed  in  iailh  douce,  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  of 
London.  Coloured  impression  on  white  wove  paper  varying  much  in  substance, 
watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star.  Yellowish  gum.  Both  values  are  of  the  same 
design,  which  is  that  of  issue  I.     (IllustraHon  1.) 

T.  "ANTIGUA."      B.  "  ONE   PENNY."      "SIXPENCE." 

A. — Imperforate. 
Id.,  lilac-rose. 
6d.,  yellow-green. 

B. — Machine im-forated  14,  14^,  1.^,  1-5^  co7npou>id. 

Id.,  lilac-rose,  rose,  orange-vemiihon  (shades  of  each). 
6d.,  deep  green,  yellow-green  (shades  of  each). 

C. — Imjjerforate  vertically. 
Id.,  orange-vermilion. 

Itemarks. — Unsevered  pairs  of  the  one  penny  and  six  pence  imperforate, 
are  known. 

In  1874  some  correspondence  took  place  in  the  columns  of  the  Stamp  Collector's 
Magazine,  pages  63,  95,  and  110,  as  to  certain  varieties  of  watermark  that  had  been 
noticed  in  the  early  issues  of  Antigua.  It  appears  that  the  first  watermarked  stamps 
had  the  "  star  "  with  one  point  up,  and  that  during  the  issue  of  the  one  penny  in 
orange-vermilion,  the  paper  was  watermarked  with  a  star  with  two  points  up. 
Except  for  enabling  a  collector  to  determine  the  approximate  date  of  a  particular 
specimen,  the  fact  appears  to  be  of  small  importance.  Tlie  theory  of  "  A  London 
Collector,"  that  there  were  two  plates  used  for  watermarking  the  paper,  or  that  the 
"  stars"  were  turned  when  the  plates  were  cleaned,  was  conclusivel}'  disproved  by  "  A 
Parisian  Collector,"  who  shewed  (page  \\\)  thai  plates  are  never  used  for  water- 
marking paper.  He  remarks,  "  the  presence  of  a  watermark  in  the  paper  is  simply 
due  to  a  design  worked  into  the  web  of  the  wire  network  over  which  the  pulp  passes, 
or  on  which  it  spreads  itself  when  in  a  liquid  state."  It  is  possible  that  there  may 
have  been  two  such  wire  frames  emplo)'ed,  but,  in  any  case,  these  varieties,  while 
deserving  perhaps  of  passing  mention,  do  not  appear  to  the  Society  to  be  more  wortli 
cataloguing  than  the  numerous  varieties  of  inverted  watermarks,  etc.,  which  m.ny  be 
found  in  many  other  countries. 


ANTIGUA.  3 

Issue  III.   1873. 

■  Tiuo  values.  Printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  of  London,  on  slightly  surfaced 
white  -wove  paper  of  stoiitish  substance,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.  White  gum.  The 
stamps  are  the  same  in  design  as  those  of  Issue  II.,  and  were  printed  from  the  same 
plates.  (Illustration  1.) 

&..— Perforated  12J. 
Id.,  red-lake,  orange-vermilion  (shades  of  each). 
6d.,  light  and  dark  green  (shades). 

'&.— Perforated  14. 
Id.,  red-lake,  orange-vermUion  (shades  of  each). 
6d.,  deep  green  (shades)  very  dark  green. 

Varieties,  a.  The  six  pence  exists  without  watermark,  perforated  111  top  and 
bottom,  and  14  at  the  sides.  The  date  when  this  variety  was  in  use  has  not  been 
ascertained,  h.  In  1883  the  one  penny  was  divided  in  half  either  vertically  or 
diagonally  for  use  as  a  halfpenny  value. 

|d.,  (right  half  Id.)  red-lake. 
4cl.,  (left     „      „  )        „ 

Issue  IV.  1879. 

Tivo  values.  Designed  and  surface  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of 
London.  Coloured  impression  on  surfaced  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown 
C.C.  White  gum,  machine  perforated  14.  Design :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen 
Victoria  to  left,  on  ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  a  single  lined  octagon.  Straight 
white  labels  above  and  below  inscribed  with  name  of  Colony  and  value  in  coloured 
block  numerals  and  letters.  Side  labels  of  colour  with  a  vertical  row  of  sixteen 
smaU  white  lozenges  down  the  centre.  In  the  spandrels,  triangidar  coloured  blocks 
with  white  floriate  '  ornaments.  Border  composed  of  a  single  coloured  line.  Shape 
upright  rectangular,     {Illustrations  2,  3.) 

A.  "  ANTIGUA."      B.  "  2  J  PENNY."      "  FOUK  PENCE." 

25d.,  red-brown  (shades). 
Id.,    blue  (      „      ) 

Issue  V.   1882, 

I'Jiree  values.     Precisely  the  same  in  design  as  the  preceding  issue,  printed  upon 
the  same  paper,  but  mth  the  watermark  changed  to  Crown  C.A.     The  perforation  ' 
remains  14.     (Illustrations  2,  3.) 

|d.,  pale  green  (shades). 
25d.,  red-brown  (  „  ) 
4d.,    blue  (     )!     ) 

Issue  VI.   1884. 

One  value.  The  one  penny  of  issue  III.,  with  the  watermark  changed  to  Crown 
C.A.     Machine  perforated.     (Illustration  1.) 

A. — Perforated  12. 

Id.,  bright  red. 
B.— Pel f orated  14. 

Id.,  rose  red. 


4  ANTIGUA. 

Issue  VII.    1885. 

One  vahte.     The  six  pence  of  Issue  III.,  with  the  watermark  changed  to  Crown 
C.A.     Perforated  14.  (Illuatration  1.) 

6d.,  deep  green. 

Issue  VIII.    1886. 
Three  values.     Similar  in  design  to  Issue  lY.,  but  the  colours  are  changed  and  a 
new  value,  one  shilling,  is  added.     The  watermark  is  Crown  C.A.  and  the  perforation 
14.     (Jlliistnit'wns  '2,  ;5.) 

'21A.,  ultramarine  (shades). 
4d.,  red-browni  (  ,>  ) 
Is.,  lilac  (     ,,     ) 


FISCALS    USED    FOR    POSTAGE. 

il.  iloeus  catalogues  the  one  pennj'  "  Stamp  Duty"  adhesive,  as  having  been  em- 
ploj'ed  in  1885  for  postal  use,  but  no  satisfactory  postmarked  specimen  is  known  to 
the  Society.  The  same  stamp  may  be  found  with  the  lower  label  surcharged  in  two 
straight  lines,  postage  and  keven"ue  in  thiu  black  block  letters,  and  the  words  stamp 
DUTY  at  the  bottom  of  the  stamp,  struck  through  with  a  thin  black  bar.  (  JUKstration  4.) 
The  surcharge  was  applied  in  Europe  and  the  stamp  sold  as  a  soi-disani  provisional 
issued  in  1SS5.     lHo  variety  of  this  kind  was  ever  in  use  in  Antigua. 


POSTCARDS. 

Issue!    End  of  1879. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size  121x87  mm,  or  4ix3f  inches.  The  inscription,  which  is 
at  the  top  of  the  card,  is  in  four  straight  lines  as  follows  : — 1st,  Uniox  Postale 
Universelle  ;  2nd,  Autigua  (  Antigoa)  ;  3rd,  Post  Cakd,  the  two  words  being 
separated  by  the  arms  and  supporters  of  Great  Britain  ;  4tli,  The  address  only  to 
BE  written  on  this  SIDE.  The  first  and  fourth  lines  are  in  small  block  letters,  the 
second  in  Roman  capitals,  and  the  third  in  large  fancy  capitals.  The  stamp,  which 
is  similar  in  design  to  the  adhesives  issued  at  the  same  date,  occupies  the  right  upjser 
corner.     The  card  is  without  frame.     {inKstratioii  5.) 

l^d.  light  brown  (shades). 

Issue  I!   1886. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm,  or  .55X3^  inches.  The  inscription  is  similarly 
disposed  to  that  on  the  preceding  issue,  and  the  type  employed  is  the  same.  The 
stamp  is  in  the  right  upper  corner.  Design :  Diademed  head  of  Queen  Yictoria  to 
left  upon  ground  of  solid  colour,  enclosed  within  a  circle.  Straight  labels  of  solid 
colour  above  and  below  the  circle,  the  upper  inscribed  with  the  name  of  the  colony, 
and  the  lower  with  the  value  in  words  in  block  letters.  The  spandrels  contain 
conventional  ornaments,  and  a  thick  outer  line  of  colour  completes  the  stamj).  The 
cards  have  no  frame.     {Illustration  6.) 

Id.,  carmine        (slight  shades). 
IJd.,  dark  brown  (        „         „     ) 


ANTIGUA.  5 

REPLY     PAID     CARDS. 

Issue  I.   1886. 

Tiuo  values.  Similar  in  everj'  way  to  the  single  cards  of  Issue  II.,  but  the  first 
half  has  the  following  additional  inscription  in  four  lines,  in  the  left  lower  corner,  in 
small  block  letters:  The  aiwexed  caed  is  intended —poe  the  answer. — (La  caetb 
ci-joiNiE  ESI  DESTiNEE — i  lA  EEPONSB.)  The  seooud  half  has  the  word  Reply,  yi 
Roman  capitals,  beneath  The  addeess  only,  &c.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top, 
perforated  4|,  and  the  design  is  impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.  (Illus- 
tration 7.) 

Id.  +  ld.,  carmine  (slight  shades), 

l^d. +  l5d.,  red-bro\vn  (    „  „      ) 

EemarJcs. — The  adhesives  and  cards  of  Antigua  were  withdrawn  from  circulation 
at  the  end  of  October,  1890,  when  a  new  set,  inscribed  "  Leeward  Islands,"  intended 
for  use  in  the  six  Colonies  composing  this  group,  were  issued  in  their  place. 


BAHAMAS. 


PRELIMINARY    NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

As  ni  the  case  of  Antigua,  I  have  verj"  little  new  information  I  can  add  to  the 
Ileference  List  of  the  stamps  of  these  Islands,  compiled  b)'  the  Society.  The  Colon)' 
has  never  possessed  an  Offidal  Gazette,  so  I  am  unable  to  furnish  copies  of  any  notices 
giving  dates  of  issue  of  the  various  values.  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  inform 
me  they  forwarded  the  first  consignment  of  one  penny  stamps  to  the  Islands  on  the 
3rd  May,  1859;  so  the  date  given  by  M.  Moens,  in  his  Catalogue,  as  June  10th  of 
that  year,  is,  no  doubt,  the  correct  one.  The  jjlates  of  the  one  penny,  four  pence,  and 
six  pence,  constructed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  Avere  of  steel,  and  each  con- 
tained 60  specimens  in  six  horizontal  rows  of  ten.  The  plates  of  the  two  higher 
values  were  each  finished  in  October,  1861,  and  the  first  supply  of  these  two  stamps 
was  sent  out  on  November  27th  of  that  year.  It  seems  probable,  therefore,  that  the 
issue  took  place  either  at  the  end  of  December,  1861,  or  early  in  January,  1862.  M. 
Moens  gives  the  issue  as  December  16th,  1861,  but,  taking  into  consideration  the  date 
at  which  the  stamps  were  despatched,  this  barely  allows,  I  think,  sufficient  time  for 
their  delivery  in  the  Colony. 

Proof  impressions  of  aU  three  values  in  black,  taken  from  the  plates,  upon  stout 
white  card  are  known,  and  the  one  penny  is  also  found  upon  India  paper,  and  the 
four  pence  upon  plain  white  paper.  Proof  impressions  of  each  value  in  black,  struck 
from  the  dies,  upon  stout  white  card,  also  exist. 

The  plates  were  handed  over  to  the  Crown  agents  on  2Sth  January,  1862,  and 
afterwards  by  them  to  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  who  have  since  printed  all  further 
supplies  of  stamps  required  by  the  Colony. 


REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 
Issue  I.    June  10th,  1859. 

One  value.  Engraved  in  taille-dorice,  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.,  of  London.  Coloured  impression  on  thin  white  transparent  wove  paper,  or 
on  thicker  paper  less  transparent,  yellowish  gum,  imperforate.  Design  :  Diademed 
iwW  face  portrait  of  Queen  Victoria,  looking  to  left,  on  ground  of  horizontal  and 
vertical  crossed  lines  within  a  narrow  double  lined  oval.  At  the  top  of  the  stamp 
is  the  name  of  the  Colony,  and  at  the  bottom  the  value,  in  white  block  letters.  Over 
the  head  is  a  white  scroU  inscribed  in  coloured  block  letters  " inteeinsulae  postage." 


BAHAMAS.  7 

On  either  side  of  the  portrait  medallion,  just  over  the  value,  are  white  ovals,  that 
on  the  left  containing  a  pine-apple,  and  that  on  the  right  a  conch  shell.  The 
remainder  of  the  stamp  is  filled  in  with  reticulations.  Shape,  upright  rectangular. 
(Illustration  8). 

T.    "  BAHAJVIAS."      B.    "  ONE    PENITX"." 

A. — On  thin  tramparmt  paper. 
Id.,  rose-red  (shades). 

B.  —  On  thicker  paper,  less  transparent. 
Id.,  rose-red  (shades). 

Remarks. — This  stamp,  like  some  of  the  Ceylon  and  sundry  other  adhesives, 
varies  in  size  from  that  upon  the  watermarked  paper.  The  stamps  were  all 
printed  from  the  same  plate,  and  the  difference  in  size  is  due  to  the  various  textures 
of  paper  employed. 

Issue  II.    December,  1861. 

TJiree  values.  Engraved  in  taille-dovce,  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.  Coloured  impression  on  white  wove  paper  varying  in  substance.  Yellowish 
gum,  perforated.  Designs : — one  pbitht,  same  as  the  preceding,  eoite  pence  and 
SIX  PENCE,  the  portrait  is  the  same  as  in  the  one  penny  value  but  for  the  addition 
of  a  necklace,  and  the  oval  frame  is  rather  larger.  Straight  coloured  labels  at  top 
and  bottom  inscribed  with  the  name  of  the  Colony,  and  the  value  in  white  block 
letters.  "WTiite  blocks  in  the  four  corners  with  coloured  eight-rayed  star  with  white 
centre.  Narrow  white  scroll  between  the  portrait  medallion  and  the  label  of  value, 
inscribed  in  coloured  block  letters  postage.  The  background  of  the  stamp  is  formed 
of  twelve  vertical  bands  of  two  alternating  reticulated  patterns.  Shape  upright 
rectangular.     {Illustrations  8,  9,  10.) 

T.    "  BAHAMAS."      B.    "  ONE  PENNY."      "  FOUR  PENCE."      "  SIX  PENCE." 

A. — Perf.  14  to  16  compound. 
Id.,  rose-red,  brownish-red  (shades). 
4d.,  rose  (shades). 
6d.,  duU  lilac  (shades). 

B.  -Perf.  12. 
Id.,  bright  rose-red  (shades). 
4d.,  pale  and  bright  rose  (shades). 
6d.,  lilac,  grey-Ulac  (shades). 

C.—Perf.  13. 
Id.,  rose-red,  bright  red,  brownish-rose  (shades). 
4d.,  pale  and  bright  rose  (shades). 
6d.,  lilac,  grey-hlac  (shades). 

Variety.     Perforated  11  top  and  bottom,  12  at  the  sides  (signalled  by  Mr.  C.  B. 

Corwin.) 

Id.,  bright  carmine. 

Issue  III.    1862-1875. 

Four  values.  One  penny,  fouPv  pence,  six  pence,  and  one  shilling.  The  first 
three  values  were  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  on  slightly  surfaced  medium 
white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.,  from  the  plates  originally  engraved  by 
Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  Yellowish  and  white  gum.  The  one  shilling  was 
designed  and  surface  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  on  the  same  paper. 


8  BAHAMAS. 

Designs  :  Oni3  penny,  foite  pence,  and  six  pence,  same  as  the  preceding.  One 
SHILLING,  Diademed  portrait  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on  ground  of  horizontal  lines 
wthin  a  key-patterned  oval,  with  a  small  circular  ornament  at  top,  curved  label  above 
with  the  name  of  the  Colony  in  white  block  letters  on  ground  of  horizontal 
lines.  Straight  label  of  solid  colour  at  bottom  with  value  in  white  block  letters. 
Between  the  label  witli  value  and  the  portrait  medallion  is  a  narrow  band  of 
key-patterned  ornamentation,  at  each  end  of  which  is  a  broken  ^^'hite  oval,  that  on 
the  left  containing  a  pine-apple,  and  that  on  the  right  a  conch  shell.  The  angles 
above  the  upper  label  are  fiUed  in  with  solid  colour,  and  the  remainder  of  the  stamp 
with  arabesques.  The  outer  border  is  composed  of  two  coloured  lines.  Shape  upright 
rectangular.     (Illustrations  8,  9,  10,  11.) 

A.-Perf.  12i. 
Id.,  rose-red,  red,  brownish  and  lake-red,  blood-red,  crimson-lake,  orange-vermilion 
(shades'). 
'   4d.,  didl  rose,  bright  rose  (shades). 

6d.,  grey-lilac,  lilac,  bright,  dull  and  deep  lilac  (sliades). 
(1863)  Is.,  green. 

Ihmarl's. — The  shades  of  the  one  penny  are  very  numerous. 

(I87o)B.— P«/.  14. 
Id.,  bright  orange-red  (shades). 
4d.,  dull  rose,  bright  rose  (shades). 
Is.,  green,  pale  green  (shades). 

Varieties.     All  four  values  are  known  imperforate. 

Issue  IV.    March,  1882. 

Three  valves.     Engraved  and    printed    as    before,  Imt    on    paper    watermarked 
Crown  C.A.     White  gum.     (llhist rations  S,  9,  11.) 

A.—Perf.  14. 
Id.,  bi-ight  orange-red. 
4d.,  pale  and  bright  rose. 
Is.,  green. 

B.— Pm/.  12. 
Id.,  bright  orange-red. 
4d.,  bright  rose. 

Issue  V.    May,  1883. 

One  value.     This  stamp  is  the  six  pence  of  Issue  III.,  surcharged  foite  pence  in 
one   line    in    black    lloman    capitals.     Length  of    surcharge    19    millimetres,  height 
2  millimetres.     Watermark  Crown  C.C,  perf.  12^.     (Illustration  12.) 
4d.,  black  surcharge,  on'6d.  mauve. 
Varietij.     Surcharge  inverted. 

4d.,  black  surcharge,  on  6d.  mauve. 
Bemarl's. — The  surcharge  is  also  found  placed  diagonally,  and  in  various  other 
positions. 

Issue  VI.    August,  1884. 

Four  values.     Designed  and  surface  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  on 
medium  white  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  White  gum,  perforated  14. 


BAHAMAS.  9 

Design  :  Diademed  portrait  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on  ground  of  horizontal  lines 
within  a  double  lined  circle.  Curved  -white  label  at  top  with  the  name  of  the  Colony 
in  coloured  block  letters.  Straight  white  label  at  bottom  with  the  value  in  coloured 
block  letters.  In  each  of  the  lower  spandrels,  above  the  label  of  value,  is  a  broken 
white  oval,  that  on  the  left  containing  a  pine-apple,  and  that  on  the  right  a  conch 
shell.  The  remainder  of  the  design  is  filled  in  with  white  floreate  ornaments  on  a 
solid  ground,  and  the  design  is  completed  b}'  a  single  outer  coloured  line.  Shape 
upright  rectangular.     {Illustration  13.) 

T.    "  BAHAMAS."      B.    "  ONE  PENNY."    "  POUK   PENCE."    "  FIVE  SHILLINGS."    "  ONE  P0T7ND." 

Id.,  bright  rose     (slight  shades). 

4d.,  orange-yellow  (  „  „         ) 

5s.,  sage-green         (  „  „         ) 

£1,  maroon              (  „  „         ) 

Issue  VII.    1888-1890. 

Two  values.     Design  :  Engraving,  printing,  &c.,   as  the   last  issue.     Watermark 
Crown  C.A.     Perforated  14.     White  gum  {llhistratiom  13,  14.) 

(May,  1888),  ikl.,  blue. 
(Oct.,  1890),  6d.,  mauve. 


ENVELOPE. 

Issue  I.    March,  1881. 

One  value.  Designed  and  embossed  b)'  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  white 
laid  paper,  with  the  upper  flap  pointed,  S^xS^  inches  (140x82  mm.)  The  stamp  is 
embossed  in  colour  in  the  right  upper  corner.  Design :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen 
Victoria  to  left  in  plain  relief,  on  a  scaUopped  oval  ground  of  solid  colour,  surrounded 
by  an  oval  frame,  with  inner  and  outer  white  line,  bearing  inscriptions  in  coloured 
block  letters  on  a  ground  of  reticulations,  the  whole  enclosed  in  an  outer  oval  border 
of  white  beads  on  a  coloured  ground.     (Illustration  15.) 

T.    "BAHAMAS   POSTAGE."    B.  "  FOUK  PENCE." 

4d.,  violet. 


POSTCA'RD. 

Issue  I.    March,  1881. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Hue  and  Co.,  upon  stout, 
light  buff  surfaced  card.  Size,  127x89  mm.,  or  5x3|  inches.  The  inscription  is  in 
three  straight  lines  at  the  upper  part  of  the  card  as  follows  : — 1st,  Union  Postale 
TJniveesblle ;  2nd,  Bahamas;  3rd,  The  address  only  to  be  written  on  this  side. 
The  first  line  is  in  thin,  the  second  in  thick,  and  the  third  in  small  block  letters,  and 
between  the  first  and  second  lines  are  the  arms  and  supporters  of  Great  Britain.  The 
stamp  is  in  the  right  upper  corner,  and  except  for  the  change  of  the  name  of  the 
Colony,  is  similar  in  design  to  that  on  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua.  The  frame  of 
the  card  is  composed  of  a  Greek  pattern,  running  between  two  straight  lines,  and 
measures  117x79  mm.  or  4f  xS-jJg  inches.     (Illustration  16.) 

IJd.  rose  (shades). 
C 


Ill  BAHAMA  t<. 


REPLY    PAID     CARD. 


Issue  I.    September,  1883. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  on  stout  straw 
card.  Size  140x89  mm.  or  5ix3i  inches.  The  disposition  of  the  inscription,  and 
the  typu  employed,  is  the  same  as  that  on  the  single  card.  The  first  half  has  in  the 
left  lower  corner  four  lines  of  additional  inscription  in  small  block  letters  as  follows  : — 
The  annexed  oaed  is  intended — pok  the  answee  — (la  carte  ci-jointe  est  destinke — i 
LA  eeponse),  and  the  second  half  has  the  word  eeplt  beneath  the  address  only,  &c. 
The  stamp  on  each  half  is  in  the  right  upper  corner.  Design  :  Diademed  head  of  (ineen 
Victoria  to  left,  on  ground  of  solid  colour,  enclosed  within  a  narrow  upright  oval. 
Surrounding  the  oval  is  a  broad  plain  band  inscribed  with  the  name  of  the  Colony 
above  aiul  the  value  in  words  below  in  coloured  block  letters,  a  period  at  either  side 
separating  the  two  inscriptions.  The  band  is  surrounded  b}'  a  feste)oned  border,  and 
a  single  outer  coloured  line  completes  the  design.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top, 
perforated  4,  and  the  design  is  impressed  upon  the  first  aud  third  jjages.  Both  halves 
are  without  frame.     {Illustration  17.) 

ljd.  +  lr,d.  carmine  (slight  shades). 


BARBADOS. 


PRELIMINARY   NOTES. 

By  E.  S.  BA  CON. 

1  HATE  been  unable  to  find  any  copy  of  the  Official  Gazette  of  this  colony,  prior  to 
1871.  No  notice  of  the  threepenny  and  five  shillings  adhesives,  issued  in  1873  ;  or 
the  provisional  one  pemiy  adhesive,  surcharged  on  half  of  the  five  shillings,  issued 
early  in  1878,  appeared  in  The  Gazette,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  discover. 

The  stamps  up  to  the  17th  November,  1874,  were  printed  by  ilessrs.  Perkins 
Bacon  and  Co.,  on  -which  day  the  plates  were  handed  over  to  the  Crown  Agents,  and 
by  them  to  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.  The  latter  firm  made  use  of  these  plates 
until  1882,  when  they  constructed  fresh  ones  from  a  new  design,  in  which  the 
figure  of  Britannia  was  replaced  by  the  Queen's  head. 

The  plate  of  the  stamps  first  issued,  "without  expressed  value,"  and  those  of  the 
six  pence  and  one  shilling  issued  in  1859,  each  contained  110  specimens,  arranged  in 
eleven  horizontal  rows  of  ten ;  the  plates  of  the  halfpenny,  one  penny,  three  pence, 
and  four  pence,  each  contained  120  stamps  in  ten  horizontal  rows  of  twelve,  while 
the  plate  of  the  five  shillings  only  comprised  48  stamps  in  four  horizontal  rows  of 
twelve.  AU  these  plates  were  of  steel,  and  were  constructed  by  Messrs.  Perkins 
Bacon  and  Co.,  the  figure  of  Britannia  being  common  to  aU  the  values.  The  plates  of 
the  haKpenny,  one  jsenny,  three  pence,  four  pence,  and  five  shillings  were  aU 
finished  in  April,  1873,  that  of  the  six  pence  in  September,  1858,  and  that  of  the 
one  shilling  in  October,  1858.  The  plate  "  without  expressed  value "'  had  been 
constructed  several  years  previously.  Proof  impressions  in  black,  taken  from  the 
plates,  upon  plain  white  paper,  of  aU  the  above  values  are  known,  as  weU  as  proofs 
in  black,  struck  from  the  engraved  dies  upon  white  card.  I  have  also  seen  a  proof 
of  the  five  shillings  printed  in  brownish  lake  upon  plain  white  paper,  of  course 
imperforate. 

I  am  indebted  to  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  Limited,  for  the  following 
list  of  the  consignments  of  stamps  seait  out  by  them  to  Barbados,  down  to  the 
end  of  1858. 


30th  December, 

1851 

10,000  Labels. 

I)              >) 

J! 

50,000  Blue  (Id.) 

16th    January, 

1852 

50,000  Blue  (Id.) 

»              )) 

)) 

10,000  Purple. 

18th  February, 

1852 

30,000  Green  {{A.) 

loth  June, 

1852 

50,000  Blue  (Id.) 

loth  January, 

1853 

50,000  Blue  (Id.) 

27tli  August, 

1853 

50,000  Blue  (Id.) 

12th  August, 

1854 

50,000  Blue  (Id.) 

1-2  B  ABB  ADOS. 

13th  September,  1S51  ...  .".D.ono  Blue  ( lil.) 

„  „  „  ...  .-^O,00()  Green  (U\.) 

l'8th  September.  l8-")4  ...  .J0,000  Blue  (1(1.) 

„  „  „  ...  .50,000  Green  {U\.) 

:-'8th  December,   18.J4  ...  .-)0,000  Red  (4(1.) 

i'.-)th  May,  1  «■",.-,  ...  100,000  Blue  (Id.) 

.50,000  Green  (Jd.) 

I'lst   May,  1K.")()  ...  100,000  Blue  (Id.) 

l.")tli  April,  1857  ...  100,000  Bhie  (Id.) 

11th  September,  18.57  ...  100,000  Blue  (Id.) 

„  „  ...  100,000  Green  (-Jd.) 

14th  October,        ls.58  ...  100,000  Blue  (Id.) 

„  „  „  ...  .5.5,000  One  shilling,  Brll\\^l. 

82,.500  Sixpence,  Red. 

iMth  November,   18.58  ...  100,000  Green  (Jd.) 

The  first  consignment  of  stamps  shipped  to  Barbados  was  lost  at  sea,  during  the 
voyage  out  in  the  Amazon,  which  accounts  for  a  second  supply  following  so  quickly 
after  that  sent  in  December,  1851.  It  will  be  noticed  that  the  colour  of  the  10,000 
stamps  despatched  on  the  16th  January,  18.52,  is  entered  in  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.'s  books  as  purple.  This  is  undoubtedly  a  mistake  for  red,  similar  to  that 
made  over  the  one  shilling  sent  out  in  October,  1858,  the  colour  of  which  is  stated  as 
brown  instead  of  black.  Besides  the  other  jjarticulars  given,  the  table  is  interesting 
for  the  values  it  assigns  to  the  different  coloured  stamps  without  expressed  value,  as 
it  confirms  those  found  in  the  Catalogues.  It  is  quite  possible  that  the  one  penny 
and  four  pence  came  into  use  before  the  halfpenny,  but  if  the  date  of  the  first  issue 
— 17th  April,  1852  -  as  given  by  M.  Moens  is  correct,  aU  three  values  would  have 
arrived  in  the  Island  by  that  time,  and  consequently  would  be  issued  together. 

The  six  pence  and  one  shilling  values  were  probably  first  issued  early  in  1859,  for 
the  prepayment  of  postage  to  the  United  Kingdom,  which  corresponds  with  the  date 
at  which  the  four  pence,  six  pence,  and  one  shilling  of  Trinidad  first  came  into  use. 
I  have  previously  stated  the  plates  were  constructed  in  the  autumn  of  1858,  and  we 
see  from  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.'s  list  of  stamps  sent  out,  that  the  first  supply 
of  these  two  values  was  not  despatched  to  the  Colony  until  October  14th  of  that 
year. 

Mr.  J.  Graham  Taylor,  of  Trinidad,  has  shown  me  a  curiosity  in  the  shape  of 
part  of  a  letter-sheet,  postmarked  "  Barbadoes,  Aug.  21st,  1854,"  which  bears  half 
of  a  blue  stamp,  without  expressed  value,  on  "  blued  "'  paper,  of  the  first  issue.  The 
stamp  had  been  divided  vertically  down  the  centre,  and  the  fragment  on  the  letter- 
sheet  is  the  right-hand  portion  of  the  stamp.  The  half-stamp  apparently  franked  the 
letter-sheet,  and  probably  did  duty  as  a  halfpenny  during  a  temporary  exhaustion  of 
that  value.  If  we  refer  once  more  to  the  list  of  stamps  forwarded  by  Messrs.  Perkins 
Bacon  and  Co.,  we  find  that  the  first  consignment  of  the  green  stamps,  which  consisted 
of  only  30,000,  was  sent  out  on  February  18th,  1852,  so  it  is  not  at  all  surprising  if 
by  August,  1854,  the  stock  was  exhausted.  This  is  borueout  by  the  fact  that  at  this 
time  a  further  lot  had  been  ordered  from  England  ;  as  we  see  by  the  table,  the  next 
consignment  was  shipped  on  September  13th  of  that  year.  At  any  rate,  the  date  at 
which  the  variety  was  used  proves  it  is  perfectly  genuine,  and  not  like  some  of  the 
half-stamps  of  recent  years,  merely  obtained  for  the  benefit  of  collectors.  Barbados 
was  admitted  into  the  Universal  Postal  Union  on  September  1st,  1881,  when  the  issue 
of  three  halfpenny  postcards  became  necessary,  and  as  there  was  no  probability  of  the 


BARBADOS.  -  13 

cards  arriving  from  England  hy  the  requisite  date,  a  provisional  supplj'  had  to  be  obtained 
in  the  Colony-.  With  this  object  the  following  notice  was  published  in  The  Official 
Oazette  of  August,  4th,  ISSl. 

POST  GAUDS. 

"  Sealed  Tenders,  in  duplicate,  will  be  received  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
Executive  Council  up  to  12  o'clock  noon  on  Tuesday,  9th  instant,  for  the 
supply  to  the  Government  of  two  thousand  post  cards.  A  pattern  of  the 
card,  and  of  the  quality  of  material  to  be  used,  may  be  seen  on  application 
to  the  Clerk  of  the  Executive  Council. 

"  The  cards  to  be  delivered  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Executive  Council  not 
later  than  Tuesday,  23rd  August,  1881,  at  12  o'clock  noon. 
"  (Signed)  E.  Lyte  Stokes, 

Clerk  Executive  Council. 
"  Uh  August,  1881." 

The  notice  gives  the  number  of  the  first  supply  of  these  provisional  cards,  and  as 
no  varieties  are  found  in  the  lettering,  it  seems  probable  the  2,000  were  sufficient  to 
meet  all  demands  until  the  arrival  of  the  cards  ordered  from  England. 

In  December,  1881,  the  rates  to  certain  adjacent  islands  were  reduced,  as 
appears  from  the  following  taken  from  The  Oazette  of  Dec.  5,  1881. 

POST    OFEICE    NOTICE. 

"  The  British  Islands  of  St.  Vincent,  Grenada,  Trinidad,  Tobago,  St.  Lucia, 
and  Dominica,  and  the  French  Islands  of  Martinique  and  Guadeloupe  being 
300  nautical  miles  of  this  Island,  the  postage  on  Correspondence  and  Mail 
matter  addressed  to  those  Islands  will  in  accordance  with  the  Postal  Union 
Convention  be  as  under :  — 

Letters         ...  -  ...  ...  ...        2^d.  per  J  oz. 

Post  Cards  ...  ...  ...  ...         Id.  each. 

Newspapers  ...  ...  ...         |d.     „ 

Books  and  other  printed  matter,  Jd.  per  2  ozs.  increasing  by  |d.  for  every 
additional  2  ozs.  Commercial  documents  2^d.  per  10  ozs.,  increasing  by  jd. 
for  every  additional  2  ozs.  Samples  and  Patterns  Id.  per  4  ozs.,  increasing 
by  ^d.  for  every  additional  2  ozs. 

"  (Signed)        Wm.  P.  Trimingham,  Acting  Col.  Postmaster. 
"  General  Post  Office,  2iid  December,  1881." 

As  no  one  penn)"-  card  was  available,  recourse  had  to  be  once  more  made  to  the 
Colonial  Printers  for  a  temporary  supply,  until  a  card  of  the  requisite  value  could  be 
obtained  from  England.  Some  delay  seems  to  have  occurred  before  the  receipt  of  the 
latter  card,  as  it  was  not  ready  for  issue  until  October  6th,  1882.  More 
than  one  supply  of  the  provisional  cards  were  therefore  required,  and  it  appears  from 
the  three  varieties  found  in  the  lettering,  that  at  least  three  separate  printings  took 
place  a,t  different  periods.  Newspaper  wrappers  and  stamped  envelopes  were  first 
issued  on  October  2ud,  1882,  according  to  the  terms  of  the  following  notices  extracted 
from  The  Oazette  of  October  5th  of  that  year. 

POST  OEFICE   NOTICE. 

SiAMPED  Newspapers  Wrappers  of  the  value  of  .{d.  and  Id.  each  will  now  be  sold 
to  the  public  as  under  :  — 

At   the   General   Post    Office. 

|d.  wrappers  in  parcels  of  1  dez.  for  7d. 
Id.         „  in  parcels  of  1  doz.  for  Is.  2d, 


14  nAUBADOS. 

At    the    Ti-eaniry. 
id.  wrappers  in  parcels  of  :200  doz.,  o  per  cent,  oft',  £.'>  los.  6cl. 
1(1.         „  in  parcels  of  100  doz.,  .'5  per  cent.^off,  £5  15s.  6d. 

N.R — In  England  like  wrappers  are  sold  as  under  :— 
^d.  wrappers  1  doz.  for  7i'. 

JO     „       „  £1  2s.  lOd. 
Id.       „  1       „       „  £-0  Is.  Id. 

„        „  20    „       „  £1  Is.  .3d. 

A*-,  the  Treasury  the  wrappers  will  be  sold  under  5  per  cent,  discount  in  quanti- 
ties of  -to  dozen  halfpenny  and  20  dozen  penny  if  mixed  with  other  stamps  to  the 
value  of  £o  and  irpwards.     These  wrappers  may  be  used — 

r     For   each   Newspaper   sent   by  Inland   Mail.     For  Book 
Of  the  value    |  Packets  or  Prices  Current  not  exceeding  2  oz.  in   weight 
of  jd.  each  \  addressed  only  to  St.  Vincent,  Grenada,  Trinidad,  Tobago, 
1st.  Lucia,  Dominica,  Martinique,  and  Guadeloupe. 

For  each  Newspaper  addressed  to  the  United  Kingdom 
and  to  other  British  Clolonies  and  Foreign  Countries  com- 
prised in  the  Postal  Union  (except  those  to  tlie  eastward  of 
Of  the  value  J  Suez).  Book  Packets  or  Prices  Current  not  exceeding  2  oz. 
of  Id.  each  in  weight,  addressed  to  the  United  Kingdom  and  to  other 
British  Colonies  and  Foreign  Countries  comprised  in  the 
Postal  Union  (except  tliose  to  the  eastward  of  Suez). 

"  (Signed)         Wm.  P.  Triminqham,  Colonial  Postmaster. 
"General  Post  Office,  2nd  October,  1882." 

POST  OITICE  NOTICE. 

Stamped  Envelopes  as  described  below  can  be  obtained  at  the  General  Post  Office 
at  the  prices  named  :  — 

Embossed  Penny  Stamped  Envelopes,  5  |in.x  Sin.  [■     ig^f]  ^e^^iio^ 

Registered  Letter  Envelopes  bearing  a  penny  stamp  )  For  local  use, 

embossed  on  the  flap,  5in.  X  Sin.  J  Ud.  each. 

Registered  Letter  Envelopes  bearing  a  fourpenny  \  For  foreign  use, 

stamp  eml)ossed  on  the  flap,  ."jhi.  x  Sin.  J  4|d.  each. 

Registered  Letter  Envelopes  bearing  a  fourpenny  \  For  foreign  use, 

stamp  embossed  on  the  flap,  lOx  7  and  11x6  J  oUl.  each. 

"  (Signed)         Wji.  P.  Tkimingham,  Col.  Postmaster. 

"  General  Post  Office,  'Ind  Octoher,  b'^)<2." 

Mr.  Wm.  P.  Trimingham  was  appointed  Colonial  Postmaster  on  September  8th, 
1882,  in  the  place  of  Mr.  B.  Lawrence,  deceased. 

At  the  same  date  as  the  one  penny  card  of  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co."s  make 
came  into  use,  a  halfpenny  card  for  local  service  was  issued.  This  latter  value 
was  also  printed  by  the  same  firm,  and  the  notice  of  the  issue  is  given  in  The  Gazette 
of  October  9th,  1882. 

GENERAL  POST  OFFICE. 

"  Local  Posr  Cards  will  in  future  will  be  sold  at  this  Office  as  under: — 

1  for  Id. 

4  for  3d. 

12  for  9d. 

And  at  the  Treasuiy  in   quantities  to  the  value  of  £■")  and  upwards,  or 

mixed  with  other  stamps  to  that  value  with  a  discount  of  .5  per  cent. 

"  (Signed)         W.M.  P.  Trimogham,  Col.  Postmaster." 
"  General  Post  Office,  Gtk  October,  1882." 


BARBADOS.  15 

Oh  ilay  5th,  18S3,  another  size  (8iii.  x  oiii.)  was  added  to  the  registration 
envelopes.  The  uotice  of  the  issue  is  found  in  The  Gazette  of  May  10th  of  that 
year. 

POST  OFMCEjSTOTICE. 

"  Envelopes  for  Registered  Letters  can  be  obtained  at  the  General 
Post  Office,  Bridgetown,  of  the  undermentioned  sizes ; — 
Inches. 
5\x3>\  for  Local  Letters,  including  fee  at  l^d.  each, 
oj X  3i  for  Foreign  Letters         „  „       4|d.      „ 

8  x5    for  „  „  „      5d. 

11x6    for  „  „  „      5|d.      „ 

10x7    for  „  „  „      .5^d.      „ 

"  (Signed)        Wm.  P.  Tbimingham,  Colonial  Postmaster. 
"  Geneeal  Post  Office,  5th  May,  1883." 

The  next  notice  gives  the  date  of  issue  of  the  reply  paid  three  halfpenny  card. 
It  is  taken  from  The  Gazette  of  May  21sfc,  1883:— 

POST  OFEICE  NOTICE. 

"  Pbom  and  after  the  1st  of  June  next  reply  cards  of  the  value  of  3d.  can 
be  obtained  at  the  General  Post  Office,  Bridgeto^vn. 

"  (Signed)        Wm.  P.  Teimingham,  Colonial  Postmaster. 
"  General  Post  Office,  18iA  May,  1883." 

In  August,  1884,  the  one  penny  envelope  and  the  one  penny  wrapper  were 
slightly  reduced  in  price,  in  accordance  -with  the  terms  of  the  notice  published  iu  The 
Gazette  of  August  14th  of  that  3'ear. 

POST  OEFICE  NOTICE. 

"  The  price  of  penny  envelopes  and  of  penny  and  halfpenny  wrappers 
have  been  reduced,  and  wiU  now  be  sold  as  under : — 

At  the  Colonial  Treasury. 

Envelopes,  2  sizes  (Id.  duty  I,  hicluding  postage,  at  £4  13s.  4d.  per  1000, 

with  5  per  cent.  off. 
Do.  superior  quality  ( do.)  £4  l.js.  lOd.  do. 

Wrappers  (do.)  £4  10s.  lOd.  do. 

Do.  (id.  duty)  £2  8s.  7d.  do. 

The  above  will  be  sold  in  quantities  to  the  value  of  £5,  or  mixed  wdth  stamps  to 
that  value.     No  denomination  must  be  of  less  than  .£1  in  value. 

At  the  Post  Office. 
"Envelopes  two  sizes  (Id.  duty)  including  postage  Is.  Ud.  per  doz. 
Do.  superior  quality     (       „      )         „  „  Is.  L'd.  „ 

Wrappers  (        „       )         ,,  „  Is.  Ud. 

„  (|d.  duty)         „  „  7d.  „ 

Besides  being  used  for  local  letters,  the  Envelopes  can  be  used  for  prices 
current  and  printed  papers,  and  also  for  letters  sent  to  places  abroad,  by 
adding  the  additional  postage  required  in  postage  stamps. 

"  (Signed)         Wm.  P.  Tkimingham,  Colonial  Postmaster. 
"  General  Post  Office,  Barbados,  Sth  Aug.,  1884." 


16  BARB.LDO,^. 

Oil  the  1st  January,  1875,  the  Kegistration  fee  for  foreign  postage  ■was  reduced 
from  four  pence  to  two  pence,  the  reduction  being  notitied  in  The  OJficiaJ  Gazette 
(Extraordhiary)  of  November  20th,  1884,  as  follows  : — 

NOTICE. 
"The  followdiig  Supplemental  Rules  relating   to  the   registration   of 
letters,  and  other  articles  at  the  General  Post  Office,  and  by  the  District 
Postmasters,  are  published  for  general  information. 

"  By  order  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
"  (.Signed)  Garnett  T.  Taylor,  Actiuy  CU-rk. 

"PuiiLic  BuiLDiNCW,  Vith  November,  lb84." 

SUPPLEMENTAL   KULES 
relating  to  the  Registration  of  Letters  and  other  articles  at  the   General 
Post  Office,  and  by  the  District  Postmasters : — 

Letters,  Sfc,  addressed  to  places  abroad. 
"1.  On   and    after   the    1st  January  next,   the   fee    for  Registration 
shall  be  '2A.  under  the  conditions  mentioned  in  Rule  '2. 

'•  '2.  From  the  above  date  every  letter  tendered  for  Registration 
(except  as  mentioned  in  Rule  4)  shall  be  enclosed  in  a  special  envelope  to 
be  obtained  at  all  District  Post  Offices,  and  at  the  General  Post  Ottice. 

"  3.  The  envelopes  for  Registered  Letters  are  of  the  sizes  and  wall 
be  sold  to  the  public  at  tlie  prices  following,  inclusive  of  tlie  fee  for 
Registration  impressed  on  the  flap  of  the  envelope. 

ojin.  x3iin.  for  li'd. 
Sm.   X  oin.    for  3d. 
lljin.xGin.    for  35d. 
lO^in.  X  Tin.    for  3|d. 
"1.  From   the   1st   January  next.  Deputy  Post  Masters  are   not   to 
accept  Foreign  Letters  for  Registration  except  they  are  enclosed  as  stated 
in  Rule  2,  but  the  Colonial  Postmaster  may  authorise   a  letter   not   so 
enclosed,  to  be  registered,  should  it  appear    to  liim  that  the^  writer  or 
sender  is  ignorant  of  tire  Regulation,  and  that,  consequently,  inconvenience 
might  arise  from  delay  by  a  refusal  to  Register. 

"  o.  On  Letters  allowed  to  be  registered,  as  mentioned  in  the  preceding 
rule,  the  fee  shall  be  2^d. 

"  6.  Book  Packets,  Commercial  Documents,  and  patterns  and  samples, 
when  registered  need  not  be  enclosed  in  the  special  envelope,  but  tliey 
must  be  securely  fastened  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Registering  Ufficei . 
The  fee  on  these  articles  will  be  2d.  each  packet. 

Inland  Letters,  ^-c. 

"  7.  On  and  after  the  1st  January  next,  all  Inland  Letters  tendered 
for  Registration  at  the  General  Post  Office  or  at  any  District  Post  Office 
shall  be  enclosed  in  a  special  envelope  except  as  mentioned  in  Rule  9. 

"8.  These  envelopes  are  5jin.x3;|in.  m  size,  and  will  bo  sold  to  the 
Public  at  Ijd.  each,  inclusive  of  the  fee  for  Registration,  at  the  General 
Post  Office  and  all  District  Post  Offices. 

"  9.  Should  an  Inland  Letter  be  too  large  for  enclosure  in  the  special 
envelope  provided,  Deputy  Postmasters  and  Registering  Officers  may 
accept  such  letters,  provided  they  are  put  up  in  strong  covers,  securely 
fastened,  and  if  containing  com,  such  coin  must  not  be  put  in  loose,  but 
must  be  packed  and  enclosed  in  such  a  way  as  to  move  about  as  little  as 
possible. 


BABffADOS.  17 

"  10.  These  Rules  are  supplemental  to  those  passed  by  the  Governor- 
in-Council  on  the  8th  December,  1880. 

"  Laid  before  his  Excellency  the  Governor  in  Executive  Committee, 
and  approved  this  13th  day  of  November,  1884. 

"  (Signed)  Gabnett  T.  Tayiok, 

"  Acting  Clerk  Executive  Committee." 

The  lliiu.x6in.  envelope  mentioned  in  the  above  notice,  appears  never  to  have 
been  issued,  as  it  has  not  been  catalogued  in  the  magazines  with  the  other  sizes  ; 
and  although  I  have  made  inquiries,  I  can  find  no  coioy  in  any  collection  in  this 
country. 

At  the  end  of  I^ovember,  1885,  a  new  size  was  added  to  the  two  penny  registra- 
tion envelopes,  according  to  the  following  notice  which  appeared  in  The  Gazette  of 
November  30th  of  that  year. 

POST  OFFICE   NOTICE. 

"  Prom  this  date  a  new  Registered  Letter  Envelope,  6in.  x  3Jin.  will 
be  issued  at  tliis  Office.     Price,  including  Registration  fee,  2id.  each. 

"  (Signed)  Wm.  P.  Trimincjham,  Colonial  Postmaster. 

"  General  Post  Office,  28th  November,  188o." 

The  one  penny  embossed  envelopes  do  not  appear  to  have  been  a  success,  and 
were,  it  seems,  little  used.  We  have  seen  that  the  price  of  these  envelopes  was 
reduced  on  the  8th  August,  1884,  probably  with  the  view  of  clearing  off  the  surplus 
stock.  If  so,  the  reduction  in  price,  apparently,  did  not  have  the  desired  effect,  as 
we  find  from  a  notice  in  The  Gazette  of  November  7th,  1887,  the  price  was  still 
fui-ther  lowered. 

POST  OFFICE   NOTICE. 

"  In  future  the  envelopes  bearing  embossed  Stamps  of  one  penny  each, 
wiU  be  sold  at  this  Office  at  the  rate  of  Is.  Id.  per  dozen ;  that  is : — 
For  the  value  of  the  embossed  stamps  thereon         ...  ...         Is.  Od. 

Dozen  envelopes  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...        Os.  Id. 

Total  ...  ...  ...  ...         Is.  Id. 

"  These  envelopes  will  also  be  sold  at  the  Treasury  to  the  PubUc  at  the 
rate  of  7s.  per  thousand,  in  addition  to  the  face  value  of  the  stamps,  that  is, 
£4  10s.  4d.  per  thousand  stamped  envelopes,  with  a  discount  of  3  per  cent., 
provided  they  are  purchased  to  the  value  of  £5,  either  by  themselves  or 
mixed  with  adhesive  stamps  making  up  that  value.  These  envelopes  are  of 
two  sizes  (4|in.  X  Siiin-  and  ofin.Xojin.),  and  of  good  paper,  and  may  be 
used  for  Foreign  Letters  provided  the  proper  postage  is  made  up  by  the 
addition  of  adhesive  stamps. 

"  (Signed)        Wm.  P.  Trimingham,  Colonial  Postmaster. 
"  General  Po.st  Office,  ith  November,  1887." 


REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    AprU  17tli,  1852. 

Three  values.  Engraved  in  taiUe-dovce,  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins 
Bacon  and  Co.,  of  London.  Coloured  impression  on  different  wove  papers,  varying  in 
substance :  imperforate.  Design  :  Figure  of  Britannia  seated  on  bales  of  merchandise, 
her  right  hand  holding  a  spear,  and  her  left  arm  resting  on  a  shield  charged  with  the 

p 


18  BARBADOS. 

Union  Jaak.  In  the  baokgi-oiiiid  to  the  right  is  a  three-masted  ship  in  full  sail. 
Straight  coloured  label  at  bjttoni  with  name  of  colon}-  in  white  block  letters.  "VMiite 
blocks  in  the  four  corners  with  coloured  eight  rayed  stars  ■with  white  centres.  ^NHiite 
reticulated  borders  at  the  top  and  sides,  and  engine-turned  background.  The  stamps 
have  no  expressed  value.     Shape,  upright  rectangular.     {lUustratloti  19.) 

B.    BARBADOS. 

A. — Pnpcr  hlni"!  hij  chemical  fiction  of  the  in!;. 
(4tl.)  green  (shades). 
(Id.)  blue.  Indigo  (shades). 
(4d.)  brick  (shades). 
Varieiii.     Aug.,  L'^.jI  (|d.)  li;ilf  (  Id.)  lilue. 

B. —  ll'hite  jmjicr. 
rjd.)  yellow-green  (shades). 
«  (Id.)  very  deep  to  pale  blue  (shades). 

(4d.)  brick  {?). 

Jliinarls. — It  is  doubtful  whether  the  four  pence  on  white  paper  exists 
imperforate.  Xn  satisfactory  copy  is,  at  any  rate,  known  to  the  Society.  Specimens 
are  occasionally  found  in  collections,  but  these  are  believed  to  either  belong  to  the 
perforated  series  or  to  have  been  originally  on  blued  paper  from  ^^-llich  the  colour 
has  been  discharged.  The  shade  of  the  few  known  copies  is  different  to  that  of  the 
stamps  on  the  blued  paper  :  being  a  kind  of  dull  rose-red  in  place  of  brick. 

Issue  II.     January,  1859. 

Two  values.  Engraved  in  tailh-doucc,  and  printed  by  ilessrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.  Coloured  impression  on  white  wove  paper,  imperforate.  The  design  is  the 
same  as  in  the  previous  issue,  except  that  the  value  is  printed  in  tlie  lower  label, 
and  the  name  of  the  (!olony  in  a  curve  above  the  head  of  Britannia,  all  in  white 
letters.  The  six  pence  has  the  value  in  Ijlock  type  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  in 
Tloman  capitals,  while  in  the  one  shilling  exactly  the  reverse  is  the  case.  Shape, 
upright  rectangular.     ( Illustrations  2i>,  21.) 

T.    "BARBADOS."      B.    "SIXPENCE."      "  ONE  SHILLING." 

6d.,  dull  rose  (shades). 

Is.,  black,  grej'-black  (shades). 

Issue  III.     1860-1861. 

Five  Values.  Of  the  preceding  designs  iirintcd  iipoji  white  wove  paper  varving 
in  sub.stance.     Perforated  11|,  12i  to  16  compound.     ( Jlhistratioas  19,  '20,  21.) 

(|d.)  yellow-green  to  dark  green  (sliades). 
(Id.)  very  dark  to  pale  blue. 

(4d.)  red-brown,  dull  rose,  orange-vermilion  (shades). 
6d.,  rose,  lake-red,  orange  (shades). 
Is.,  brown-black  to  grey-black  (shades). 
Varieties.     Imperforate. 

(4d.)  duU  orange-red. 
6d.,  orange. 
Remarks. — The  gauge  and  nature  of  the  perforations  of  this  and  the  succeeding 
issue  vary  greatly,  and  it  is  almost  impossible  to  make  up  complete  sets  of  the 
ditferent  sizes.  Two  distinct  sets  inay,  however,  be  made,  one  of  which  shows  the 
holes  merely  "punctured"  without  any  part  of  tlie  paper  being  removed,  while  the 
other  is  a  true  machine  perforation, 


BARBADOS.  19 

Issue  IV.     1871-1872. 

Five  values.  Similar  in  design  to  the  stamps  of  the  last  issue,  but  printed  iij)oii 
white  wove  paper,  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star.  Perforated  12|  to  15^ 
compound.     (Illustrations  19,  20,  21.) 

(sd.)  green  (shades). 

(id.)  blue    (     „      ) 

(4d.)  dull  rose,  brick-red,  orange- vermilion  (shades). 

6d.,  vermilion  (shades). 

Is.,  black  (     „       ) 

Variety.     The  (Id.)  cut  in  half  diagonally  and  used  as  a  gd.  stamp. 
Id.  half  (Id.),  blue. 

Remarks. — This  issue  is  usually  divided  into  two  separate  sets  by  the  difference 
in  size  "  large "  or  "  small "  of  the  star  watermark.  The  size  of  the  watermark 
varies  considerably,  and  many  other  sets  might  be  made  up  with  a  little  trouble.  It 
seems  possible  that  all  the  varieties  are  found  upon  the  same  sheet  and  constitute 
only  one  issue.  The  difEerences  in  size  are  therefore  of  no  special  significance,  though 
two  perfectly  distinct  sets  may  easily  be  distinguished. 

Issue  V.     1873. 

•  Tivo  values.  Engraved  in  taille-douce  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  and 
printed  upon  yellowish  wove  paper  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star,  yellowish 
gum,  machine  perforated,  14  for  the  three  pence  and  15|  for  the  five  shillings. 
Designs :  That  of  the  three  pence  is  similar  to  the  one  shilling  of  the  former  issues, 
but  both  inscriptions  are  in  block  letters.  The  five  shillings  has  the  figure  of 
Britannia  on  engine-turned  background  as  in  the  previous  values,  within  a  pearled 
circle.  Straight  white  labels  at  top  and  bottom  with  name  of  Colony  and  value  in 
coloured  block  numeral  and  letters.  Square  white  blocks  in  the  four  corners  with 
coloured  ornaments  formed  by  placing  a  St.  Andrews  over  an  ordinary  cross. 
Conventional  ornaments  in  spandrels.  Border  formed  of  plain  outer  line.  Shapes, 
small  upright  rectangular  for  the  three  pence,  large  upright  rectangular  for  the  five 
shUlings.     (Illustrations  18,  22.) 

T.    "  BAKBADOS."      B.    "  THKBE    PENCE."      "FIVE    SHILLINGS." 

8d.,  violet-brown  (shades). 
OS.,  dull  rose         (     !>      ) 

Issue  VI.    1874. 

Two  rallies.  Printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  upon  white  wove  paper, 
watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star.  Yellowish  gum.  Machii^e  perforated  14.  'Ihe 
design  is  the  same  as  that  for  the  three  pence  of  the  last  issue.     {Illustration  22.) 

T.    "  BARBADOS."      B.    "  HALF    PENNY."      "  ONE    PENNY."' 

^d.,  dark  green  (shades). 
Id.,  dark  blue     (     „       ) 

Issue  VII.    1875-78. 

Six  values.  Printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.  uj  on  white  wove  paper  wafer- 
marked  Crown  C.C.  White  gum.  The  designs  are  unchanged,  and  remain  the  same 
as  those  of  the  same  values  of  the  preceding  issues.  A  new  value  of  four  pence  is 
added.  The  inscriptions  on  this  are  in  block  letters  like  the  three  lower  values. 
{Illustrations  20,  21,  22.) 


20  BARB.UJOS. 

r.    '■  BARBADOS.         B.    "  HALF    rH.V.VV."        "  OXE    PENNY."        ''  THREE    PENCE."        "  FOUR    PENCE. 

'■SIX   PENCE."      "ONE   SHILLING." 

A.—l\-i-f<jrnted  \->\. 

jd.,  enieiakl  ^leeii. 
4d.,  deep  vermilion, 
bd.,  orange-yellow. 
Is.,  deep  mauve. 

'B.— Perforated  14. 

jd.,  emerald  green  (shades). 
Id.,  ultramarine  (  „  ) 
(April,  1878)  3d.,  pale  mauve  (  „  ) 
4d.,  cannine-red  (  „  ) 
6d.,  orauge-yeUow  {  „  ) 
Is.,  mauve,  reddish-mauve,  deep  mauve  (shades). 

Varielij.     The  Id.  cut  iu^half  diagonally  for  use  as  a  ;jd.  stami), 

4d.  (half  Id.)  ultramarine. 

Ittmurhs.—Thii  one  penny  perforated  14  is  sometimes  met  with  quite  grey  and 
oven  grey-black  in  colour,  but  these  varieties  are  believed  to  b3  due  to  changes  in  the 
colour  of  the  ultra!U.irine  stamp,  probably  from  accidental  causes. 

Issue  VIII.    March  1878. 

Oiie  value.  Owing  to  a  temporary  dearth  of  the  ordinary  one  penny  stamps,  the 
authorities  were  driven  to  extemporise  a  provisional,  which  they  effected  by  cutting 
the  label  of  value  from  the  five  shillings  stamp  and  perforating  it  12,  vertically  down 
the  centre.  Each  half  of  the  stamp  was  surcliarged  horizontally  l^.  in  black,  the 
numeral  measuring  7  mm.  in  height,  each  five  shillings  stamp  being  thus  divided  into 
two  one  penny  ones.  There  are  two  prominent  varieties  of  the  surcharge.  In  one 
the  numeral  has  a  curved  serif,  while  in  the  other  it  is  straight.  The  letter  D  also 
varies  in  size,  and  there  is  sometimes  a  comma  after  it,  in  place  of  the  more  usual 
period.     (Illustration  23.) 

A. — Sicrchari/ed  on  the  riyht  half  of  the  /ice  shillinys  stamjj. 
Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  half  5s.,  dull  rose. 

Varieti/.     Surcharge  inverted. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  half  .js.,  dull  rose. 
B. — Surcharged  on  the  left  half  of  thejice  shillhigs  stamp. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  half  .3s.,  dull  rose. 
]'arietj.     Surcharge  hi  verted. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  half  os.,  dull  rose. 

Issue  IX.  Augfust  28th,  1882. 
Four  values.  iMigraved  and  surface  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon 
medium  wliite  wove  slightly  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  White  gum. 
Machine  perforated  14.  Design  :  Diademed  head  of  (iueen  Victoria  to  left  upon 
background  of  horizoutal  lines,  enclosed  within  a  circle  framed  by  a  coloured  line. 
Straight  white  labels  of  the  width  of  the  stamp,  above  and  below  the  circle,  inscribed 
with  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  value  in  words  in  block  letters.  The  two  pence 
halfpenny  has  the  value  iu  figures  before  the  word  "  penny."  The  spandrels  contain 
small  white  conventional  ornaments  and  the  design  is  comideted  by  a  single  outer 
coloured  lino.     Shape,  upright  rectangidar.     (Illustration.^  24,  25.) 


BARBADOS.  21 

I.    "BARBADOS."      B.    "  HALF  PEXXy."      "JONE  PBIfNY."      "2|  PENNY."      "  FOUR  PENCE.  " 

|d.,  green  (shades). 

Id.,  carmine  (      „     ) 

^jd.,  ultramarine  (      „     ) 
4d.,    grey  (      „     ) 

Itmiarlcs. — The  same  die  did  dutj'  for  all  the  sbamps,  the  bottom  label  with  the 
value  being  added  afterwards,  and  printed  separatel}'. 

Issue  X.    1885  to  1887. 

Five  values,     8ame  type,  watermark,  and  perforation,  &c.,  as  in  the  preceding 
issue.     {Illustration  25.) 

T.    "BARBADOS."        B.    "  THREE  PENCE."        "  FOUR  PENCE."        "SIXPENCE."        "  ONE  SHILLING." 

"  FIVE  SHILLINGS." 

3d.,  lilac  (shades). 

4d.,  brown  (      „     ) 

6d.,  grey-black  (  „  ) 
Is.,  brown-red  (  „  ) 
OS.,  bistre  (      »     ) 


ENVELOPES. 

Issue  I.    October  2ad,  1882. 

One  value.  Designed  and  embossed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Hue  and  Co.  upon  white 
laid  paper,  two  sizes.  The  stamp  is  embossed  in  colour  in  the  right  upper  corner. 
Design :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  in  plain  relief  on  a  plain  oval 
ground  of  solid  colour,  enclosed  by  a  single  white  line ;  surrounding  this  is  an  oval 
frame  with  inscriptions  in  coloured  block  letters  on  a  ground  of  reticulations,  contained 
by  a  border  of  a  single  white  and  a  single  coloured  line.     {Illustration  26.) 

T.    "  BARBADOS  POSTAGE."      B.    "  ONE  PENNY." 

Id.,  rose,  4|x  3|  inches  (121  x  92  mm.) 
Id.,     „     oixSi       „       (146x90    „    ) 

BemarJcs, — ^The  smaller  size  of  this  envelope  was  not  issued  until  sometime  after 
the  larger, 

REGISTRATION     ENVELOPES. 

Issue  I.    October  2nd,  1882. 

Tivo  values.  Bag-shaped  envelopes  of  white  wove  linen-lined  paper,  with  the 
flap  on  the  left.  There  are  crossed  lines  on  the  back  and  front  of  the  envelopes,  and 
on  the  address  side  an  inscription  in  three  lines  along  the  upper  margin  :  1.  "  EEGIS- 
TERED  LETTER,"  in  large  block  letters.  2.  "  This  Letter  must  be  given  to  an 
Officbe  of  the  Post  Office."  3.  "  to  be  Rbgisteeed,  and  a  receipt  obtained  fob  it," 
in  small  block  letters,  with  full  capital  initials.  In  the  left  upper  corner  is  a  large 
blook  letter  "  R,"  and  in  the  right  upper  corner  is  a  single-lined  rectangle,  enclosing 
the  inscription,  in  five  lines,  "  The  Stamp — lo  Pat  the — Postage — must  be — Placed 
Herb."  These  inscriptions,  &c.,  are  all  in  blue.  The  stamps  were  designed  and  embossed 
by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  on  the  flap,  in  different  colours.     Designs ;  Diademed 


'2-2  BARBADOS. 

profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  in  plain  relief  on  a  solid  ground  of  colour,  sur- 
rounded by  a  circular  frame  bearing  inscriptions,  in  coloured  block  letters,  on  a  ground 
of  reticulations.  In  the  oxk  penny  the  central  disc  is  enclosed  by  a  plain  white  line, 
and  the  outer  border  is  formed  of  a  white  and  a  coloured  line  with  eight  scallops  ; 
while  in  the  tour  pence  the  central  disc  has  a  white  outline  of  eight  scallops,  and 
the  outer  border  is  formed  of  a  plain  white  and  a  plain  coloured  circle.  (lUitstrutiotis 
■27,  1'9,  ;}0.) 

T.    "  B.UIBADOS    REGISTKATIOX    FEE."       B.    "  ONE    PENNY."      "FOUR   PENCE." 

Id.,  rose  oj  x3i  inches  (133  x83  mm.  ) 

4d.,  olive-grey  ij^x 3^      „      (133x83     „     ) 
4d.,        „  10x7        „      (i>.-,3xl78    „     ) 

4d.,         „         llixO        „      (292x153    „     ) 

Yaneiij.  With  a  small  circle  printed  in  black,  on  the  face,  in  the  left  lower 
corner. 

4d.  olive-grey    5^  xSJ  inches  (133x83  mm.) 

Eemarks. — The  sizes  are  those  kno-^vn  in  the  British  post  ofHces  as  P,  I,  and  K, 
respectively.  A  fourth  size  of  the  four  pence  (200x127  mm.)  is  catalogued  by  M. 
Jloens,  but  is  unknown  to  the  Society.  On  referring  to  the  notice  of  the  issue  in  Mr. 
E.  D.  Bacon's  paper,  it  ^vill  be  seen  that  only  the  three  sizes  given  in  the  above  list 
were  obtainable.  There  are  some  varieties  in  the  manufacturers'  inscriptions,  in  small 
block  letters,  to  be  found  at  the  upper  margin  under  the  flaps  of  these  envelopes, 
which  are  perhaps  worthy  of  note.  Of  the  copies  examined,  the  one  penny  envelope 
and  the  two  large  sizes  of  the  four  pence,  are  inscribed,  in  hlacJc — 

"  McCoEClUODALB    &    Co.,  PaTENT    REGISTERED 

Limited.  Envelope." 

The  four  pence,  small  size,  is  inscribed  in  lihie — 

"  ilcCoEaUODALE    &    Co.  C'oKTRACTOBS," 

Limited. 

Issue  II.   May  5tli,  1883. 

2'h'o  values.  The  same  as  in  Issue  I.,  but  with  the  envelopes  differently  con- 
structed; the  flap  is  now  on  the  right,  and  the  large  letter  "  11  "  in  the  left  upper 
corner  is  enclosed  in  an  upright  oval  frame.  The  insci'iptious,  &c.,  are  in  /iliw,  as 
before,     (llhistraiiotis  28,  29,  yo.) 

Id.,  rose,  5|^x3J  niches  (133x83  mm.) 

4d.,  olive-grey,  o|^x3i     „        (133x83     „    ) 

4d.,        „      "8x5        „        (202x127  „    ) 

lieiiiarls. — The  larger  size  of  the  four  pence  is  catalogued  by  51.  Moens  wiilwul 
the  word  "  To."  The  inscription  under  the  flaps  of  these  envelopes  is  the  first 
described  in  the  previous  note,  printed  in  blve  on  the  one  penny,  and  four  pence  (Size 
F),  and  in  hhtck  on  the  four  pence  size  8x5  inches,  (Size  H.) 

Issue  III.    January  1st,  1885-1889. 

One  ruJue.  The  envelopes  are  similar  to  those  of  Issue  II.,  but  the  inscrijitions, 
&c.,  are  in  red.  A  fresh  size  was  introduced  later  in  the  year,  G,  6x3|  inches 
(152x96  mm.)  The  design  of  the  stamp  resembles  that  of  the  one  penny,  but  it  has 
a  plain  white  outer  circle,  with  a  number  of  small  coloured  scallops  beyond  it,  each 
containing  a  white  dot.     {Illustrations  28,  31.) 


BARBADOS.  23 

T.      "  BARBADOS   REGISTRATION  FEB."      B.      "  TWO    PENCE." 

A.— The  inscription  under  the  flap  printed  in  red,  is  — 

"  McOoBQUODALE  &  Co.  CONTRACTORS," 

Limited. 

(January  1st,  I880,)        2d.,  ultramarine,  size  F. 
(        „        „  )        2d.,       „  „        H. 

(      „      ,1        )     2d.,     „  „       r. 

(November  28th,  188-5,)  2d.,       „  „         G. 

B.  — Ths  in33ription  under  the  flap  also  in  rfl,  is  - 
"  Tho.^.  De  la  Rue  &  Co.  Patent," 

(1889)  2d.,  ultramarine,  size  F, 

iZemaj'.ts.— Size  K  is  chronicled  b}-  il.  Moens,  but  the  Society  does  not  believe 
in  the  existence  of  this  envelope. 

WRAPPERS. 

Issue  I.    October  2nd,  1882. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  buif  wove 
paper,  12x5  inches  (305x127  mm.)  gummed  and  tapered  at  the  upper  end;  the 
stamp  is  typographed  near  the  right-hand  side,  and  about  two-and-a-half  inches  from 
the  top  ;  across  the  wrapper,  a  little  above  the  stamp,  is  an  instruction  in  five  lines, 
as  on  the  wrappers  of  Great  Britain  issued  in  Ifovember,  1875.  The  stamp  and  the 
instruction  are  printed  in  the  same  colour.  Designs.  For  the  halfpenny  value :  Dia- 
demed profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on  a  soKd  ground  of  colour  ;  surrounding 
this  is  a  plain  circular  band  bearing  inscriptions  in  coloured  block  capitals,  and  the 
design  is  completed  by  a  single-lined  rectangular  frame,  which  touches  the  circular 
band  at  top  and  bottom  and  cuts  off  a  portion  of  it  at  each  side  ;  there  is  a  trefoil 
ornament  in  each  spandrel.  For  the  one  penny,  the  same  profile,  but  the  solid  disc 
has  a  fancy  border  of  festoons  ;  the  surrounding  band  is  larger,  and  the  inscriptions 
in  larger  letters  ;  there  is  a  double-lined  frame,  formed  at  top  and  bottom  by  the  out- 
line of  the  circular  band,  while  the  sides  are  straight  and  touch  the  festooned  border 
of  the  central  disc.     {Illustrations  32,  33.) 

T.    "  BAUBADOS."'       B.    "  HALFPENNY.'"      "  ONE    PENNY." 

|d.,  red-brown. 
Id.,  carmine. 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.    September  1st,  1881. 

One  valve.  Designed  and  printed  in  the  Colony  as  a  provisional  issue,  upon  stout 
white  card.  Size,  12-1x89  mm.,  or  ^i^x'^h  inches,  varying  somewhat  in  dimensions. 
The  inscription  is  in  three  lines  at  the  upper  part  of  the  card:  1.  union  postale 
UNIVBESELLE  in  Small,  thick  Roman  capitals;  2,  BARBADOS — (baebade)  the  first  word 
in  large,  the  second  in  smaller  Roman  capitals ;  3,  the  address  only  to  be  written 
ON  THIS  SIDE,  in  small  Roman  capitals,  with  period  at  end,  and  vAfh  a  plain  straight 
line  directly  underneath,  broken  under  the  t  of  to.  The  card  has  no  frame.  (lUvs- 
tration  34.) 

Without  expressed  value  (l|^d.).  Black  impression,  franked  with  Id.  light  blue, 
and  ^d.  light  green,  adhesives,  "  Britannia"  type. 


•24  BARBADOS. 

Issue  II.    November  28th,  1881. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  l}y  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  medium 
liglit  ))uft'  card.  Size,  140x89  mm.,  or  SJ^xSi  inches.  The  design  is  simihir  to  that 
of  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  of  the  inscription  is 
altered  to  bakbados  (baebade)  and  the  name  of  the  Colony-  at  the  top  of  the  stamp  is 
changed.     {lUiistrntion  8.5. ) 

Ijd.,  light  bro^^^l  (shades). 


Issue  III.   December  8th,  1881. 

One  mine.  Designed  and  printed  in  the  Colony'  as  a  provisional  issue,  upon 
stout  white  card.  Size  114x78  mm.,  or  4.^x;jj-L  inches.  The  design  of  the  card  is 
the  same  as  that  of  Issue  I.,  but  the  straight  line  underneath,  the  address  oifLY,&c., 
is  much  thicker,  and  the  punctuation  after  the  words  is  different.  This  card  was  only 
avaihvble  for  the  following  places: — St.  Tincent,  Grenada.  Trinidad,  Tobago,  St.  Lucia, 
Dominica,  Martinique,  and  Guadeloupe.     (Illnstrations  .'56,  37,  38.) 

Vm-iefi/  A.  Comma  after  tjnivebselle,  period  after  Barbados,  (barbade.)  no 
))eriod  after  side 

Without  expressed  value  (Id.)  Black  impression,  franked  with  a  Id.,  light  blue, 
adhesive,  "  Britannia"  tj'pe. 

Variety  B.  Period  after  tjnivbeselle.  barbade.  and  side,  none  after  Barbados 
[barbade.]  is  enclosed  between  parenthesis  with  square,  instead  of  curved  ends. 

Without  expressed  value  (Id.)  Black  impression,  franked  with  a  Id.,  light  blue, 
adhesive,  "Britannia"  type. 

Varietij  C.  Period  after  universelle.  and  Barbados,  none  after  barbade  or  side 
(barbade)  between  curved  parenthesis.  The  W  of  Written  and  S  of  Side  are  larger 
than  the  other  letters  of  these  words,  and  correspond  in  height  to  the  T  of  The  and 
the  A  of  Address. 

Without  expressed  value  (Id.)  Black  impression,  franked  with  a  Id.,  rose, 
adhesive,  type  with  Queen's  head. 


Issue  IV.    October  6th,  1882. 

Two  values.  Designed  aud  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  thick 
white  card.  The  halfpenny  measures  121x74mm.,  or  4ix2f\f  inches;  and  the 
one  penny  140  x89  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  inscription  on  the  halfpenny  is 
in  three  lines  at  the  upper  part  of  the  card:  1,  post  card,  in  large  fancy  capitals, 
with  the  arms  and  supporters  of  Great  Britain  between  the  two  words ;  2, 
BARBADOS,  iu  Romati  capitals  ;  3,  the  address  only  to  be  written  on  this  side  in 
small  block  letters.  The  stamp  is  in  the  right  upper  corner.  Design  :  Diademed 
head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  upon  ground  of  solid  colour  enclosed  within  a 
plain  broad  band  inscribed  Barbados  above,  halfpenny  below,  in  coloured  block  letters. 
Conventional  ornaments  in  the  four  corners  and  a  plain  outer  line  of  colour,  which 
impinges  upon  the  inscribed  band  at  either  side,  completes  the  stamp.  The 
inscription  on  the  one  penny  is  the  same  as  that  on  the  card  of  Issue  II.  The  stamp 
is  placed  in  the  right  upper  corner.  Design  :  The  same  head  of  Her  Majesty  as  on  the 
halfpenny  value,  but  enclosed  within  a   festooned  circle,      Following  the  curve  of 


BARBADOS.  25 

the  circle  is  baebados  above,  and  one  penny  below,  in  large  coloured  block  letters. 
Two  plain  outer  lines,  straight  at  the  sides,  and  curved  at  the  top  and  bottom 
complete  the  stamp.     (Illustrations  39,  40.) 

jd.,  light  brown  (shades). 

Id.,  carmine        (     u      ) 

Issue  V.    September  (?),  1886. 

One  value.     The  card  of  Issue  II.  changed  in  colour,  and  printed  upon  stout 
yellowish  card.     Size,  139x88  mm.,  or  5|X3|  inches.     (Illustration  35.) 

l^d.,  mauve  (slight  shades). 


REPLY  PAID  CARD. 

Issue  I.   June  1st,  1883. 

One  value.  Precisely  similar  to  the  single  card  of  Issue  V.,  but  printed  upon  a 
paler  card,  and  each  half  has  the  usual  additional  inscription  like  the  reply  cards  of 
Antigua.  The  cards  are  Joined  along  the  top,  perforated  4,  and  the  design  is 
impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.     (Illustration  35.) 

IJd.+l^d.,  mauve  (slight  shades). 


BEKMUDA. 


PRELIMINARY     NOTES. 

By  El)  WAIW  B.  EVAKS. 

Tiiii  t'ollo.viiig  notes  are  founded  upon  Official  Ueoords,  wliicli  I  had  an  opportunity 
of  oximiuiiig  while  in  Bsrmuda.  The  accounts  in  the  Receiver  General's  office  show 
that  the  oxe  pennst,  six  pence,  and  one  shilling  stamps  were  first  supplied  to  the 
Colonial  Postmaster  on  the  l^Jth  September,  1865 ;  they  were  probably  issued  to  the 
public  on  the  same  date,  but  I  was  unable  to  obtain  any  official  notice  of  their  issue. 
The  TWO  PENCE  passed  into  the  Postmaster's  hands  just  six  months  later,  on  the  1-ith 
March,  1S66. 

In  1873  the  three  pence  was  issued  for  payment  of  the  single  rate  of  postage 
between  Bermuda  and  British  North  America ;  a  supply  of  9,800  of  this  value 
reached  the  Colony  on  the  10th  March  of  that  year.  This  supply  seems  to  have  been 
exhausted  by  the  following  February,  and  a  temporary  substitute  of  some  kind 
became  necessary.  I  could  find  no  official  correspondence  iipon  the  subject,  but,  as 
all  the  Government  Offices  are  close  together,  it  is  quite  possible  that  the  Colonial 
Postmaster  may  have  applied  personally  to  the  Council,  who  authorised  the  conversion 
of  one  shilling  stamps  into  threepenny,  as  shown  by  the  following  extract  from  the 
Minutes  of  their  proceedings  :  — 

"  1874,  21st  February.  The  Council  approve  of  the  issue  of  a  portion  of 
the  redundant  One  shillint/  postage  stamps  in  store  as  Threepenny  stamps, 
mth  a  distinct  crossing  of  '  three '  or  '  3d.'  if  possible  of  a  different  coloured 
ink." 

The  lleceiver  General's  books  show  4,500  One  SJdlUnr/  stamps  converted  to 
Threej}ence,  March  12,  187-1 ;  the  same  number  on  the  20th  of  the  month  ;  and  the 
same  again  on  the  9th  May,  1874.  These  numbers  seem  to  indicate  that  the  one 
shilling  stamps  were  sent  out  in  quarter  sheets  of  6(.),  not  in  entire  sheets  of  240.  Of 
the  stamps  thus  converted  4,000  are  shown  as  issued  to  the  Postmaster  on  the  12th 
March,  2,400  on  the  31st  March,  and  2,400  on  the  19th  May,  1874.  A  second  supply 
of  threepenny  stamps  was  received  from  England  on  the  2nd  July  of  the  same  year, 
80  that  no  further  overprinting  was  necessary.  I  found  no  special  record  of  the 
actual  printing  of  the  surcharge,  and  I  could  obtain  no  information  from  the 
Government  Printers,  who  probably  did  the  work,  though  there  was  a  tradition  that 
some  work  of  this  kind  was  done  by  the  Royal  Engineers,  who  had  a  small  press  in 
their  office  ;  there  was  no  means,  however,  of  verifying  this.     There  was,  of  course,  no 


BERMUDA.  2, 

notice  taken  in  the  official  books  of  the  fact  that  there  are  two  varieties  of  type  of  the 
surcharge,  and  there  was  no  record  whatever  of  any  other  values  besides  the  one 
shilling  having  been  converted  to  three  pence,  at  this  or  at  any  other  period.  We  get 
no  information,  therefore,  from  official  sources  as  to  which  variety  of  the  surcharge  was 
issued  first,  but  I  think  the  following  extract  from  The  American  Journal  of  Philately 
for  May  20,  1874,  tends  to  prove  that  it  was  the  one  in  fancy  italics,  unless  both 
came  out  together  : — 

"Bermuda. — The  latest  thing  from  this  colony,  the  notice  of  which 
was  inadvertently  left  out  of  ovir  last  number "  (April  20,  1874),  "  is   the 
shilling  green,  with  surcharge  Xin  black)  THREE  PENCE  in  line-shaded 
italic  capitals,  running  diagonally  across  the  stamp." 
Specimens  of  the  One  Penny  and  of  the   Two  Pence  are  known  with  the  same 
surcharge  in  both  the  varieties  of  type  and  of  these  some  copies  are  apparently  used, 
or  at  all  events  obliterated;  it  is,  of  course,  very  easy  to  imitate  an  overprint  of  this 
kind,  but  there  is  no  doubt  that  specimens  exist  with  a  perfectly  genuine  surcharge ; 
still  in  the  absence  of  all  official  record  of  their  issue,  and  in  view  of  the  statement 
which  foUows,  I  am  inclined  to  consider  them  proofs,  or  essays  onlj-. 

A  few  years  ago  about  half  of  a  quarter-sheet  of  one  penny  stamps,  bearing  the 
surcharge  in  italic  capitals,  was  found  in  the  Receiver-General's  office,  and  was  given 
by  him  to  a  collector  in  Bermuda.  The  Receiver-General  was  of  opinion  that  these 
stamps  had  been  purchased  by  his  predecessor,  during  whose  period  of  office  the 
surcharges  were  printed,  and  left  inadvertently  in  the  drawer  in  which  they  were 
found  ;  but  it  appears  to  me  that  the  fact  of  these  specimens  being  found  where  they 
were  is  rather  a  proof  that  they  formed  a  portion  of  a  trial  sheet,  struck  to  show  the 
appearance  of  the  surcharge  ;  in  like  manner  the  other  type  of  the  surcharge  may 
have  been  tried  on  the  one  penny,  and  both  types  on  the  two  pence  also.  These 
varieties  were  first  chronicled  in  1875,  or  some  twelve  months  after  the  three  pence 
on  one  shilling  was  brought  into  use. 

The  provisional  "  One  Penny  "  stamps  were  made  in  this  latter  year,  1875,  and 
it  was  noted  at  the  time  in  Philatelic  magazines  as  a  curious  circumstance  that  the 
one  penny  on  three  pence,  and  the  three  pence  on  one  penny  should  have  appeared  at 
the  same  time.  The  accounts  show  that  14,400  One  Shilling  stamps  were  converted 
to  One  Penny  on  the  11th  ilarch,  1875;  6,720  of  the  same  value,  and  4,800  Two 
Pence  similarly  treated  on  the  31st  of  the  same  month ;  and  2,380  One  Shilling  on 
the  16th  April,  1875;  also  that  fifty  sheets  (12,000)  Tliree  Pence  stamps  were 
converted  to  one  penny  about  the  same  time,  though  the  exact  date  of  this  is  not 
given. 

The  subsequent  issues  appear  to  call  for  no  special  remark. 


REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 
Issue  I.    September  13th,  1865. 

Four  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of 
London,  upon  medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.  White 
gum,  machine  perforated  14.  Designs,  One  penny:  Diademed  profile  of  Queen 
Victoria  to  left  on  ground  of  horizontal  lines  enclosed  within  a  circle.  Straight 
coloured  labels  above  and  below,  contain  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  value  respec- 
tively in  white  block  letters.    The  spandrels  are  fiUed  in  with  arabesques  and  a  single 


28  BERMUDA. 

outer  line  of  colour  completes  the  design.  Two  pence,  similar  to  the  design  of  the 
One  Penny,  but  the  lower  label  containing  the  value  is  curved  instead  of  being  straight. 
The  label  is  white  and  is  inscribed  in  coloured  block  letters.  The  arabesques  in  the 
spandrels  are  also  of  a  different  pattern.  Six  pexce,.  similar  in  design  to  the  One 
Penny,  except  that  the  labels  above  and  below  the  Queen's  head  are  curved,  with 
arabesques  at  either  side  of  the  two  inscriptions.  The  arabesques  in  the  spandrels 
also  differ  from  those  on  the  other  values.  One  shilling,  similar  in  design  to  the 
One  Pennj',  but  with  curved  label  above,  like  the  Six  Pence.  The  arabesques  in  the 
spandrels  differ  in  pattern  to  those  on  the  other  values.  Shape,  upright  rectangular. 
(I Ihist rations  42,  43,  44,  45.) 

T.    "  BEaXUDA."      B.    "  ONE    PBNNr."      "  TWO    PENCE."      "  SIX    PENCE."      "  ONE   SHILLING." 

Id.,  deep  to  pale  rose-red  (shades). 
(March  14th,  1866,)  2d.,  blue  (shades). 

6d.,  dark  to  pale  lilac  (shades). 
Is.,  green  (shades). 
Variettj.     Imperforate. 

Id.,  rose-red. 

Issue  II,   March  10th,  1873. 

One  value.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon 
medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.  White  gum,  machine 
perforated.  Design  :  The  design  is  similar  to  the  One  Penny  of  Issue  I.,  but  the 
circle  enclosing  the  Queen's  head  is  surrounded  by  an  octagonal  frame.  Straight 
white  labels  above  and  below  the  octagon  are  inscribed  in  coloured  Roman  capitals, 
the  upper  one  having  a  star-like  ornament  at  either  end.  Arabesques  in  the  four 
corners  and  an  outer  line  of  colour  complete  the  design.  Shape,  upright  rectangular. 
(Illustration  46.) 

T.    "  BERMUDA.'"      B.    "  THREE  PENCE." 

K.— Perforated  14. 

3d.,  yellow-ochre,  buft'  (sliades). 

B.  —Perforated  14  horizontally,  12^  vertically. 

.3d.,  buff. 

Issue  III.    March  12th,  1874. 

One  value.  In  consequence  of  a  dearth  of  thi-eepenny  stamps,  provisional  ones 
of  this  value  were  formed  in  the  Colony  by  surcharging  the  One  Penny,  Two  Pence 
and  One  Shilling  of  Issue  I.,  with  the  words  Three  Pence  in  various  types. 

A. — Surcharged  obliquely  (from  the  left  bottom  to  the  right  top  corner),  with 
the  words  THREE  PENCE  in  fancy  italic  capitals,  1^  mm.  in  height,  23  mm.  in 
length.      {Illustration  47.) 

3d.,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  rose-red  (shades). 

3d.,     „  „  „   2d.  blue        (     ,,       ) 

3d.,     „  „  „   Is.  green       (     „       ) 

Variety.  With  plain  instead  of  fancy  letter  P  to  the  surcharged  word  Pence. 
(Illustration  48.^ 

3d.,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  rose-red. 
3d.,      „  „  „   2d.  blue. 

3d.,      „  „  „   Is.  green. 


BERMUBA.  29 

B. — Surcliarged  obliquely  (from  the  left  bottom  to  the  right  top  corner),  with 
the  words  three  pence  in  Eoman  capitals  2  mm.  in  height  and  24  mm.  in  length. 
(Ilhistration  49.) 

(May  19th,  1874,)  3d.,  black  surcharge,   on  Id.  rose-red  (?) 
(        „  „     )3d.,      „  „  „  2d.blue(?) 

(         „  „     )  3d.,       „  „  „  Is.  green. 

Remarlcs. — The  surcharges  on  these  stamps  have  been  extensively  forged,  and  it 
is  most  difficult  to  discriminate  the  good  from  the  bad.  There  is  some  doubt  whether 
the  one  penny  and  two  pence,  with  surcharge  type  A,  were  ever  issued  for  use :  and 
it  is  still  more  doubtful  whether  these  two  values  were  over-printed  with  surcharge 
type  B.  All  the  copies  of  the  two  latter  stamps  examined  \)y  the  Society  have  the 
surcharge  differing  from  that  found  on  the  one  shilling  value. 


Issue  IV.    March  and  April,  1875. 

One  value.  The  supply  of  one  penny  labels  being  exhausted,  provisional  stamps 
of  this  value  were  formed  in  the  Colony  by  surcharging  the  two  pence,  three  pence, 
and  one  shilling  of  Issues  I.  and  II.  The  surcharge  consists  of  the  words  "  One 
Penny  "  in  two  lines,  in  the  centre  of  the  stamp,  in  ordinary  lower  case  Eoman 
type,  each  word  having  a  capital  initial  letter.  The  words  measure  6^  and  10  mm.  in 
length  respectively.     (Ilhistration  50.) 

(March  11th,  1875,)  Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  2d.  blue. 

(April,  187.5,  )  Id.,      „  „  „    3d.  buff. 

(    „        „  )  Id.,      „  „  „    Is.  green. 

Varieties,     a.  AH  three  values  are  found  without  period  after  the  word  "  Penny." 
b.  Surcharge  inverted. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  Is.  green. 

Issue  V.   March  25th,  1880. 

Two  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  on 
medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.  C.  White  gum,  machine 
perforated  14.  Designs,  halfpenny  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left 
on  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enframed  by  an  oval  band  of  solid  colour,  which  touches 
the  four  sides  of  the  stamp.  The  band  is  inscribed  ■with  the  name  of  the  Colony 
above,  and  the  value  in  words  below,  in  white  block  letters,  the  two  inscriptions 
being  separated  at  either  side  by  a  key  pattern  ornament.  SmaU  square  blocks 
in  the  four  corners  contain  a  white  cross  on  ground  of  solid  colour  surrounded 
by  a  white  line.  A  fancy  border,  and  a  plain  outer  line  of  colour  complete 
the  design.  Eotte  pence,  same  head  of  Her  Majesty  as  on  the  halfpenny 
value,  but  enclosed  within  a  beaded  circle.  Curved  labels  of  solid  colour  above 
and  below,  following  the  shape  of  the  circle,  the  upper  inscribed  with  the  name 
of  the  Colony,  and  the  lower  with  the  value  in  words,  in  white  block  letters.  The 
corners  contain  conventional  ornaments,  and  a  single  outer  line  of  colour  rounded  at 
the  four  corners  completes  the  design.  Shape,  upright  rectangular.  (Illustrations 
51,  52.) 

T,  "beemuda."     b.  "  halfpennt,"     "pottr  pence." 

gd.,  stone-brown  (shades), 

4d.,  orange  (      „     ) 


•■5"  BERMUDA. 

Issue  VI.    1884. 

Two  values.  Engraved  ami  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon 
medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  White  gum,  machine  per- 
forated 14.  Designs :  That  of  the  one  penny  is  the  same  as  Issue  I.  The  two 
PENCE  HALPPENNT  has  the  Same  head  of  Her  ilajesty,  but  enclosed  within  a  smaller 
circle.  Labels  of  solid  colour  above  and  below,  shaped  so  as  to  form,  with  the  sides  of 
the  stamp,  an  hexagonal  frame  to  the  circle.  The  upper  label  is  inscribed  with  the 
name  of  the  Colony,  and  the  lower  with  the  value  in  words,  all  in  white  block  letters. 
Conventional  ornaments  in  the  four  corners,  and  two  plain  outer  lines  of  colour  com- 
plete the  design.     8hape,  upright  rectangular.     (Illustrations  42,  53.) 

I.    "  BERMUDA. "       B.    "  ONE    PENNY."       "  TWO    PENCE    HALFPENNY." 

(May  (?)  1884,)  Id.,  rose-red. 

(November  10th,  1884.)  :>jd.,  ultramarine. 

Issue  VII.    1886. 

Three  rallies.  Printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  medium  white  wove 
paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  White  gum,  machine  perforated  14.  The  designs 
are  the  same  as  those  of  the  corresponding  values  of  Issues  I.  and  IT.     { Illustrations 

42,  43,  46.) 

(December,  1886,)  Id.,  carmine. 
(  ,1  „    )  2d.,  blue. 

(January.         „    )  3d.,  grey. 


POSTCARDS, 

Issue  I.    September,  1880. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  in  the  Colony,  as  a  provisional  issue,  bv  Mi\ 
Donald  M'Phee  Lee,  the  Government  printer,  and  publisher  of  The  Bermvda  lioi/al 
Gazette,  at  Hamilton.  The  impression  is  in  carmine,  on  stout  light  blue  card  for  the 
halfpenny,  and  on  stout  light  buff  card  for  the  three  halfpenny.  Size  139x88  mm., 
or  5|x3|  inches.  The  design  is  evidently  copied  from  the  first  issue  card  of  British 
Guiana,  and  is  the  same  for  both  values.  At  the  top  in  a  straight  line  is  universal 
POSTAL  UNION,  in  Small  block  letters.  Beneath  this  is  a  transverse  oval  band,  inscribed 
BERMUDA  in  the  upper,  and  post  orriCE  in  the  lower  curves,  in  thick  block  letters,  with 
a  Maltese  cross  at  either  side  separating  the  two  inscriptions.  The  centre  of  the  oval 
contains  a  royal  crown.  At  the  left  of  the  oval  is  BERMUDA,  and  at  the  right  in 
two  lines,  LES  ISLES— BERMUDES,  in  taU  Roman  capitals.  Beneath  the  oval  is 
Post  Card,  in  early  English  tvpe,  with  a  capital  initial  letter  for  each  word.  Below 
this,  in  a  straight  line,  is,  Onli/  the  address  to  he  written  on  this  side,  in  italics,  with 
a  thick  straight  line  underneath,  extending  quite  across  the  card.  The  halfpenny 
has  a  plain  single-lined  upright  rectangle  in  the  right  upper  corner  for  the  stamp, 
inscribed  half — penny,  in  two  lines  in  small  block  letters.  The  three  halfpenny  has 
two  rectangles  for  stamps  joined  together.  The  left  inscribed  half — penny,  and  the 
right  ONE — penny,  both  in  two  lines,  in  small  block  letters.     (Ilhistraiions  41,  54.) 


BERMUDA.  31 

A.  The  word  "Bbemtjdes"  measures  25mm. 

|d.,  carmiwe  impression  on  light  bkie  card  (shades)  franked  by  a  ^d.  adhesive  (Issue, 

March  2oth,  1880). 
l^d.,  carmine  impression  on  light  buff  card  (shades)  franked  by  a  Id.  adhesive  (Issue, 

September  13th,  1865)  and  a  ^d.  adhesive  (Issue,  March  2-jth,  1880). 

B.  Same  as  variety  A.,  but  the  letter  P  of  Post  Card  is  partly  over  the  space 
between  the  words  Only  the,  instead  of  being  dii-eotly  above  the  word  the. 

l^d.,  carmine   impression  on  light  buff  card  (shades)  franked  with    Id.  and  ^d. 
adhesives  as  above, 

C.  Same  as  variety  B.,  but  the  word  "  Bkksitjdes  ''  measures  23mm. 

Ijd.,  rose  impression  on  light  buff  card  (shades),  franked  with  Id.  and  ^d.  adhesives 
as  above. 

Issue  II.    February  25th,  1885. 

One  value.  Variety  C,  of  the  three  halfpenny  card  of  Issue  I.,  used  as  a 
provisional  haKpenny,  with  a  stamp  in  the  right  hand  rectangle ;  the  left  hand 
rectangle  being  vacant  and  showing  the  inscription  ha.lf — pennt.     (Illustration  41.) 

jd.,  rose  impression  on  light  buff  card  (shades)  franked  by  a  ^d.  adhesive  (Issue, 
March  25th,  1880). 

Issue  III.   March  25th,  1885-1886. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size,  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  inscription  on  the  half- 
penny is  in  three  straight  lines  :  1,  post  caed  in  fancy  capitals,  the  two  words 
being  separated  by  the  arms  and  supporters  of  Great  Britain ;  2,  BERMUDA  in 
Eomau  capitals  ;  3,  the  address  only  to  be  wkitibn  oit  this  side  in  small  block 
letters.  The  inscription  on  the  three  halfpenny,  and  the  stamps  on  both  values  are 
the  same  as  the  second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  except  for  the  modificatiou  of  the 
name  of  the  Colonj^  and  the  change  of  value  at  the  bottom  of  the  stamp  on  the  half- 
penny.    (Illustration  55.) 

jd.,  blue  (shades). 

(1886)  l^d.,  carmine  (     „      ) 


BRITISH   GUIANA. 


PRELIMINARY    NOTES. 

By  E.   D.   BACON. 

Some  New   Facts   connected  with  the  History   or   the   Postage   Stamps   of  this 

Colony. 

(A  Paper  read  before  the  PhilateHc  Soeiettj,  London,  Ma;/  3rd,  1889,  and  reprinted 
from  "  Tlie  Philatelic  llecord  ''  of  May  and  June,  1889,  with  suiulri/  alteratioiu  aiul 

maw/  additions.) 

The  particulars  concerning  the  history  of  these  stamps  given  in  tlie  following 
paper  consist  mainly  of  Post  OiRce  notices  extracted  from  The  lioi/al  Gazette 
of  Bi-itish  Gtnana,  the  title  of  which,  after  May  10th,  1851,  was  changed  to  T/ie 
Official  Gazette  of  British  Guiana,  to  distinguish  it  from  the  newspaper  which  bore 
the  same  name.  I  have  been  fortunate  enough  to  come  across  a  file  of  The  Gazette, 
which,  although  not  by  any  means  a  complete  one,  yet  enables  me  to  give  some 
particulars  that  I  hope  may  prove  interesting.  For  other  information  I  am  indebted 
to  Mr.  E.  C.  Luard,  a  gentleman  residing  in  the  colony,  with  whom  I  have  been  in 
communication.  Mr.  Luard,  until  recently,  possessed  a  fine  collection  of  all  the  early 
stamps,  and  has  taken  a  great  deal  of  trouble  to  hunt  up  the  history  of  their 
production  with  the  view  of  clearing  up  the  various  points  that  stiU  require  elucidation. 
I  also  desire  to  acknowledge  the  valuable  assistance  I  have  received  from  Mr.  J.  B. 
Rapkin,  the  gentleman  at  the  head  of  the  engraving  department  of  Messrs.  Waterlow 
and  Sons,  Limited,  who  has  been  kind  enough  to  give  me  fuU  details  as  regards  the 
printing  of  the  stamps  manufactured  by  his  firm. 

Issue  I.    July  1st,  1850. 
The  following  notice  appeared  in  The  Boyal  Gazette  of  Saturday,- June  15th,  1850 : 

NOTICE. 

"  The  public  is  informed,  that  on  and  after  the  1st  proximo,  Daily  Mails 
(Sundays  excepted)  will  be  made  up  at  the  Post  Office,  Georgetown,  at 
3  p.m.  for  the  following  places,  to  be  forwarded  by  the  4  o'clock  train  : — 


Natne  of  Place. 

Receiving  Office. 

Rate  of  Postage. 

Plaisance 

Beterverwagting 

Buxton 

Mr.  J.  F.  Cuming's 
Mrs.  Van  Grovenstein's 
Mr.  J.  T.  Glover's 

4  Cents  per  oz. 

BRITISH    GUIANA. 


33 


"  Return  Mails  will  be  made  up  daily  at  the  above  places,  at  half-past 
8  o'clock  a.m.,  to  be  forwarded  by  the  9  o'clock  train. 

'•  At  10  o'clock  a.m.  every  week-day  there  wiU  be  a  dehvery  of  Letters 
from  the  Post  Office  for  aU  persons  residing  or  having  offices  in  Water 
Street  or  Main  Street. 


"  Every  Tuesday  and  Friday,  at  3  p.m.,  additional  Mails  will  be  made 
up  for: — 


Name  of  Place. 

Receiving  Office. 

Rate  of  Postage. 

Victoria 

Mr.  E.  Glover's 

4  Cents  per  oz. 

Mahaica 

Mr.  J.  Smelhe's 

De  Kinderen 

Police  Station 

8      „ 

Mahaicony 
Belladrum 

Ditto 
Ditto 

■ 

Fort  Wellington. 

Ferry 

New-Amsterdam 

Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 

12       »          V 

"  Return  Mails  will  be  made  up  in  New-Amsterdam  every  Monday  and 
Thursday  at  noon,  to  arrive  in  Georgetown  by  the  9  o'clock  train,  in  time 
for  the  town  dehvery. 

"  On  Tuesdays  and  Fridays,  at  4  p.m.,  Mails  will  be  made  up  for :  — 


Name  of  Place. 

Receiving   Office. 

Rate  of  Postage. 

*Pln.  Hague 

Police  Station 

4  Cents  per  oz. 

Boeraserie 

Messrs.  J.  &  C.  Harrison's 

Vergenoegen 

Pohce  Station 

Leguan 

Ditto 

8     » 

Wakenaam 

Ditto 

Spring  Garden 

Ditto 

13     „ 

Zorg 

Mr.  Tilbury's 

William's  Town 

Police  Station 

Henrietta 

Ditto 

*  PlaQtation. 

"  The  Return  Mail  for  Georgetown  and  the  intermediate  i^laces  wUl 
leave  Henrietta  every  Monday  and  Thursday  at  8  a.m. 

"  Newspapers  will  be  forwarded  free  of  charge. 

"  Prepayment  of  Letters  will  be  necessary  in  all  cases,  to  facilitate 
which,  Postage  Stamps  of  the  respective  values  of  4,  8,  and  12  Cents  are 
being  printed,  and  will  be  ready  for  Sale  on  or  before  the  24th  instant,  at 
the  Post  Offices  in  Georgetown  and  New  Amsterdam,  and  at  the  different 
Receiving  Offices.  (Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  d.p.m.g. 

"  Post  Office,  Gborgetown,  15th  Jwie,  1850." 
The  Boyal  Gazette,  July  17th,  1850,  contains  this  supplementary  notice  :  - 

NOTICE. 
"  On  and  after  Friday,  the  19th  instant,  the  Mails  for  Bssequibo  wiU  be 
made  up  at  2  o'clock  p.m.,  instead  of  4  p.m.  as  at  present.      An  Extra  Bag 
win  also  be  made  up  for  Pin.  Edinburgh,  West  Coast.     Receiving  Officer, 
Mr.  J.  Wilhams.      Postage,  4  cents  per  ounce. 

"  (Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Damon. 

"  Post  Office,  16^/i  July,  1850." 


34  BRITISH   GUIANA. 

From  tlie  above  notices  we  learn,  first,  the  date  of  issue  to  be  Jiily  1st,  1850  ; 
and,  secondly,  the  rates  of  postage  paid  by  the  three  stamps  of  four,  eight,  and 
twelve  cents.  No  mention  is  made  of  a  two  cents  stamp,  nor  of  any  postal  rate  of 
that  value.  In  my  former  paper  I  was  unable  to  give  any  official  information 
touching  the  history  of  this  value,  but  I  am  pleased  to  say  I  am  now  (April,  1S91)  in 
a  position  to  furnish  full  particulars  concerning  its  use.  I  can,  therefore,  replace  the 
suggestions  I  put  forward  in  my  previous  paper  to  account  for  its  existence  by  facts 
which  have  come  to  my  knowledge  in  the  following  manner  : — Some  short  time  since  I 
wrote  again  to  Mr.  Luard  teUing  him  the  West  Indian  catalogue  was  almost  ready 
for  publication,  and  I  asked  him  if  he  had  any  fresh  information  upon  the  stamps  of 
British  Guiana  he  could  send  me.  He  replied  that  a  paper  entitled  The  Post  Office  in 
British  Quiana  before  1860,  by  Mr.  James  Eodway,  F.L.S.,  had  recently  appeared  in 
the  December  number  of  Timehri,  the  journal  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  and  Com- 
mercial Society  of  liritish  Guiana,  and  he  kindly  sent  me  a  copy  of  the  number 
referred  to.  The  Paper  by  Mr.  Eodway  is  replete  with  information  of  the  most 
interesting  description,  but  by  far  the  most  important  paragraph  as  regards  Philate- 
lists is  that  which  speaks  of  the  "  circular  "  two  cents  stamp.  Mr.  Ilodway  states 
that  "  this  stamp  appears  to  have  been  issued  in  accordance  with  a  notice  dated 
February  22nd,  1851."  I  have  consulted  The  Royal  Gazette  for  this  date,  and  I  am 
now  able  to  give  an  exact  copy  of  the  notice  Mr.  Eodway  draws  attention  to.  1 
must  have  overlooked  this  notice  when  I  searched  The  Gazette  some  two  years  ago. 

NOTICE. 

"  By  order  of  His  Excellency  the  Governor,  and  upon  the  request  of 
several  of  the  merchants  of  Georgetoivn,  it  is  proposed  to  establish  a 
deUvery  of  Letters  twice  each  day  through  the  principal  streets  of  this  city, 
viz.,  "Water-street,  Main-street,  their  intermediate  streets,  and  the  Brick- 
Dam,  as  far  as  the  Roman  Catholic  Chapel. 

"  The  followuig  gentlemen  have  consented  to  receive  Letters  for  delivery 
at  their  respective  Stores,  that  is  to  say  —Mr.  Carpenter  and  Mr.  Richard- 
son in  Water-street ;  Mr.  B.  L.  Watson  and  Mr.  F.  H.  Stewart  in  Main- 
street  ;  Mr.  Torres  on  the  Brick-Dam. 

"  Each  letter  must  bear  a  stamp,  for  which  Two  Cents  will  be  charged, 
or  it  will  not  be  deUvered,  and  when  called  for  will  be  subject  to  the  usual 
postage  of  Eight  Cents. 

"  The  deliveries  will  taku  place  at  10  a.m.  and  :2  p.m.  every  lawful  day. 

"  Stamps  may  be  obtained  at  the  Post  Office  or  at  any  of  the  receiving 
offices. 

"  This  delivery  to  commence  on  the  1st  of  March. 

"  (Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Damon. 

"  Post  Office,  Georgetown,  H'lud  Fcbruai-y,  18ol." 

Mr.  Rodway  states  that  this  delivery  of  letters  was  discontinued  soon  after  it 
was  started,  which  accounts  for  the  rarity  of  the  stamp.  After  the  suppression  of 
this  local  delivery,  the  supply  of  two  cents  stamps  left  on  hand  was  no  doubt  later  on 
sold  off  to  prepay  the  higher  rates  of  postage,  as  copies  are  known  postmarked  in 
October,  1851. 

Since  the  publication  of  my  paper  in  The  Philatelic  Record,  I  have  had  an 
opportunity  of  seeing  a  good  many  more  specimens  of  the  stamps  of  this  issue, 
among  others  the  fine  collection  of  Herr  P.  von  Ferrary,  to  whom  I  now  tender  my 
sincere  thanks  for  the  kindness  and  courtesy   shown  me  during  my  visit   to  Paris 


BlilTLSff   GUIANA.  35 

One  of  the  results  of  these  new  investigations  is  that  I  am  quite  in  accord  with 
Mr.  P.  A.  Philbrick,  in  the  opinion  he  has  expressed,  that  the  dies  used  for  printing 
these  stamps  were  set  up  from  ordinary  printer's  type,  instead  of  being  engraved 
with  movable  centres,  as  I  once  thought  might  have  been  the  case.  The  reason  for 
changing  my  opinion  will  be  seen  later  on. 

The  same  dies  were  used  for  printing  aU  the  values,  the  numeral  in  the  centre  only 
being  altered.  One  type  occurs  much  more  frequently  in  my  experience  than  the 
others,  and  I  have  never  seen  but  this  one  for  the  two  cents.  The  only  hypothesis 
I  can  put  forward  to  account  for  this  is,  that  aU  the  stamps  may  have  been  printed 
at  first  from  this  one  type,  and  that  afterwards,  when  larger  quantities  were  required, 
other  dies  were  set  up  with  this  original  one,  and  used  together  for  printing  later 
supplies.  We  know,  at  any  rate,  that  at  some  period  during  their  use  the  latter  was 
the  case,  as  unsevered  pairs  of  the  twelve  cents  are  known,  showing  two  distinct 
varieties  of  type. 

Since  writing  the  last  two  or  three  sentences  in  1889,  I  have  examined  a  pair  of 
the  two  cents  (i  Uustration  57)  now  in  the  possession  of  Herr  P.  von  Perrary,  and  I 
find  the  two  stamps  are  printed  from  the  same  die,  which  also  corresponds  with  the 
type  of  the  four  other  known  copies  of  this  value.  On  the  right  hand  one  of  the 
pair,  between  the  frame  and  letters  an  of  guiana  and  on  the  small  piece  of  margin 
opposite  the  letter  h",  there  is  an  extra  circular  line,  reversed  as  regards  the  direction 
of  the  frame.  This  must,  I  think,  have  formed  part  of  the  next  stamp,  which  would 
consequently  have  slightly  overlapped  its  neighbour.  It  is  clear  from  the  above  facts, 
that  the  two  cents  was  printed  from  only  one  die,  and  it  is  therefore  quite  possible 
that  at  some  time  or  other  during  their  employment  the  other  values  were  also. 

I  have  carefully  compared  every  stamp  of  this  issue  I  have  seen  during  the  last 
few  years,  and  I  am  now  able  to  establish  eight  varieties  of  t5rpe  in  all.  Of  these  I 
have  seen  one  (2  Uustration  61)  common  to  all  four  values,  a  further  three  (Illustra- 
tions 62,  63,  64)  common  to  the  four,  eight  and  twelve  cents,  while  I  have  found 
three  other  varieties  (Illustrations  65,  66,  67J  peculiar  to  the  eight  cents,  and  another 
(Illustration  60^  peculiar  to  the  twelve  cents.  My  reason  for  now  thinking  the 
blocks  used  for  producing  the  stamps  were  formed  of  ordinary  printers'  type,  and 
were  not  engraved,  is,  that  I  believe  some  of  the  varieties  noted  above  were  printed 
from  the  same  blocks,  but  that  in  changing  the  numeral  of  value,  a  few  of  the  letters 
of  the  inscription  sometimes  got  shifted.  Take  for  instance.  Illustrations  63  and  65. 
Both  these  stamps  have  the  fine  outer  line,  which  is  more  oval  than  circular,  with  the 
break  in  it  opposite  the  period  after  Guiana.  The  only  difference  between  the 
varieties  is  in  the  position  of  the  letters  i  s  of  Beitish.  Again,  Illustrations  64  and 
67  are  very  much  alike.  Both  have  the  break  in  the  frame  over  the  first  i  of  Beitish, 
the  I  of  Guiana  below  the  other  letters,  and  the  period  after  the  word  Ce^its  in  a  line 
with  the  top  of  the  letter  s  instead  of  occupying  the  more  usual  position.  The 
difference  is,  that  in  Illustration  64  the  line  is  much  closer  to  the  first  letter  i  of  Beitish, 
than  it  is  in  Illustration  67.  Both  stamps,  numbers  65  and  67,  are  dated  January, 
1851,  and  therefore  probably  belong  to  a  later  printing,  and  I  have  no  doubt  what- 
ever in  my  own  mind  that  they  are  printed  respectively  from  types  68  and  64,  which 
have  become  to  a  certain  extent  reset.  The  twelve  cents  Illustration  60  is  printed 
from  type  Illustration  63,  but  the  numeral  2  of  12  is  larger,  and  has  a  straight 
instead  of  a  curved  foot.  It  is  only  found,  so  far  as  my  experience  goes,  upon  the 
pale  blue  paper.  This  variety  (Illustration  63)  of  the  twelve  cents  is  also  found  with 
the  numeral  12  in  the  more  usual  type,  like  that  found  on  Illustration  62.     These 


36  BFITISH    GUI  AX  A. 

alterations  in  the  setting  up  of  tlic  dies  I  have  Just  called  attention  to,  add  yet  a 
further  difficulty  to  the  means  of  determining  the  number  of  varieties  to  the  sheet, 
and  I  very  much  fear  the  solution  of  this  question  will  ever  remain  unsolved. 

I  have  altogether  seen  five  horizontal  pairs  of  the  twelve  cents,  four  of  the 
medium  shade  of  blue,  and  one  of  the  pale  blue.  In  these  pairs  the  types  of  the 
Ilhisiratlons  arc  placed  as  follows  : — 


Left  Stamji. 

Mifffif  Stamp 

1.                 Collection. 

1st  pair,     blue     .. 

61 

64 

Herr  P.  von  Ferrary. 

2nd   „            „       .. 

63 

64 

))      )?      ))         jj 

3rd    „             „       .. 

61 

63 

Mr.  Douglas  Garth. 

4th    ,.             „       .. 

61 

64 

The  late  Mr.  T.  K.  Tapling. 

5th   „      pale  blue 

61 

64 

Herr  P.  von  Ferrary. 

It  is  clear  from  the  aliove,  that  in  different  printings  the  arrangement  of  the 
types  was  altered.  At  first  sight,  it  would  appear  from  the  second  and  third  pairs, 
that  types  61,  63,  and  64,  followed  in  a  line,  but  on  the  other  hand,  it  is  possible  type 
64  was  not  used  in  all  the  printings.  Tliese  pairs  of  stamps,  therefore,  do  not  help 
us  in  the  arrangement  of  the  sheet,  but  only  show  what  two  types  are  found  together. 
Allowing  for  some  of  the  blocks  being  reset,  I  am  of  opinion  the  sheet  of  each  printing 
did  not  contain  more  than  three  or  four  varieties  repeated  a  certain  number  of  times. 
In  this  unsatisfactory  state,  I  must  leave  the  question  of  the  number  of  types  to  the 
sheet. 

Mr.  Luard  tells  me  these  stamps  were  printed  by  Mr.  Henry  Mackay,  at  the 
Demerara  and  Esseipnho  Gazette  office.  He  says  they  were  not  printed  so  as  to  be 
easUy  cut  square,  as,  although  thej-  were  arranged  in  horizontal  rows  upon  the  sheet, 
tliey  were  not  placed  in  a  direct  line  vertically,  but  the  stamps  in  the  second  row 
came  beneath  the  spaces  between  those  of  the  first  row,  and  so  on.  The  horizontal 
rows  were  also  placed  close  together.  This  explains  why  pairs  of  these  stamps  are  so 
rare,  and  it  also  accounts  for  the  stamps  being  so  frequently  found  cut  round. 

The  stamps,  before  being  sold,  were  initialed  in  black,  red,  blue,  or  violet  ink,  or 
occasionally  in  black  pencil,  by  hand,  to  guard  against  fraud.  The  following  is  a  list 
of  the  initials  that  are  met  with  and  the  names  they  represent : — 

E.  T.  E.  D.  =  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  Deputy  Postmaster-General. 

E.  D.  W.      =  B.  D.  Wight,  Clerk  Colonial  Department  of  Post  Office. 

J.  B.  S.        =  J.  B.  Smith,  Clerk  Imperial  Department  of  Post  Office. 

H.  A.  K.      =  H.  A.  KiUikelly,  Clerk  Post  OtHce,  Georgetown. 

W.  H.  L.     =  UnknoT^^l. 

In  my  former  paper,  I  was  unable  to  give  the  signification  of  the  initials  H.A.K. 
This  has  since  been  furnished  by  Mr.  F.  A.  Philbrick,  in  a  paper  published  in  TJie 
Philatelic  Record  for  June,  1889,  but  Mr.  Luard  informs  me  the  name  should  be  spelt 
as  above,  and  not  as  Mr.  Philbrick  wrote  it,  "  KilkeUy."  Mr.  Philbrick  remarks  in 
his  paper  that  he  thinks  I  am  inaccurate  in  describing  Mr.  Wight  and  Mr.  Smith  as 
clerks  in  the  Colonial  and  Imperial  Departments  of  the  Post  Office  respectively.  Mr. 
Luard  tells  me  he  derived  the  information  from  the  British  Guiana  Birectori/  for  1851, 
and  he  has  again  referred  to  that  work  and  finds  he  copied  correctly.  AVe  must 
remember  that  at  that  date  the  management  of  the  Post  Office,  except  as  regards  the 
purely  Inland  service,  was  stiU  under  the  control  of  the  Postmaster-General  of  Great 
Britain,  which,  to  my  mind,  is  sufficient  to  account  for  the  two  departments  in  the 
Post  Office  of  the  Colony. 

Copies  may  occasionally  be  found  without  any  initials.  These  were  evidently  the 
result  of  an  oversight.      The  stamps  of  this  and  all  the  following  issues  down  to  the 


BRITISH   GUIANA.  37 

year  1860,  were  for  use  solel}^  for  inland  postage,  and  were  not  available  for  foreign 
letters.  As  we  shall  find  when  we  come  to  the  "  Notice  "  of  the  second  issue,  these 
stamps  were  in  use  until  the  end  of  the  year  1851 ;  that  is,  for  just  a  year  and  a  half, 
a  somewhat  longer  period  than  has  hitherto  been  thought  probable. 

Mr.  Luard  says  :  "  Mr.  Wight  is  stiU  alive  and  living  in  the  colony,  but  he  is  in 
his  dotage,  and  either  cannot  or  will  not  remember  anything  about  these  old  stamps, 
except  that  he  initialed  them.  He  has  been  so  pestered  on  the  subject  that  the 
mention  of  old  stamps  to  him  is  like  a  red  rag  to  a  buU." 

Issue  II.  January  1st,  1852. 
The  Inland  Postal  system  of  charging  letters  by  distance  not  meeting  with 
approval,  an  alteration  was  made  driring  the  year  1851,  and  a  uniform  rate  of  four 
cents  for  half-ounce  letters,  and  one  cent  for  newspapers,  throughout  the  colony,  was 
fixed.  The  new  rates  came  into  operation  on  January  1st,  1852,  as  the  following 
notice,  published  in  Tlie  Official  Gazette,  of  December  27th,  1851,  shows: — 

NOTICE. 

"  Post  Office,  Colonial  Department, 

"  Deinerara,  '2^th  December,  1851. 
"  PuESUANT  to  the  Resolution  of  the  Combined  Court,  the  following 
Reduced  Rates   of   Postage   wiU  be   charged  on   and  after  the  First   of 
January,  1862,  on  Letters  and  Newspapers  forwarded  by  the  Inland  Mail 
to  all  parts  of  the  Colony : — 

On  Letters  under  \  an  ounce,  4  cents. 
„        „        exceeding  |  an  ounce  and  under  1  ounce,  8  cents. 
„        „  „        1  ounce  and  under  2  ounces,  12  cents. 

„        „  „        2      „     and      „      3      „        16     „ 

and  so  on,  4  cents  for  every  additional  ounce. 
"  Each  Newspaper  will  be  charged  1  cent. 
"  Prepayment  by  stamps  necessary  both  for  Letters  and  Newspapers. 

"  (Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  C.P. 

"  N.B. — Stamps  may  be  obtained  at  the  Post  Offices  in  Georgetown 
and  New  Amsterdam,  and  at  all  the  branch  offices." 

The  stamps  mentioned  in  the  above  are,  of  course,  the  large  upright  rectangidar 
1  cent,  black  on  magenta,  and  4  cents,  black  on  blue,  designed  and  manufactured  bj' 
Messrs.  "Waterlow  and  Sons,  of  London.  Since  writing  my  former  paper  I  have  had 
one  or  two  interviews  with  Mr.  J.  B.  Rapkin,  of  Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons,  Limited, 
and  he  assures  me  that  these  stamps,  like  aU  the  other  British  Guiana  issues  manu- 
factured by  his  firm,  were  printed  by  lithography,  and  not  from  engraved  plates  as 
Philatelists  have  previously  thought.  Mr.  Rapkin  believes  that  all  the  British 
Guiana  dies  used  by  them  were  engraved  on  copper,  but  he  is  quite  at  a  loss  to  explain 
how  it  was  that  two  impressions  of  the  design  were  engraved  for  each  of  these  two 
stamps.  He  tells  me  that  this  is  such  an  unusual  course  to  pursue  that  he  could  not 
credit  a  man,  knowing  anything  of  his  business,  resorting  to  such  a  method,  and  until 
I  showed  him  the  two  varieties  in  the  design  he  could  hardly  believe  such  was  the 
case.  A  friend  of  mine,  Mr.  P.  de  Coppet,  of  New  York,  has  sent  me  a  block  of  four 
of  the  one  cent  value,  which  he  thinks  aU  differ  in  type,  and  he  has  had  them 
photographed  upon  an  enlarged  scale  to  accentuate  what  he  considers  the  points  of 
difference.  I  submitted  this  photograph  to  Mr.  Rapkin,  who  told  me  that  the  small 
variations  are  merely  caused  in  the  process  of  transferring  impressions  of  the  dies  on 
to  the  stone.      The  system  of  transferring  is  as   follows : — A   certain   number   of 


38  niUTISIl    GUIANA. 

impressions  are  taken  from  the  eiigravcrl  dies  on  to  transfer  paper.  These  specimens 
are  cut  out  and  pasted  on  a  sheet  of  paper,  leaving  a  regular  space  between  each  pair 
of  stamps.  After  the  requisite  number  of  rows  are  completed,  the  whole  sheet  is 
transferred  to  a  lithographic  stone  at  one  operation.  Mr.  llapkin  .says  that  some  of 
the  stamps  on  the  sheet  are  almost  certain  to  present  slight  differences  in  the  shape 
of  the  lettering,  &c.,  when  printed  by  lithography.  The  variations  in  the  two  types 
of  each  value  are  chiefly  noticeable  in  the  drawing  of  the  small  forts  in  the  back- 
ground, and  the  wavy  lines  representing  the  sea.  Mr.  Luard  tells  me  that,  for  a 
short  time  after  these  stamps  first  came  into  use,  the  envelopes  or  newspapers  were 
initialed  "  E.  D.  w."  by  Mr.  Wight  in  passing  through  the  post.  He  also  says:  "A 
largo  unused  stock  of  both  values  existed  in  the  Government  Secretary's  office  in  the 
Guiana  Public  Buildings  up  to  1878.  In  that  year  the  late  Governor  of  the  Gold 
Coast  (Mr.  A.  G.  Young)  was  Government  Secretary  of  British  Guiana,  and  annoyed 
by  the  persistent  applications  he  received  from  Government  clerks  and  others  for 
these  stamps,  he  deliberately  had  them  all  hurnt.  Three  specimens  of  each  colour 
were  handed  over  to  the  local  post  office  previous  to  the  cremation,  and  these 
ultimately  '  disappeared "  from  the  post  office  collection.  Our  post  office  boasts  a  stamp 
collection,  but  has  none  of  this  colony's  stamps  in  it!  It  consists  mainly  of 
'  specimen '  stamps  from  the  post  offices  of  other  colonies,  &c." 

We  see  from  the  official  notice  of  this  issue  that  the  1  cent  stamp  was  intended 
to  prepay  newspapers,  which,  it  will  be  remembered,  were  allowed  to  pass  without 
charge  at  the  time  the  "  circular ''  stamps  came  into  use,  according  to  the  notice  then 
published.  We  find  by  the  following  notice  in  Tlie  Official  Gazette,  April  3rd,  1852, 
that  local  newspapers  were  once  more  allowed  to  pass  free  for  a  short  time. 

NOTICE. 

"Pursuant  to  the  Resolution  of  the  Combined  Court  of  the  17th  ult., 
Notice  is  hereby  given  that,  pending  the  passing  of  the  Inter-colonial 
Postage  Ordinance,  Local  Newspapers,  posted  within  one  week  after 
publication,  will  be  forwarded  Free  of  Postage. 

"  (Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  C.P. 

"  Post  Office,  Zrd  Ajtril,  1852.'' 

Issue  III.    1853. 

TJie  Gazette  contains  no  notice,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  discover,  of  the 
date  of  issue  of  these  two  stamps.  This  is  no  doubt  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that 
the  values  of  the  stamps  and  the  postal  rates  were  unchanged.  We  know,  from  the 
date  on  the  stamps  and  from  the  obliterations  of  certain  copies,  that  the  issue  took 
place  in  this  year,  but  I  am  afraid  we  shall  not  now  discover  the  exact  day  they  first 
came  into  use.  The  earliest  postmarked  specimen  I  have  seen  is  a  four  cents,  dated 
November  18th,  1853.  This  series,  like  the  last,  was  manufactured  by  Messrs. 
Waterlow  and  Sons.  Mr.  Eapkin  teUs  me  that  like  the  other  British  Guiana  stamps 
printed  by  his  firm,  all  those  dated  1853  are  lithographs.  Both  values  were  printed 
from  a  single  engraved  die,  the  bottom  labels  of  the  stamps  containing  the  value, 
being  separately  engraved.  The  lithographic  stone  was  prepared  as  follows: — A 
number  of  specimens  were  taken  from  the  die,  as  described  for  the  last  issue,  and  a 
similar  number  of  impressions  of  the  label  containing  the  value  required.  The  latter 
were  then  carefully  cut  out  with  a  pair  of  scissors  and  pasted  on  the  sheet  of  paper 
at  the  bottom  of  each  of  the   stamps,   and   the   mIioIc   was  then  transferred  to   the 


BRITISH    GUIANA.  39 

lithographic  stone  at  one  operation.  The  white  line  sometimes  found  along  the  top  of 
the  value  upon  some  of  the  stamps  is  accounted  for  by  the  -workman  not  pasting  the 
label  quite  high  enough  up  so  as  to  touch  the  upper  portion  of  the  design.  The  dot 
after  the  letter  s  of  Postase  found  on  some  of  the  four  cents,  and  other  slight 
differences  of  this  kind,  are  due  to  defects  in  the  transferring  process.  Several 
supplies  of  these  stamps  were  sent  out  to  the  colony,  and  a  fresh  transfer  was  taken 
for  each  consignment.  Mr.  liapkin  was  unable  to  account  for  the  three  varieties  in 
the  bottom  label  of  the  one  cent  value  I  showed  him  (Ilhcstrations  70,  72,  73),  but 
he  said  the  stamps  must  have  been  printed  from  three  separately  engraved  labels. 
He  thinks  that  when  fresh  supplies  of  the  stamps  were  ordered  the  engraved  label  of 
value  used  for  the  previous  lot  was  lost,  and  that  a  new  one  had  to  be  engraved  in  its 
place.  It  is  singular  that  this  should  apparently  have  happened  twice  in  the  case  of 
the  same  value.  He  assigns  a  like  reason  for  the  use  of  the  new  die  of  the  four 
cents,  "  with  the  figures  of  the  date  in  a  frame."  He  suggested  that  possibly  after 
each  printing  the  engraved  dies  were  handed  to  the  Crown  Agents  of  the  Colony,  and 
that  perhaps  they  mislaid  them,  so  that  Messrs.  "Waterlows  were  obliged  to  engrave 
new  ones  when  orders  for  fresh  supplies  were  received.  He  told  me  that  this  new 
die  of  the  four  cents  had  the  value  engraved  upon  it.  If  we  may  draw  a  concliision 
from  the  earliest  known  dates  of  postmarked  copies,  this  variety  of  the  four  cents 
was  not  issued  until  about  May,  1860. 

Issue  IV.  Early  in  1856. 

These  stamps  were  issued  provisionally,  pending  the  arrival  of  a  fresh  supply  from 
England  of  the  stamps  of  the  preceding  issue.  The  January  to  July  volume  of  The 
Gazette  for  1856  is  missing  from  the  file  I  have  consulted,  but  Mr.  Luard  informs  me 
he  has  searched  the  volume  most  carefuUy  without  finding  any  reference  whatever  to 
these  provisionals.  We  know,  however,  from  postmarked  specimens  that  the  issue 
took  place  near  the  beginning  of  the  year.  The  earliest  date  on  those  in  the  late  Mr. 
T.  K.  TapUng's  collection  is  March  25th,  1856 ;  but  Herr  P.  von  Eerrary  possesses  a 
copy  of  the  four  cents  magenta,  postmarked  February  12th  of  that  year. 

Mr.  Luard  informs  me  these  stamps  were  printed  by  Messrs.  Joseph  Baum  and 
"William  Dallas,  the  printers  and  publishers  of  TJie  Official  Gazette,  the  office  of  which 
was  at  IS'o.  23,  High  Street  and  Church  Street,  Cumingsburg,  Georgetown.  The 
little  ship  in  the  centre  is  the  same  as  that  employed  for  heading  ordinary  shipping 
advertisements  in  the  daily  papers.  The  stamps  were  type-set,  and  there  are  as  many 
varieties  as  there  were  stamps  to  the  sheet.  As  in  the  case  of  the  first  issue,  I  have 
seen  a  great  many  more  copies  of  these  stamps  than  I  had  at  the  time  of  writing  my 
previous  paper,  and  I  have  now  altogether  noted  eight  distinct  tj'pes  :  which  wiU  be 
found  given  as  Illustration  82.  The  order  the  stamps  are  placed  in  for  illustrative 
purposes  is  entirely  arbitrary,  as  nothing  definite  is  at  present  known  as  regards  the 
number  of  types  to  the  sheet,  how  they  were  arranged,  or  whether  the  types  were  set 
up  more  than  once.  All  the  information  I  can  furnish  at  the  time  of  writing,  I 
regret  to  say,  is  to  notify  the  number  of  varieties  I  have  so  far  been  able  to  determine. 

While  in  Paris,  I  had  a  long-wished-for  opportunity  of  examining  the  only 
known  copy  of  the  one  cent  of  this  issue,  of  which  Herr  P.  von  Ferrary  is  the 
fortunate  possessor.  Doubts  have  more  than  once  been  expressed  about  the  "face" 
value  of  this  stamp,  but  after  a  most  careful  inspection  I  have  no  hesitation  whatever 
in  pronouncing  it  a  thoroughly  genuine  one  cent  specimen.  The  copy  is  a  poor  one, 
dark  magenta  in  colour,  but  somewhat  rubbed.  It  is  initialed  E.  D.  W.,  and  dated 
April  Ist,  the  year  not  being  distinct  enough  to  read. 


40  BlUTIfiH   GUIANA. 

Tlie  stamps  of  this  issue,  like  those  first  emplo3-ed,  were  initialed  by  the  Post- 
office  clerks  previous  to  being  used.  Besides  some  of  the  initials  found  on  the 
"  circulars,"  those  of  C.  A.  W.  are  sometimes  met  ynth..  ilr.  Luard  tells  me  they 
stand  for  the  name  of  a  letter-carrier — C.  A.  Watson. 

I  have  already  mentioned  that  the  stamps  of  all  the  early  issues  were  only  used 
to  prepay  Inland  letters.  Letters  to  England  were  forwarded,  either  prepaid  by  coin 
or  altogether  unpaid,  until  early  in  the  year  1858,  when  the  following  "  Notice " 
appeared  in  The  Gazette,  February  13th,  making  it  compulsory  for  senders  to  pay  the 
postage  in  advance. 

NOTICE. 

"  Post  Office,  Demebaea,  11th  February,  18o8. 
"  On  and  after  the  First  of  April  next  all  Letters  for  the  United  Kinydom 
must  be  paid  in  advance.     Letters  posted  unpaid  after  that  date  will  be 
.  returned  to  the  writers. 

"  (Signed)  B.  T.  B.  Dalton,  d.p.m." 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  next  "  Notice,"  extracted  from  The  Gazette,  May  12th, 
1858,  that  the  postage  on  the  above  letters  was  paid  by  Great  Britain  stamps. 

NOTICE. 

"  Postage  Stamps  of  the  respective  values  of  6d.,  4d.,  and  Id.  having 
been  received  from  England  by  the  Steamer  that  arrived  on  the  9th  instant, 
are  for  Sale  at  the  Stationery  Establishments  of  Messrs.  Richardson  and 
Co.  and  Mr.  Short,  as  well  as  at  the  Post-Office. 

"  (Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  d.i-.m.g. 

"Post  Office,  11th  May,  1858." 
Letters  posted  unjjaid  were  not  returned  to  the  writers  according  to  the  terms  of 
the  notice  of  the  11th  Eebruary,  but  the  addresses  were  advertised  in  The  Official 
Gazette  from  time  to  time,  stating  the  letters  were  detained  until  the  requisite  postage 
was  paid.  I  am  unable  to  say  how  long  this  arrangement  of  paying  postage  with  the 
stamps  of  the  mother  country  lasted.  It  certainly,  however,  did  not  extend  much 
beyond  the  follo^ving  year,  1859,  as  we  find  the  British  Guiana  stamps  of  the  1860 
Issue  on  letters  sent  to  England  in  that  year. 

The  volumes  of  Tlie  Gazette  for  1860,  and  from  June,  1861,  to  the  end  of  the 
year  1870,  are,  unfortunately,  wanting  in  the  series  I  have  had  access  to,  but  from 
the  latter  date  to  the  present  day  the  file  is  complete. 

Mr.  Eapkin  tells  me  the  die  used  for  printing  the  set  issued  in  1860  had  the 
whole  design  engraved  upon  it,  with  the  exception  of  the  value,  the  small  space 
between  the  numerals  in  the  two  bottom  corners  being  left  vacant  for  it.  The  values 
were  aU  engraved  separately,  and  the  lithographic  stones  from  which  the  stamps  were 
printed,  were  made  in  the  same  way  as  I  have  described  for  those  of  the  1853  issue. 
New  engravings  of  the  values  were  afterwards  made  for  the  one,  two,  eight,  and 
twelve  cents,  with  the  value  closer  to  the  word  "  cents."  Mr.  Eapkin  can  assign  no 
reason  why  this  was  done,  beyond  the  supposition  that  the  earlier  engravings  of  these 
values  were  missing  when  a  fresh  supplj'  was  ordered.  He  behoves  that  all  the 
stamps  of  the  1860  set  were  printed  in  sheets  of  one  hundred,  arranged  in  ten  rows 
of  ten. 

The  twelve  cents  of  the  1860  Issue  is  sometimes  found  with  a  large  numeral 
"5"  and  a  small  letter  "d"  struck  upon  it  in  red  ink.  That  this  was  not  a  surcharge 
made  upon  the  stamp  before  use,  is  clear  from  specimens  found  upon  letters  show  ing 


BEITIBH   GUIANA.  41 

a  portion  of  the  figure  "  5  "  or  letter  "  d  "  on  the  stamp,  the  remainder  being  on  the 
letter  the  stamp  was  used  upon,  and,  as  a  rule,  these  specimens  show  no  other  oblitera- 
tion. I  have  also  seen  letter-sheets  with  the  "  5d."  struck  upon  them  without  any 
part  touching  the  stamp.  Although  it  is  obvious,  from  the  details  I  have  given,  this 
"  5d."  cannot  be  considered  as  a  surcharge,  altering  the  value  of  the  12  cents  stamp, 
it  has  always  been  a  moot  point  with  collectors  what  purpose  the  "mark"  was  in- 
tended to  serve.  I  have  given  a  good  deal  of  thought  to  this  old  enigma,  and  I  have 
at  length  solved  the  riddle,  at  any  rate  to  my  own  satisfaction.  It  has  always  struck 
me  as  curious,  that  the  "  5d."  is  only  found  on  stamps  or  letters  sent  from  the 
Colony  to  England,  and  I  at  once  surmised  the  "  mark  "  must  have  something  to  do 
with  the  postal  rate  between  the  two  countries.  The  following  is,  in  my  opinion,  the 
explanation  of  its  use.  On  the  1st  May,  1860,  according  to  the  "Eeporfof  the 
Postmaster-General  of  Great  Britain  for  that  year,  British  Guiana,  along  with  most 
of  the  West  Indian  Colonies,  took  over  the  control  of  its  own  postal  affairs  from  the 
Home  Government.  From  information,  kindly  obtained  for  me  by  Mr.  Pearson  Hill, 
from  the  General  Post  Office,  London,  it  appears  the  arrangement  at  that  period  with 
the  Colonies  as  regards  the  cost  of  conveyance  of  mails  to  and  from  Great  Britain  was 
as  follows.  The  postal  rate  on  a  quarter  ounce  letter  was  sixpence,  which  was  thus 
divided,  fourpence  for  the  sea  postage  and  one  penny  each  for  the  inland  rates  at  both 
ends.  On  any  letter  forwarded  to  British  Guiana  or  the  "West  Indies  from  this 
country,  the  British  Post  Office  received,  of  course,  the  whole  of  the  money  for  the 
postage  stamp  (6d.)  employed  in  prepayment,  and  of  this  sum  five  pence  was  retained 
by  the  Post  Office  and  one  penny  was  credited  to  the  Colony  for  its  inland  service. 
In  like  manner,  any  West  Indian  Colony  received  6d.  on  each  quarter  ounce  letter  it 
despatched  to  this  country,  and  gave  the  British  Post  Office  credit  for  fivepence, 
the  whole  cost  of  the  Packet  service  up  to  the  establishment  of  the  Postal  Union 
(about  1878-79),  being  paid  by  Great  Britain.  On  the  establishment  of  the  Postal 
Union,  a  different  system  was  adopted.  The  British  Post  Office  still  makes  the 
coaitract  with  the  Eoyal  Mail  Steam  Packet  Company,  and  hands  over  to  that  Company 
the  annual  sum  due  to  it  under  the  contract,  but  the  Post  Office  obtains  from  the 
West  Indian  Colonies,  in  the  aggregate  one  half  of  the  subsidy  (contributed  by  the 
several  Colonies  in  fixed  amounts,  which  are  roughly  in  proportion  to  the  amount  of 
correspondence  sent  to  and  received  by  each),  and  in  order  to  avoid  the  trouble  of 
separate  accounts  with  every  mail,  the  arrangement  has  been  adopted  that  Great 
Britain  keeps  aU  the  postage  on  the  outward  mails,  and  the  Colonies  keep  aU  the 
postage  on  the  homeward  maUs.  The  annual  loss  on  the  service  is  thus  divided 
between  Great  Britain  and  the  Colonies,  instead  of  being  wholly  borne  by  the 
former  as  was  the  case  in  time  past.  This  being  so,  I  conclude  the  "  mark"  of  "  5d." 
on  the  twelve  cent  stamp  was  applied  at  the  date  we  find  it  used,  to  show  the 
amount  the  British  Guiana  Post  Office  had  to  credit  Great  Britain  for  the  conveyance 
of  the  letter.  A  simUar  system,  except  that  the  numeral  was  not  stmck  on  the 
stamp,  seems  to  have  prevailed  in  Trinidad,  as  Mr.  A.  W.  Chambers  has  shown  me  a 
letter-sheet  forwarded  from  that  colony  to  London  in  1861,  franked  by  a  sixpenny 
stamp,  the  letter-sheet  bearing  a  large  red  figure  "  5  "  by  the  side  of  the  adhesive. 

Mr.  Luard  tells  me  he  has  seen  two  specimens  of  the  eight  cents  issued  in  I860, 
cut  in  half  diagonaUy,  and  used  in  November,  1861 :  one  being  on  an  entire  envelope 
postmarked  November  21st  of  that  year.  It  seems  probable  from  this  fact  that  the 
supply  of  the  four  cents  value  had  become  exhausted  at  this  date. 

The  lithographic  stones  for  the  six,  twenty-four,  and  forty-eight  cents  stamps 
issued  in  1863,  Mr.  Eapkin  teUs  me,  were  prepared  in  precisely  the  same  way  as 


42  BRITISH   GUIANA. 

those  for  the  1860  set  previously  described,  but  the  die  for  these  three  stanaps  was 
engraved  differently  to  that  of  the  former,  the  inscriptions  on  the  latter  showing  up 
in  colour  on  white,  in  place  of  in  white  on  colour.  The  sheets  of  these  three  values 
contained  fifty  stamps,  arranged  in  five  horizontal  rows  of  ten. 

The  stamps  in  use  from  1863  down  to  the  year  1876  were,  with  the  exception 
of  the  provisionals  of  186:2,  printed  by  Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons,  and  were  all 
produced,  as  I  liavo  previously  said,  by  lithography.  Since  1876,  Messrs.  De  la 
Rue  and  Co.,  of  London,  have  held  the  contract  for  supplying  the  stamps  and  other 
postal  stationery.  With  regard  to  the  three  provisionals  issued  in  1862,  1  liave 
nothing  new  to  add,  except  that  I  think  it  is  possible  the  issue  took  place  in 
September  instead  of  October.  I  have  seen  a  specimen  of  the  four  cents  postmarked 
September,  but  the  day  of  the  month  and  year  were  undecipherable.  I  have  also 
seen  another  copy  of  the  same  value  obliterated  October  1st,  1862.  The  excellent 
paper  by  Mr.  Philbrick,  which  he  read  before  the  Society  on  July  2nd,  1881,  which 
describes  every  variety  found  on  the  sheet  of  each  value,  leaves  little  or  nothing 
wanting  in  our  information  about  these  interesting  stamps. 

The  following  list  of  Government  appointments  is  taken  from  The  Colonial  Office 
Lists  for  the  various  years.  Mr.  E.  H.  G.  Dalton  succeeded  Mr.  E.  T.  E.  Dalton  as 
Colonial  Postmaster  in  1874.  The  former  became  Eegistrar  and  Clerk  of  the 
Supreme  Courts — Demerara  and  Essequibo — in  1876,  and  Mr.  N.  Darnell  Davis 
was  appointed  Colonial  Postmaster  in  1877.  The  latter  became  Comptroller  of 
Customs  and  Rum  Duties,  and  Registrar  of  Shipping  in  1882  ;  and  Mr.  F.  M. 
Hodgson  became  Postmaster-General  the  same  year.  He  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  F.  W. 
Collier,  the  present  Postmaster-General,  who  was  appointed  on  October  19th,  1888. 

As  regards  the  volumes  of  The  Gazette  from  1871,  the  first  important  notice  is 
that  found  in  the  number  for  April  17th,  1878  : — 

"  General  Post  Office,  Geoegetown,  IQfh  April,  1878. 

"  1-Cent  and  2-Cents  Postage  Stamps. 
"  The  attention  of  the  public  is  hereby  called  to  the  following  tem- 
porary arrangement  wliich  has  been  made  for  a   supply  of   1-cent   and 
2-CENT   Postage  Stamps. 

"  For  1-cent  Stamps. — The  Government  will  cause  6  cents  Stamps  to 
be  defaced  by  two  broad,  black  Lines  being  drawn  across  them,  and  then 
such  defaced  Stamps  vriH  be  issued  as  1-Ceut  Stamps. 

"  For'2-cents  Stamps. — The  Government  "ivill  cause  4  cents  Stamps  to 
be  Cut  right  down  the  Centre,  and  then  each  Halt  can  be  used  as  a  2  cents 
Stamp. 

"  (Signed)  N.  Darnell  Davis, 

"  Colonial  Postmaster." 

The  six  cents,  brown,  stamp  mentioned  in  the  above  decree,  surcharged  with  two 
horizontal  bars,  must  have  been  in  use  for  a  very  short  time,  as  obliterated  copies 
are  very  scarce. 

With  regard  to  the  provisional  two  cents,  what  I  said  in  my  previous  paper 
turns  out  to  be  quite  correct,  as  Mr.  Luard  informs  me  the  intended  issue  never 
took  place,  a  fresh  supply  of  the  ordinary  two  cents  being  received  from  England. 

The  next  notice  is  taken  from  The  Gazette,  June  19th,  1878.  It  refers  to 
certain  reductions  made  in  seme  of  the  rates  for  inland  postage,  and  reads  as 
follows : — 


BlilTmH   GUIANA.  43 


"General  Post  Office, 
"  Georgetowjt  District,  VJth,  June,  1878. 
"  Inland  Eates  of  Postage. 
"  The  Attention  of  the  Public  is  called  to  the  foUowhig  Resolution  of 
the  Combined  Court,  at  its  session  on  the  14th  June,  1878  : — 

"  Resolved. — '  That  the  postage  on  letters  posted  in  Georgetown,  for 
dehvery  in  Georgetown,  and  posted  in  New  Amsterdam,  for  dehvery  in  New 
Amsterdam,  shall  be  fixed  at  One  Cent  for  each  half  ounce  or  portion  of 
half  an  ounce. 

" '  That  the  postage  on  Books,  Pamphlets,  Packets  of  printed  matter,  or 
Packets  of  manuscript  matter  not  in  any  respect  partaking  of  the  nature 
of  a  letter,  sent  from  one  part  of  the  Colony  to  another  part  of  the  Colony, 
shaU  be  fixed  at  One  Cent  for  any  weight  under  four  ounces,  and  Two 
Cents  for  every  additional  four  ounces,  or  portion  of  four  ounces. 

"  '  That  all  Letters,  Book  packets.  Pamphlets,  or  other  Official  Docu- 
ments transmitted  either  to  or  from  the  Government  Secretary  shall  be  free 
of  Inland  Postage  ;  and  the  Governor  and  Court  of  Policy  may  from  tune 
to  time  authorise  the  transmission,  free  of  Inland  Postage,  of  the  Corres- 
pondence on  pubhc  business,  of  any  Public  Department  or  Public  Officer. 

"  '  AU  inland  postage  shall  be  prepaid.  Letters  posted  without  any  pre- 
payment will  not  be  forwarded.' 

"  (Signed)  N.  Dahnell  Davis, 

"  Colonial  Post  Master.'' 

The  two  next  notices  authorise  the  issue  of  fresh  provisional  stamps,  which  were 
required  towards  the  end  of  1878.  The  first  is  taken  from  The  Gazette,  IS'ovember 
6tli,  1878,  and  the  second  from  the  number  for  November  23rd  of  the  same  j'ear. 

"  British  Gitiana, 

"  General  Post  Office,  Qth  November,  1878. 

"  Until  further  intimation  is  given,  the  Government  has  authorised  the 

use  of  6  cent  Postage  Stamps  in  heu  of  1  cent  stamps.     The  Stamps  so 

converted  will  have  a  bar  drawn  across  the  value  and  another  bar  down  the 

centre. 

"  (Sig-ned)  E.  D.  Wight, 

"  Actimj  C.P.M." 

NOTICE. 

"  Until  further  intimation  is  given,'^Government  has  authorised  the 
issue  of  4  cent  Stamps  in  lieu]  of  1  cent,  and  8  cent  Stamps  in  heu  of  2 
cent.  The  Postage  Stamps  so  converted  will  be  defaced  by  a  line  drawn 
across  the  value,  and  another  down  the  centre. 

« (Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

"  Acting  Colonial  Post  Master. 
"  Georgetown,  iSrd  November,  1878." 

Neither  of  these  "  Notices"  specify  which  issue  of  stamps  were  to  be  surcharged; 
so  we  may  conclude  that  any  adhesives  in  stock  of  the  specified  values  were  to  be 
used  in  this  "way.  With  regard  to  the  first  notice,  we  know  both  the  6  cents,  blue, 
of  Waterlow's  design,  and  the  6  cents,  brown,  of  De  la  Hue's  were  so  defaced.  The 
latter  stamp  is  also  found  -svith  the  word  official  obliterated  with  au  extra  black 
bar.  The  stamps  employed  for  defacement,  in  accordance  with  the  second  notice,  are 
the  8  cents  of  Waterlow's  design,  and  the  4  cents  and  8  cents  of  De  la  Rue's.  AU 
three  stamps  bear  the  word  official.     In  the  two  former  it  is  obliterated   with  a 


44  BEITISH    GUIANA. 

black  bar,  but  the  latter  variety  has  the  word  nnobliterated.  There  is  nothing  in 
the  surcharge  of  the  two  8  cents  whereby  their  new  value  of  2  cents  could  be  told, 
were  it  not  for  Tlie  Gazette  notice. 

Besides  the  above  stamps,  the  1  cent,  black,  of  Waterlow's  design,  and  the  1 
cent  and  2  cents  of  De  la  Hue's,  surcharged  ome'iAL,  were  issued  to  the  public  at 
the  same  time,  with  this  word  obliterated  with  a  black  bar. 

The  admittance  of  British  Guiana  into  the  Postal  Union  took  place  on  April  1st, 
1879,  after  being  notified  in  The  Official  Gazette,  March  15th,  1879,  as  follows: — 

"British  Guiana, 
"  General  Post  Office,  Georgetown,  Sth  March,  1870. 

NOTICE. 

"On  and  after  1st  April,  1879,  the  following  changes  will  take  place  in 
the  rates  of  postage  and  conditions  of  transmission  of  correspondence  of 
various  kinds  forwarded  from  this  Colony  to  ^Countries  comprised  in  the 
'General  Postal  Union  : — 

LETTERS. 

"  The  rate  on  paid  letters  will  be  8  cents  per  half-ounce,  instead  of  VI 
cents.  Letters  wholly  unpaid  will  Ijb  charged  16  cents  on  delivery.  Short 
paid  letters  will  be  charged  double  the  amount  of  the  deficiency  of  the 
prepaid  rate. 

POST  CARDS. 

"  Rate — 3  cents  each. 

"  Only  cards  issued  by  the  Government  will  be  received.  Tlie  front,  or 
stamped  side,  is  mtended  for  the  address  only.  There  must  be  notliing 
else  ivi'itten,  printed,  or  otherwise  impressed  on  it,  nor  must  there  be  any 
writing  or  printing  across  the  stamp.  On  the  reverse  side  any  communi- 
cation of  the  nature  of  a  letter  or  otherwise  may  be  written  or  printed. 
Nothing  whatever  may  be  attached ;  nor  may  the  card  be  folded,  cut,  or 
otherwise  altered.  If  any  of  these  rules  be  infringed,  the  card  will  be 
treated  as  an  insufficiently  paid  letter. 

COMMERCIAL  DOCUMENTS. 
"  Rate  for  a  packet  not  over  4  ounces — 5  cents. 
"  Every  additional  2  ounces — 2  cents. 
"  Prepayment  is  compulsory. 

"  The  Umit  of  size  is  24  inches  in  length,  and  12  inches  in  width  or 
depth. 

"  Tlie  limit  of  weight  is  4  lbs. 

BOOK  POST. 

"  Includes  all  printed  papers  (except  newspapers),  books,  patterns,  and 
samples  of  merchandise. 

"  Rate  for  every  2  ounces — 2  cents. 

"  The  limit  of  size  and  weight  for  books  is  the  same  as  for  commercial 
documents.  The  limit  of  weight  for  patterns  and  samples  is  8  ounces,  as 
before  ;  but  the  limit  of  size  has  been  reduced  to  8  mches  in  length, 
4  inches  in  breadth,  and  two  inches  in  depth.  No  article  exceeding  these 
limits  can  be  forwarded. 

NEWSPAPERS. 
"  No  alteration.    For  each  newspaper  under  4  ounces — 2  cents. 

REGISTRATION  FEE. 
"  The  fee  is  8  cents,  as  before. 


BRITISH   GUIANA.  45 

PROHEBrrED  ARTICLES. 

"  Letters  or  packets  containing  gold  or  silver  bullion,  pieces  of  money, 
jewellery,  precious  articles,  or  any  articles  whatever  liable  to  customs  duty, 
cannot  be  forwarded. 

"  On  the  1st  April,  1879,  the  followmg  will  be  the  countries  comprised 
in  the  General  Postal  Union,  and  to  which  the  foregoing  rates  are 
applicable :  — 

"  The  whole  of  Europe. 

"  The  whole  of  the  French,  Dutch,  Spanish,  Portuguese,  and  Danish 
Colonies,  Possessions  and  Dependencies. 

"  The  United  States  of  North  America. 

"  The  whole  of  British  North  America. 

"  British  Lidia,  and  the  Colonies  of  Bermuda  (British  Guiana),  British 
Honduras,  Jamaica,  Trinidad,  Mauritius,  the  Gold  Coast,  Sierra  Leone 
Gambia,  Lagos,  Falkland  Islands. 

"  The  Argentine  Repubhc. 

"Brazil. 

"  Cliili. 

"  Peru. 

"  Salvador. 

"  Mejdco. 

"  Japan. 

"  (Signed)  "  E.  D.  Wight, 

"  Acting  Colonial  Postmaster.'' 

Notwithstauding  this  notice,  the  3-cent  Post  Card  was  not  ready  for  issue  until 
July  3rd.  This  is  proved  by  the  following  notice,  taken  from  Tlie  Gazette,  July  2nd, 
1879  :— 

POST  OFPICE  NOTICE. 

"  General  Post  OrFiCE, 

"  Geokgetown,  2nd  July,  1879. 
"  Post  cards  will  be  ready  for  issue  at  the  General  Post  Oifice,  George- 
town, to-morrow,  the  3rd  Ju.ly,  and  at  the  several  District  Post  Offices  on 
Saturday,  the  .5th  July.  Post  Cards  will  not  be  sold  at  the  Post  Offices  in 
quantities  of  less  than  ten  for  thirty-six  cents,  or  of  one  hundred  for  tlu'ee 
dollars  and  fifty  cents.  Licensed  vendors  can  obtain  Post  Cards  from  the 
Colonial  Receiver  General. 

"  (Signed)  B.  D.  Wight, 

"  Acting  Colonial  Postmaster." 

The  nest  notice  gives  us  the  date  of  issue  of  the  Registration  Envelopes.  It 
may  be  found  in  TJie  Gazette  for  March  26th,  1881. 

NOTICE. 

"  Geneeai  Post  Office, 

"  Gboegetown,  2ith  March,  1881. 
"  EnveIiOpes  for  the  purpose  of  Registration  are  now  ready  for  issue  at 
the  General  Post  Office,  Georgetown,  at  the  Post  Office,  New  Amsterdam, 
Berbice,  and  at  all  the  District  Post  Offices. 

"  These  Envelopes  will  be  sold  in  Packets,  each  containing  10  Envelopes, 
and  each  Envelope  havhig  a  Registration  Fee  Stamp  of  4  Cents  impressed 
thereon. 


46  BRITISH    GUIANA. 

For  a  Packet  of  10  Envelopes,  Size  G,    6  x  31,  48  cents. 
„  „  „  Size  H,    8  xo,    56  „ 

„  „  „  Size  J,  10  x7,    65  „ 

„  „  „  SizeK,  11^x6,    65  „ 

"  (Signed)  E,  D.  Wight, 

"  Acting  Postmaster-General." 

The  next  three  notices  of  importance  refer  to  the  provisional  stamps  issued  in 
December,  1881,  and  January,  1882.  The  inrst  two  appeared  in  The  Gazette  of 
December  24th  and  28tb  respectively,  and  the  third  was  published  in  The  Gazette  of 
January  7th,  1882. 

NOTICE. 
"  British  Guiana,  General  Post  Office, 

"  Georgetown,  'list  December,  1881. 
"  A  supply  of  Postage   Stamps,   ordered  sometime  ago,  not  having 
arrived,  it  has  been  deemed  necessary  to  issue  the  foUomng  temporary 
Stamps  until  the  regular  supply  is  received,  namely  : — 

"  96  cent  Stamps,  having  the  face  value  obliterated,  and  the  figure   1 
printed  in  the  centre,  will  be  issued  as  One  Cent  Stamps. 

"  96  cent  Stamps,  having  tlie  face  value  obliterated,  and  tlie  figure  '2 
printed  in  the  centre,  will  be  issued  as  Two  Cent  Stamps. 

"  (Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

"  Actitiff  Postmaster-General." 

NOTICE. 
"  British  Guiana,  General  Post  Office, 

"  Georgetown,  28M  December,  1881. 
"  The  following  Postage  Stamps  wiU  be  issued  as  One  and  Two  cents 
Stamps,  namely : — 

12  cents  Stamps  (Official). 
48      „  „  „  and 

48      „  „      win  be  used  as  One  Cent  Stamps. 

12      „  „      (Official). 

24      „  „  „  vnW  be  used  as  Two  Cents  Stamps. 

"  (Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

"  Actinr/  Postmaster-General." 

NOTICE. 
"  British  Guiana,  General  Post  Office, 

"  Georgetown,  7th  Jamixiry,  1882. 
"An  issue  of  Provisional  One  and  Two  Cents  Postage  Stamps  having 
been  autliorised.  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  such  Provisional  Stamps  are 
now  ready  for  issue,  but  that  they  will  be  issued  in  such  quantities  only  as 
the  Acting  Postmaster-General  is  satisfied  are  required  for  the  actual 
purpose  of  prepaying  postal  matter. 

"(Signed)  E.D.Wight, 

"  Acting  Postmaster-General" 

There  is  no  further  notice  to  be  found  in  The  Gazette  authorising  the  surcharge 
of  the  12  cents  and  24  cents,  "  official "  Waterlow's  type,  with  a  figure  1  and  2 
respectively,  and  with  the  original  value  obliterated.  Mr.  Luard  says,  in  one  of  his 
letters  to  me,  "  The  1860  12  cents,  lilac,  surcharged  1,  and  the  1863  24  cents, 
green,  surcharged  2,  were  not  sold  to  the  public,  but  aU  bought  in  by  the  present 
acting  postmaster  liimself.  The  postmarks  on  a  great  number  of  these  provisional 
stamps  are  not  genuine,  inasmuch  as  many  speculators,  when  tlicy  bought  the  stamps. 


BRITISH   GUIANA.  47 

got  the  clerk  to  postmark  them,  and  I  have  an  acquaintance  here  who  has  the  entire 
sheet  of  unsevered  96  cents  stamps  surcharged  2,  each  stamp  in  the  sheet  being 
carefnlly  postmarked." 

Mr.  Luard  further  tells  me  that  the  one  cent,  black  on  rose,  and  the  two  cents, 
black  on  yellow,  mentioned  in  the  last  notice,  which  were  produced  in  the  colony, 
were  printed  by  Messrs.  Baldwin  and  Co.,  a  firm  of  booksellers,  stationers,  and  printers, 
in  Georgetown.  He  says,  "After  the  stamps  in  question  were  printed  they  were 
taken  to  the  Eeceiver  General's  Office,  in  the  Guiana  Public  BuUdings,  and  there  the 
word  ^Specimen'  was  added.  The  very  punching  machine  employed  to  punch  the 
word  'specimen'  is  now  used  as  a  door  weight  in  the  office.  A  few  sheets  escaped 
the  punch,  and  as  many  as  were  detected  were  returned  from  the  Post  Office  to  the 
Receiver  General's  Office  to  be  punched." 

These  stamps  were  type-set,  and  the  entire  sheet  of  each  value  consists  of  twelve 
varieties,  arranged  sometimes  in  six  horizontal  rows  of  two,  sometimes  in  four 
horizontal  rows  of  three.  I  am  unable  to  say  which  arrangement  was  first  adopted, 
neither  can  I  give  the  reason  of  the  alteration.  It  may  be  that  the  printers  found 
the  sheets  of  paper  would  take  more  blocks  one  way  than  the  other,  and  a  saving  of 
paper  thus  effected  by  the  change.  The  same  setting  up  did  duty  for  both  the  one 
and  two  cents,  the  value  only  being  altered ;  but  in  the  alteration,  some  of  the 
stamps  have  the  remainder  of  the  type  shifted  more  or  less.  Taking  the  sheets  of 
stamps  two  in  a  row,  and  comparing  them  with  those  having  three  in  a  row,  the  types 
on  the  former  will  be  found  placed  as  follows  on  the  latter : — 

No.    1  becomes  No.  10 


2 

1 

3 

7 

4 

4 

5 

■) 

6 

3 

7 

5 

8 

0 

9 

8 

10 

9 

11 

11 

12 

12 

In  addition  to  the  changes  noted  above,  there  is  a  third  setting  up  for  the  two 
cents  value  which  was  pointed  out  to  me  some  two  years  ago  by  Mr.  A  de  Eeuters- 
kibld,  an  eminent  Swiss  Philatelist.  This  gentleman  has  succeeded  in  getting 
together  eight  out  of  the  twelve  types  belonging  to  this  arrangement,  and  has 
kindly  allowed  me  to  have  an  "autotj^pe"  taken  of^the  varieties  for  publication  in  this 
work.  The  illustration  is  numbered  112.  It  wiU  be  seen  on  comparing  this  illus- 
tration with  numbers  111  and  114,  that  the  value  "  2  cents"  is  differently  spaced  as 
regards  the  border  at  the  bottom  of  each  of  the  stamps,  and  number  six  has  a  small 
figure  2  in  place  of  a  large  one,  while  number  nine  has  a  large  2  in  place  of  a  small 
one.  "WTiether  there  are  any  marked  differences  in  numbers  1,  2,  4  and  5  is  not 
known,  as  these  varieties  have  still  to  be  found.  No  third  setting  up  of  the  one 
cent  has  yet  been  discovered. 

The  next  notice,  taken  from  The  Gazette,  April  15th,  1882,  authorises  Eegistra- 
tion  Envelopes  and  foreign  Post  Cards  to  be  sold  singly. 


48 


BBITISII   QUIANA. 


KEGULATIOXS. 

For  the  Sale  of  Registration  Envelopes  and  Foreign  Post  Cards. 
"On  and  after  Monday,  the  1st  May,  Registration   Envelopes  and 
foreign   Post  Cards  will  be  sold  at  every  Post  Office  in  the  Colony,  and  by 
Stamp  Vendors,  at  the  following  prices  : — 

REGISTRATION  ENVELOPES. 


For 


Simdl  S'he 

Medium  Si:e. 

Laryc  Size, 
(square  S(  nhlomj) 

1   Envelope 

■'> 

cents 

6  cents 

7  cents. 

■} 

10 

,. 

12     „ 

.         14      „ 

3 

lo 

,, 

18     „ 

.         21      „ 

4 

20 

7J 

24     „ 

.        28      „ 

5         „ 

25 

V 

30     „ 

35      „ 

6 

30 

36     „ 

.        42      „ 

t          .. 

nr, 

42     ,. 

.        49      „ 

B 

40 

48     .. 

56      „ 

0 

45 

„ 

.54     .. 

63      ., 

10 

.".0 

.. 

60     .. 

70     „ 

POST 

CARDS. 

For    1  Card 

4  cents. 

2 

,, 

8      ., 

",      3 

,, 

1:.'      .. 

„      4 

)j 

l(i      .. 

,.      5 

„ 

20      „ 

,.       fi 

24      ., 

*i              * 

„ 

28      „ 

„      « 

;t 

32      „ 

„       9 

,, 

36      „ 

„     10 

?J 

40      „ 

"  The  Post  Cards  are  not  available  for  circulation  vsdthin  the  Colony,  but 
are  to  be  used  only  for  communications  to  persons  in  England,  and  other 
countries  in  the  Postal  Union. 

"  (Signed)  P.  M.  Hodgson, 

"  Postmaster  General. 
"  General  Post  Office, 

"  Georgetown,  Axiril,  1882." 

The  next  notice  gives  us  the  date  of  issue  of  the  reply  paid  card  3+3  cents,  and 
makes  a  reduction  iu  the  price  of  the  3  cents  single  cards.  It  is  taken  from  The 
Gazette,  August  25th,  1883. 

POSTAL  XOTICE. 
Reduction  in  the  Price  Charged  tor  Foreign  Post  Caeds  and  Issue  op 
Double  Post  Cards,  that  is.  Cards  Having  a  Prepaid  Reply  Attached. 
"  On  and  after  the  1st  September  the  foreign  Post  Cards  liitherto 
sold  at  4  cents  each  will  be  sold  at  3  cents  each.  These  cards  are  available 
for  despatch  to  the  United  Kingdom,  the  Islands  in  the  West  Indies,  and 
to  all  countries  in  the  Postal  Union.  On  and  from  the  same  date.  Post 
Cards  having  a  reply  card  attached  vnW  be  sold  at  all  Post  Offices  in  the 
Colony  for  6  cents  each  double  card.  Tlie  object  of  the  double  card  is 
similar  to  that  of  pi-epaying  the  reply  to  a  telegram ;  namely,  that  the 
person  to  whom  the  card  is  sent  may  be  placed  in  a  position  to  send  a 
reply  without  having  to  pay  for  it.  Persons  using  the  double  card  must  be 
carefid  not  to  write  on  the  reply  card. 


Berbice. 


BRITISH    GUIANA.  49 

"  The  double  card  is  available  for  use  to  the  United  Kingdom,  the 
West  India  Islands,  and  to  all  countries  in  the  Postal  Union  with  the 
following  exceptions :  Brazil,  Egypt,  Guatemala,  Japan,  Mexico,  Nicaragua, 
Peru,  Russia,  Venezuela,  United  States. 

"  (Signed)  F.  M.  Hodgson, 

"  General  Post  Office,  "  Postmaster  General. 

"  Georgetown,  24fA  Aiujust,  1883." 
The  1  cent  and  2  cents  Newspaper  Wrappers  were  issued  on  February  1st,  1884, 
in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  following  notice  given  in  Tlie  Gazette  of  January 
19th,  1884. 

NOTICE. 
Sale  of  Newspaper  Wrappers. 
"Ok  and   after  Friday,   the   1st   February,   the   sale   of    Newspaper 
Wrappers  will  be  undertaken  at  the  following  Post  Offices  : — 

Georgetown     ...         ...         ...        (General  Post  Office.) 

Belfield 

Buxton  ... 

Mahaica  ...         \    East  Coast,  Demerara. 

Mahaicony        

Plaisance  

Fort  Wellington 
New  Amsterdam 
Reliance 

Skeldon ...         ...•' 

Leonora...         ...         ...         ...) 

Tuschen  ...         ...         ...\    West  Coast,  Demerara. 

Vreed-en-Hoop  ' 

Leguan  ... 

Good  Success  ...         ...         ...        (Wakenaam.) 

Anna  Regina    ...         ] 

Suddie \     Arabian  Coast,  Essequibo. 

Taymouth  Manor        J 

"  The  Wrappers  are  in  packets  of  10,  and  will  be  sold  as  follows  :  — 
1  cent  stamp  wrappers,  per  packet  12  cents. 
5!  94 

■^        »  !I  II  II  -"*        II 

"  (Signed)  F.  M.  Hodgson, 

"  Postmaster  General. 
"  General  Post  Office, 

"  Georgetown,  18fh  January,  1884." 
On  the  1st  May,  in  the  same  year,  the  above  wrappers  were  slightly  reduced  in 
price  by  the  following : — 

NOTICE. 
Alteration  in  the  Price  of  Newspaper  Wrappers. 
"  On  and  after  the  1st  May,  Newspaper  Wrappers  will  be  sold  at  the 
following  rates :  — 

1  cent  wrappers  in  packets  of  10  for  11  cents. 
9  10        21 

■^        II  II  IJ  -"-^      15      -'^        II 

"  (Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

"  Acting  Postmaster  General. 
"  General  Post  Office,  ZOth  Apnl,  1884." 

In  Tlie  Gazette  for  August  19th,  1885,  the  following  notice  was  inserted,  with- 
drawing all  provisional  and  other  postage  stamps  from  use,  excepting  those  of  the 
then  current  issue,  the  96  cents  of  which  had  previously  been  withdrawn  by  the  Post 
Office.  Mr.  Luard  tells  me  this  value  was  so  withdrawn  because  a  large  number 
of  the  stamps  were  stolen  from  the  Post  Office. 

H 


"  1  cent, 

2 

4     ", 

gray 

yellow 

blue 

6    „ 

light  brown 

8     „ 

red 

12     „ 

mauve 

24    „ 
48    „ 

green 
chocolate 

50  BBITISH    GUIANA. 

POST  OFFICE   NOTICE. 

Withdrawal  of  Postage  Stamps  from  Circulation. 

"General  Post  Office, 
"  Georgetown,  20W  Auffust,  1885. 
"  On   and  from    the   1st  October,   1885,  "  Provisional  Issue   Postage 
Stamps,"  and  all  Postage  Stamps  other  than  those  of  current  issue,  which 
are  described  below,  will  not  be  available  for  the  prepayment  of  Postage. 

"  Postage  Stamps,  which  by  this  notice  wiU  become  obsolete,  can  be 
exchanged  for  current  issue  stamps  of  equal  value  on  application  at 
the  Public  Counter  of  the  General  Post  Office  up  to  the  30th  September. 

Current  Issue  of  Bri  tish  Guiana  Po.stage  Stamps. 

Ship  in  full  sail  turned  to  the 
right  on  shaded  oval,  with  the 
motto  Damns  Petimusque  Tidsstm 
round  it ;  vahie  in  cents  on 
lower  part ;  the  words  postage  on 
top,  and  British  Guiana  at  side. 

"  (Signed)  F.  M.  Hodgson, 

"  Postmaster  General." 

The  next  notice  I  am  able  to  give  is  that  authorising  the  issue  of  inland  post 
cards.     It  appeared  in  The  Gazette  of  August  26th,  1885. 

COURT  OF  POLICY  NOTICE. 

"  Hall  of  the  Court  op  Policy, 

"26fA^^!7!«?,  1885. 

"  At  a  Meeting  of  the  Honourable  the  Court  of  Policy,  lield  on  the 

19th  instant,  the  following  Rules  and  Regulations  with  respect  to  the  use 

of  Inland  Post  Cards  were  settled  and  approved,  and  are  hereby  p)ublished 

for  general  information  :  — 

Rules  and  Regulations  with  Respect  to  the  Use  of  Inland 
Post  Cards. 

"  1.  Post  Cards  impressed  with  a  1  cent  Stamp  may  be  obtained  at 
any  Post  Office  in  the  Colony,  and  are  available  for  transmission  between 
places  in  the  Colony. 

"  2.  The  front  (or  stamped)  side  is  for  the  address  only,  in  addition 
to  the  words  printed  thereon  by  the  Government,  and  nothing  else  must 
be  ^vritten,  printed,  or  otherwise  impressed  on  it,  or  on  the  stamjj. 

"3.  On  the  reverse  side  any  communication,  whether  of  the  nature' 
of  a  letter  or  othei-wise,  may  be  written,  printed,  engraved  or  lithographed. 
Nothing  whatever  may  be  attached  to  the  card,  nor  may  a  card  be  folded, 
cut,  or  otherwise  altered. 

"  4.  If  the  Rules  in  paragraphs  2  and  3  are  infringed,  the  card  vrA\  be 
treated  as  a  letter,  and  charged  2  cents  on  delivery. 

"  5.  Adhesive  Stamps  are  not  accepted  in  pajmient  of  postage  on 
post  cards. 

"  6.  The  Postmaster  General  may  cause  any  Post  Cards  wliich 
contain  communications  obscenely  or  indecently  worded,  or  which  have 
upon  them  any  marks  or  designs  of  an  indecent,  obscene,  libellous,  or 
offensive  character  to  be  stopped  or  destroyed. 


nBITISH    QUI  AN  A  51 

"  7.     Inland  Post  Cards  shall  be  sold  at  the  following  rates  :— 

1  Card  for  three  farthings. 

2  Cards  for  l|d. 

3  Cards  for  two  pence  and  one  farthing. 

4  Cards  for  three  pence. 
6  Cards  for  four  pence. 

"  By  Command, 
"  (Signed)  Feanois  Villiers, 

"  Actinff  Secretaiy," 

The  1  cent  cards  not  having  arrived  from  England  at  the  date  of  this  notice,  the 
3  cents  Postal  Union  card  was  issued  provisionally,  with  the  stamp  surcharged  across 
the  centre  one  cent,  in  two  lines,  in  block  letters,  and  the  original  value  obliterated 
with  a  black  bar. 

On  October  1st,  1888,  a  new  "  Stamp  Duties "  Ordinance  came  into  force , 
Clause  7,  of  which  reads  as  follows  : — 

"  7.  The  stamps  to  be  used  under  any  Ordinance  imposing  a  stamp 
duty  shall  be  impressed  or  adhesive  as  the  Governor  and  Court  of  Policy 
may  from  time  to  time  direct,  and  adhesive  stamps  made  applicable  on  the 
face  thereof  for  Postage  and  Revenue  purposes  may  as  soon  as  the  same 
can  be  procured  be  issued  and  used  to  denote  such  duty." 

The  Gazette  for  October  3rd,  1888,  contains  the  notice  of  issue  of  the  first  set 
of  stamps  for  combined  fiscal  and  postal  use. 

STAMP  NOTICE. 

"  The  public  are  hereby  notified  that  on  and  after  Friday,  the  5th 
instant,  the  Chief  Commissary  will  be  prepared  to  stamp  Cheque  Books,  in 
part  or  in  whole,  in  the  possession  of  private  individuals :  and  that  stamps 
of  the  undermentioned  values  can  be  obtained,  viz. :  — 


1  Cent. 

40  Cent 

2     „ 

72     „ 

3     „ 

$1 

4     „ 

$2 

6     „ 

$3 

8     „ 

$4 

10    „ 

$5 

20     „ 

"  Bills  of  Lading  are  now  being  stamped. 

"(Signed) 

W.  S.  1 

TURNEB, 

"  Chief  Commissary." 
"  Chief  Commissary's  Office,  Guiana  Public  Buildings, 
"  Srd  October,  1888." 

Mr.  Luard  informs  me  the  values  from  seventy-two  cents  upwards  were  issued 
for  postal  purposes  on  October  1st,  1888,  and  that  several  of  the  other  values  were 
sold  at  the  Post  Offices,  as  the  supply  of  the  old  stamps  became  exhausted;  viz. :  the  two 
cents  on  the  25th  May,  1889,  the  same  stamp  with  an  additional  large  red  numeral 
"  2  "  on  the  5th  June,  and  the  one  cent  and  eight  cents  in  August  the  same  year. 
He  makes  no  mention  of  the  issue  of  the  three,  four,  six,  ten,  twenty,  and  forty 
cents  by  the  Post  Office,  and  it  seems  probable  that  these  values  were  only  sold  for 
"  revenue"  purposes,  although  no  doubt  they  would  have  franked  letters  if  so  ajiplied. 
I  have  seen  postmarked  copies  of  these  values,  but  whether  these  were  obliterated 
"to  order,"  or  paid  postage  in  the  usual  way,  I  am  unable  to  say. 


52  BRITISH    GUIANA. 

Tlio  following  notice  appeared  in  The  Gazette  of  Januar)'  1st,  1890. 
POST  OFFICE  NOTICE. 

"  General  Post  Office, 

"  Georgetown,  iWi  December,  1889. 
"  Notice  is  hereby  given  for  general  information,  that  the  following 
adhesive  stamps  issued  by  the  Government  for  Revenue  purposes,  are  not 
available  for  prepapnent  of  Postage,  and  Postal  matter  franked  with  such 
stamps  only  will  be  regarded  by  the  Post  Office  as  unpaid,  and  treated 
accordingly. 

REVENUE  STAMPS. 
$2'40      I        $9-60 
$4-80      I      $12-00 
"(Signed)  F.  W.  Collier, 

"  Postmaster  General^ 

In  July,  1890,  the  supply  of  one  cent  stamps  again  became  exhausted,  and 
recourse  had  once  more  to  be  made  to  a  provisional  issue.  The  stamp  first  selected 
to  do  duty  for  the  required  value,  was  the  current  one  doUar,  which  was  surcharged 
m  red  in  two  lines  "  One  Cent,"  and  the  former  value  was  obliterated  by  two  straight 
bars.  It  was  first  issued  on  July  15th,  1890,  according  to  Stanley  Gibbon's  Monthly 
Journal.  As  in  the  case  of  some  of  the  previous  provisional  issues,  these  stamps  were 
greedily  bought  up  by  speculators,  who  thought  to  make  a  good  thing  out  of  their 
purchase.  The  demand  was  in  fact  so  excessive  that  the  Stamp  Commissioners 
published  the  following  notice  in  The  Gazette  of  July  30th,  1890. 

STAMP   NOTICE. 

"  The  Commissioners  of  Stamps  hereby  give  notice  that  the  issue  of 
provisional  stamps  to  licensed  vendors  will,  for  the  present,  be  suspended, 
as  the  supplies  already  issued  are  amply  sufficient  for  revenue  nd  postal 
purposes ;  where  stamps  of  the  one  cent  value  are  required  for  such 
purposes,  they  may  be  obtamed  at  the  Post  Offices. 
"  (Signed)  Charles  Piercy  Austin,  "1 

W.S.Turner,  >  Commissioners  of  ^tam2)s. 

F.  W.  Collier,  I 

"2Uh  July,  1890." 

The  publication  of  this  notice  called  forth  loud  remonstrances  from  the  Press,  and 
the  absurdity  of  refusing  to  supply  stamps  to  all  comers  was  pointed  out.  Among 
other  articles  which  appeared  in  the  newspapers,  was  the  following,  which  may  be 
found  in  The  Argosy  of  August  2nd,  1890. 

"  In  our  correspondence  columns  to-day  is  a  letter  from  a  Water  Street  merchant 
relating  an  incident  which  is  likely  to  be  memorable  in  the  history  of  our  postage  stamps. 
Our  system  of  Government  is  knowai  to  be  paternal,  most  paternal.  A  man  may  buy 
at  one  time  only  a  small  measure  of  opium  and  only  one  quart  of  rum.  And  now  — 
Heaven  bless  them  for  their  kindness— our  authorities  have  decided  that  the  people 
shall  not  be  allowed  to  buy  more  than  a  certain  number  of  postage  stamps  !  !  !  Tliis  is 
not  a  joke.  It  is  a  positive  fact.  The  three  Stamp  Commissioners,  Messrs.  Austin, 
Turner  and  Collier  (we  mention  their  names  with  r-eluctance)  have  issued  a  notice  that 
as  a  sufficient  number  of  one  cent  stamps  for  the  postal  requirements  of  the  colony  has 
been  issued,  the  further  sale  will  be  conducted  only  at  the.  Post  Office,  under  regulations. 
From  the  founding  of  that  useful  commodity  the  postage  stamp,  its  sale  in  all  countries 
in  the  world  has  been  according  to  the  wants  of  the  buyers ;  the  one  desire  of  the  issuers 
of  it  being  to  have  as  many  as  possible  sold.  AU  over  the  globe  the  stamp  collector's  album 
is  to  be  fomid,  in  the  smallest  cottage  and  in  the  Royal  palace ;  stamp  collection  (sic)  has 
been  elevated  into  a  science,  and  at  the  present  moment  the  treasures  of  a  philatelic 


BRITISH    GUIANA.  53 

exhibition  in  London  is  delighting  the  most  intellectual  people  of  the  empire.  Because 
collectors  and  those  who  collect  for  collectors  bought  up  large  quantities  of  a  provisional 
issue  of  one-cent  stamps  which  our  Government  had  to  issue,  a  month  ago,  the 
Commissioners  have  lost  their  head  entirely,  and  see  in  this  important  contribution  to 
the  revenue  of  the  Post  Office,  an  attempt  to  trifle  with  the  Fiscal  macliinery.  One  of 
the  Commissioners  stated  in  Court  that  the  printer  could  supply  60,000  of  the  new 
stamps  per  day  (and  considermg  that  the  prnitmg  is  done  at  the  rate  of  60  in  one 
impression,  the  Commissioner  might  have  said  300,000  a  day  so  far  as  the  printer  is 
concerned)  and  at  this  rate  the  local  demands  could  soon  have  been  met  in  fuU.  But 
however  long  or  deep  the  local  demands  were,  the  Government  ought  to  have  continued 
to  supply  them  as  long  as  there  was  any  paper  left  in  the  colony.  The  Commissioners 
are  dehberately  interfering  with  a  legitimate  branch  -of  postal  revenue,  and  if  strict 
justice  were  meted  out  to  them,  they  would  be  sailed  upon  to  make  good  the  loss  their 
misapprehension  of  the  range  and  utility  of  the  postage  stamp,  has  caused  and  is  causing 
the  colonial  revenue." 

The  Stamp  Commissioners  apparently  soon  realised  their  mistake,  the  same  sur- 
charge of  "  One  Cent "  being  applied  to  the  current  two,  three,  and  four  dollar 
adhesives  in  turn,  as  the  supply  of  each  value  became  used  up,  and  the  following 
notice  was  published  in  The  Gazette  of  August  23rd,  1890. 

STAMP    NOTICE. 
"  The  Commissioners  of  Stamps  hereby  give  notice  that  the  issue  of 
the  provisional  One  Cent  Stamps  to  Licensed  Vendors  wiU  be  continued 
from  and  after  this  date. 

"  (Signed)  Chas.  Piercy  Austin,  '\ 

W.  S.  Turner,  I  Commissioners  of  Stmnps. 

F.  W.  Collier,  J 

"  21st  Awjust,  1890." 
Stanley  Cfibhon's  Monthly  Journal  for  June,  1891,  gives  the  number  of  the  four 
varieties  issued  as  follows  : — 

1  cent  on  1  doUar,     121,800.  1  cent  on  3  dollars,  111,000. 

1     „      „   2      „         111,000.  1     „      „  4      „  51,000. 

On  October  1st,  1890,  Postcards  and  Newspaper  Wrappers  were  sold  at  their 
face  value,  La  accordance  with  the  following  two  notices,  the  former  of  which  was 
published  in  The  Gazette  of  September  27th,  and  the  latter  in  the  issue  of  that  paper 
for  October  1st,  for  the  year  mentioned. 

GOVEENMENT    NOTICE. 

"  mth  September,  1890. 
"Notice  is  hereby  given  for  general  information  that  the  Court  of 
Policy  at  its  [meeting  on  the  19th  September,  approved  of  Inland  Post 
Cards  and  Newspaper  Wrappers  being  sold  at  their  face  value,  and  of  only 
the  small  sized  reyistration  envelopes  beiny  issued  in  future,  the  charge  for 
which  will  be  five  cents  each. 

POST  OFFICE  NOTICE. 
Post  Cards  and  Newspaper  Wrappers. 

"  General  Post  Office,  27th  September,  1890. 
"On  and  after  Wednesday,    the    1st  October,  proximo.   Post  Cards 
and  Newspaper  Wrappers  may  be  purchased  at  any  Post  Office  in  the 
Colony  at  the  face  value,  as  follows  : — 
Post  Cards. 

Inland         ...         1  cent  each. 

Foreign        ...         ...         ...         ...     3  cents  each. 

Do.   Eeply  paid 6  cents  each. 


54  BRITISH    GUIANA. 

Newspaper  Wrappers. 
"  -1  cents  and  1  cent  eacli. 
"  These  wrappers  may  be  vised  for  Newspapers,  or  for  such  Documents 
as  are  allowed  to  be  sent  at  the  book  rate  of  postage. 

"  (Signed)  F.  W.  Collier, 

"  Postmaster  General." 

In  conelusiou,  I  give  a  list  of  the  Colony's  present  Inland  Postal  Hates,  taken 
from  the  current  Post  Office  Guide,  published  on  May  1st,  1884,  making  the  necessary 
alterations  advertised  in  TJie  Gazette  of  April  21st,  1886. 

Letters. 

For  a  letter  not  exceeding  1  oz 2  cents. 

„  „  above  1  oz.,  but  not  exceeding  '2  oz.        3      „ 

))  !)  !!       ^  „  „  »        "i  oz.        4      „ 

And  at  the  rate  of  1  cent  for  every  additional  2  oz.  up  to  2  lbs. 
Letters  not  exceeding  j  oz.  in  weight,  posted  ui 
Georgetown  for  delivery  in  Georgetown,  or  in 
New  Amsterdam  for  delivery  in  New  Amster- 
dam, can  be  sent  for  a  prepaid  postage  of    ...         1  cent. 
For  letters  exceeding  ^  oz.  in  weight,  the  rate  is  the  same  as 
for  letters  to  other  parts  of  the  Colony. 
Newspapers. 
For  each  Newspaper  posted  in  the  Colony  ...         1  cent. 

Circulars  and  Prices  Current. 

For  each  article  ...         1  cent. 

Book  Packets. 

For  a  packet  not  exceeding  4  oz ...        1  cent. 

„     each  additional  4  oz.      ...         ...         ...         ...        2  cents. 

Registration. 

The  fee  for  each  article  is     4  cents. 

On  comparing  the  above  rates  with  those  current  at  the  time  of  the  introduction 
of  postage  stamps,  we  shall  see  the  great  reductions  made  in  the  postal  service  since 
1850. 


IIEFEIIENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 
Issue  I.    July  1st,  1850. 

Four  values.  Locally  printed  from  a  series  of  blocks.  The  numerals  of  value 
were  moveable,  and  were  fitted  in  as  the  stamps  of  each  value  were  required.  The 
stamps  were  printed  in  black,  ou  coarse,  coloured  wove  paper,  varying  considerably  in 
substance,  and  the  four  cents  is  also  found  upon  pelure  paper.  The  stamps  are 
unperforated.  Design  :  An  irregular  single  lined  circle  or  oval  contains  the  inscrip- 
tion BRITISH  GUIANA  in  Eoman  capitals,  following  the  curve  of  the  circle  on  the  inside. 
The  value  in  numerals  and  the  word  Cents  in  small  italic  type  are  in  a  straight  line 
across  the  centre.  Each  stamp  was  initialled  before  issue  by  the  Postmaster  or  one 
of  the  clerks  in  the  Post  Office  at  Georgetown.  Shape,  circular  or  oval.  (Ilhis- 
tratioiis  57-60.) 

A.  On  medium  wove  paper. 

(1st  March,  18.51),  2  c,  black  on  pale  rose. 

4  c.,  black  on  orange  (shades). 
4  c,  black  on  lemon-yellow. 
8  o.,  black  on  green  (shades). 
12  c.,  black  on  blue,  indigo,  pale  blue  (shades). 


BRITISH    QUI  ANA.  55 

B.  On  pelure  paper. 

4  c,  black  on  pale  lemon-yellow. 
Varieties,     a.  Without  initials. 

8  c.,  black  on  green. 
b.  With  large  figure  2  with  straight  foot.    {Illustration  60.) 
12  c,  pale  blue. 
Remarlcs. — There  are  several  varieties  of  type  of  these  stamps,  see  Illustrations 
60 — 67,  information  concerning  which  mil  be  found  given  in  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon's  Paper. 

Issue  II.     January  1st,  1852. 

Tiuo  values.  Designed  and  lithographed  by  Messrs.  "Waterlow  and  Sons,  of  London. 
Black  impression  on  medium  surface-coloured  wove  paper,  unwatermarked  and 
imperforated,  brown  gum.  Design  :  A  plain  shield  containing  a  ship  sailing  to  the 
right,  a  fort  being  depicted  in  the  left  background,  and  another  ship  in  the 
distance  in  the  right  background.  Above  the  shield  is  the  value  in  numerals 
aud  block  letters,  and  below  is  the  motto  of  the  Colony  signifying,  "  we  give  and 
ASK  IN  iTJEN,"  in  smaller  block  letters.  On  the  left  and  right  is  the  name  of  the 
Colony,  and  the  whole  design  is  contained  in  a  single  lined  rectangular  frame. 
Shape,  large  upright  rectangular.     {Illustrations  68,  69.) 

T.    "lOENT."      "4  CENTS."      B.    "  DAMUS  PAIIMUSQUE  VICISSIM."      L.    "  BRITJSH," 

reading  upwards,     r.  "  guiana,"  reading  downwards. 
1  c.,  black  on  magenta  (shades). 
4  c.,  black  on  bright  blue  (shades). 

EemarTcs. — There  are  two  varieties  of  type  of  each  value  printed  side  by  side, 
which  in  the  case  of  the  one  cent  may  readily  be  distinguished  from  each  other  by 
the  absence  on  one  variety  of  the  period  after  gtjiana.  In  both  values  other  slight 
differences  are  readily  discernible  in  the  details  of  the  forts  and  the  shading  of  the 
waves.  It  will  be  noticed  that  in  the  legend  PAiiMUsaTTB  is  printed  in  error  for 
PETiMTJSQiTE.  This  mistake  must  be  attributed  to  the  workman  who  engraved  the 
original  dies. 

Issue  III.    1853. 

Two  values.  Lithographed  by  Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons,  of  London,  and  printed 
on  white  wove  paper  varying  in  substance,  unwatermarked  and  unperforated. 
Yellowish  gum.  Design :  A  barque  sailing  to  the  left  on  a  background  of  lines 
crossed  obliquely  within  a  linear  oval  band,  containing  the  legend,  "  damus 
PB'riMTJSQtrE  VICISSIM,"  in  small  coloured  block  letters.  Straight  coloured  labels  above 
and  below,  contain  an  inscription  and  the  value  in  white  Roman  capitals,  and  similar 
labels  at  the  sides  contain  the  name  of  the  Colony  in  the  same  lettering.  In  the 
four  corners  there  are  small  square  blocks,  each  containing  one  of  the  figures  of  the 
date  1853.  The  figures  are  in  white  and  are  printed  upon  an  eight  rayed  star  upon 
a  diagonally  lined  ground,  and  the  space  between  the  corner  blocks  and  the  inscrip- 
tions at  the  sides  is  iilled  in  with  a  white  reticulated  pattern.  The  spandrels  are  filled 
in  with  concentric  circular  ornamentation,  and  the  design  is  completed  by  a  single 
outer  line  of  colour.     Shape,  upright  rectangular,     {IllvMration  70.) 

T.  "  POSTAGE."    B.  "  ONE  CENT."     "  FOUR  CENTS."     L.  "  BElrrsH,"  reading  upwards. 
R.  "  GUIANA,"  reading  downwards. 

1  c,  vermilion,  brownish-red  (shades). 
4  c,  blue,  pale  to  dark. 


56  BEITISH    GUIANA. 

Vaneties.     a.     With  white  line  above  the  vahie.     (Ilhwlraiion  71.) 
1  c,  red,  reel-brown  (shades). 
4  c,  blue,  pale  to  dark. 
h.  With  letter  o  of  one  further  avra.y  from  the  left  corner  block.       (Ill ust ra- 
tion 72). 

1  c.,  red,  red-brown  (shades). 

c.  With  small  letter  o  to  one.     ( ITlustration  1?>.) 

1  c,  red,  red-brown  (shades). 

Remarlcs.—1\\Q  four  cents  is  also  found  with  a  period  between  the  letters  s  and 
T  of  POSTAGE.  This  Variety  is  due  to  a  defect  in  transferring  the  impressions  to  the 
lithographic  stone  from  the  engraved  die.  Full  particulars  concerning  the  method 
emplo3-cd  for  printing  the  stamps  of  this  issue,  with  an  explanation  as  to  how  the 
varieties  a,  b,  and  c  may  be  accounted  for,  are  given  in  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon's  Paper. 

Issue  IV.    Early  in  1856. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  typographed  locally.  Black  impression  on  medium 
coloured  paper,  unwatermarked  and  imperforated.  Brownish  gum.  Design  :  A  ship 
sailing  to  the  right.  Above  are  the  words  "  Damus  Petimus,"  and  below  "  Quo 
Vicissim  "  in  two  straight  lines  in  lower  case  type,  the  initial  letter  of  each  word 
being  a  capital.  The  whole  is  in  an  oblong  rectangular  frame  composed  of  four  lines, 
which  usually  do  not  meet  at  the  corners.  Outside  the  frame,  and  surrounding  it, 
is  an  inscription  in  Roman  capitals.  As  in  the  case  of  the  first  issue,  each  stamp 
was  initialled  before  use.  Shape,  large,  oblong,  rectangular.  (Ilhistration  82.) 
T.  "  BRITISH."  B.  "  GUIANA."  L.  "  POSTAGE,  reading  upwards.  k.  "  one  cent." 
"  FOTJB.  cENT.s,"  reading  upwards. 

A.  On  paper  coloured  on  the  surface  only. 
1  c,  black  on  magenta. 

4  c.,      „       „        „  (shades). 

4  c.,      „      „    cannino-rose  (     „     ) 
4  c.,      „       ,,    pale  blue        (     „     ) 

B.  On  paper  coloured  right  through. 
4  c,  black  on  dark  blue. 

BemarJcs. — Several  varieties  of  tj^je  of  the  four  cents  exist,  chiefly  distinguishable 
from  each  other  by  the  relative  positions  and  spacing  of  the  inscriptions.  At  least 
eight  are  known  to  the  Society,  which  are  given  as  Ilustration  82;  but  the  number 
of  varieties  to  the  sheet,  and  their  arrangement  are  still  only  matter  of  conjecture. 
Numbers  one  and  five  in  the  illustration,  are  a  vertical  unsevered  pair  in  the  collection 
of  the  late  Mr.  T.  K.  Tapling.  Judging  from  postmarked  specimens  the  issue  took 
place  in  February,  1856.  The  stamps  on  the  magenta  surface  paper  seem  to  have  been 
first  used,  then  those  on  the  blue  paper  "  coloured  right  through,"  about  August,  1856, 
and  lastly  those  on  the  blue  surface  paper,  which  are  usually  found  postmarked  later 
on  in  that  year. 

Issue  V.   1860  (?). 

One  value.  Lithographed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons  by  transfer 
from  a  newly  engraved  die,  on  medium  white  wove  unwcitermarked  paper.  Un- 
perforatcd.  Yellowish  gum.  Design  :  Very  similar  to  that  of  the  four  cents  of  IsSue 
III.,  but  the  numerals  in  the  corner  blocks  are  upon  a  dotted  ground,  and  the  blocks 
are  enframed  by  thin  white  lines.  There  is  a  white  line  above  the  value  and  numerous 
other  minute  differences  in  other  details  of  the  design.  The  vessel  depicted  is  no 
longer  a  barque,  but  is  square  rigged.     Shape,  upright  rectangular.    {Ilhistration  74.) 

4  c,  pale  blue  (slight  shades). 


BRITISH   GUIANA.  57 

Issue  VI.    May  (?),  1860. 

Six  values.  Designed  and  lithographed  by  Messrs.  Waterloo  and  Sons,  of  Loudon. 
Coloured  impression  on  stout  white  wove  unwatermarked  paper,  varying  in  substance. 
Machine  perforated  12.  Yellowish  gum.  Design  :  A  ship  sailing  to  the  right  on  a 
background  of  horizontal  lines  enclosed  by  a  garter  of  solid  colour  containing  the 
inscription  "  dajhus  pbtimtjsqtje  vioissim  "  in  white  block  letters.  Above,  below,  and 
at  the  sides  there  are  straight  horizontal  and  vertical  labels  of  solid  colour  containing 
an  inscription  and  the  value  ;  the  latter,  in  the  case  of  the  three  lower  values  being 
expressed  in  words,  and  in  numerals  on  the  higher  values.  The  va.lue  is  placed  about 
2  mm.  distant  from  the  word  "  cents,"  except  in  the  four  cents,  where  the  distance  is 
1  mm.  Inscriptions  and  values  are  printed  in  white  Eoman  capitals  or  numerals. 
The  spandrels  are  enclosed  by  a  wavy  line,  and  are  filled  in  with  reticulated 
ornamentation.  The  corners  consist  of  square  blocks  of  solid  colour  enframed  by 
white  lines,  and  each  contains  a  white  Arabic  numeral  of  the  date  1860.  A  single  outer 
line  of  colour  completes  the  design.  Shape  upright,  rectangular.  (Illustrations  75,  76.) 

T.    "  GUIANA."      B.    "  ONE  CENT,"      '  TWO  CENTS,"    ''  FOUR  CENTS,"  "  VIII.  CENTS,"    "  XII.  CENTS," 

"  XXIV.  CENTS."     L.  '■  BRITISH,"  reading  upwards.    R.  "  postage,"  reading  downwards. 

1  c.,  pale  rose,  violet-rose  (shades). 

2  c,  orange. 

4  c,  light  blue. 

8  c.,  pale  rose,  brownish-rose  (shades). 
13  c,  grey,  lilac,  brownish-lilac  (  „  ) 
24  c,  yeUow-green  (      u     ) 

Varietij.  The  eight  cents  is  kno'wn  cut  in  half  diagonally,  and  used  (in 
ITovember,  1861)  for  half  the  value. 

4  c.  (half  8  c.)  rose. 
Remarlcs. — The  one,  two,  eight,  and  twelve  cents  exist  on  slightly  toned  paper. 
Full  particulars  concerning  the  twelve  cents  with  "  5d."  in  red  {Illustration  77)  will 
be  found  in  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon's  paper. 

Issue  VII.     1861. 

Om  value.  Same  in  all  respects  as  Issue  VI.,  but  changed  in  colour.  Paper, 
perforation,  etc.,  as  before.     (Illustration  75.) 

1  c,  red-brown  (shades). 
Remarlcs. — A  pair  of  these  stamps  has  been  seen  by  the-  Society  postmarked 

October  29th,  1861. 

Issue  VIII,    1862. 

One  value.     Same  design  as  Issue  VII.,  but  changed  in  colour,  and  the  paper  is 
verj'  thin,  almost  pelure.     Perforation,  gum,  etc.,  as  before.     {Illustration  75.) 
1  c,  dark  chocolate-brown  (slight  shades). 

Issue  IX.    October  (?)  1862. 

Three  values.  Provisional  Issue.  Designed  and  type  printed  in  the  Colony. 
Black  impression  on  medium  coloured  wove  paper,  unwatermarked.  Kouletted  6. 
Yellowish  gum.  Design :  One  Cent,  Two  Cents.  A  blank  rectangiilar  space 
bounded  by  plain  lines  constitutes  the  centre  of  the  stamp.  Surrounding  this 
rectangular  frame  is  an  uiscription  and  the  value  in  Eoman  capitals  and  numerals. 
A  bordering  of  various  type  pattern  ornaments  enframes  the  whole. 

The  varieties  of  bordering,  which  are  known  to  printers  under  the  name  of 
"  Minion  Mowers  " ;  may  be  described  as  follows  : — 

{a)  Border  composed  of  small  ovals,  placed  diagonally,  and  crossed  with  smalllines. 

(5)  Border  composed  of  small  shaded  circles  or  pearls. 

(c)  Border  composed  of  grape  pattern  ornamentation. 

I 


53  BEITISU    GUIANA. 

Four  Cents.  Very  similar  to  the  one  and  two  cents,  but  the  bordering  pattern 
is  different  in  design,  and  certain  specimens  on  the  sheet  are  without  the  lines 
forming  the  central  rectangular  frame. 

The  varieties  of  bordering,  etc.,  may  be  classified  as  follows : — 

(d)  Border  composed  of  a  pattern  called  "hearts  and  pearls." 

(e)  Border  composed  of  small  crosses  in  rosaces. 
(/ )  Border  composed  of  a  trefoil  pattern. 

Each  stamp  was  initialled  by  Mr.  Robert  Mather,  acting  Receiver  General  of 
the  Colony,  before  being  issued  to  the  public.  Shape  upright  rectangular. 
{lUusimtloHs  S3,  84,  85.) 

T.    "GUIANA."      B.    "one    CENT."      "  TWO    CENTS."      "FOUR    CENTS."      L.    "BRITISH,"    reading 

upwards,  E.  "  postage,"  reading  do■«^lwards. 
Borders  («)  (A)  (c)  1  c.,  black  on  dull  rose. 

„         „     „     „   2  c.,      „      „    lemon  yeUow. 
Borders  {d)  (e)  (/)  4  c.,      „      ,,    dark  blue. 

PROMINENT  VARIETIES. 

1  c.,  variety  24,  the  word  '■  postage  "  is  misspelt  "  postage." 

2  c,      „        13,  the  word  "  two  "  is  misspelt  "  two." 

2  c.,      „        16,  the  "s"  of  "cents"  is  an  itahc  letter. 

2  c,      „       18,  the  "  t "  of  "  two  "  is  an  italic  letter. 

2  c,      „        24,  the  word  "  postage  "  is  misspelt  "  postage." 

4  c.,  varieties  8  &  14,  the  '  s  "  of  •'  cents  "  is  an  italic  letter. 

4  c.,  variety  15,  the  "  s  "  of  "  British  "  is  an  italic  letter. 

4  c,  varieties  13  to  24,  have  no  inner  lines. 

liemarls. — The  information  which  foUows  has  been  taken  from  a  paper  read 
before  the  London  Philatelic  Society  by  the  President  on  July  2nd,  1881.  It  was 
afterwards  published  in  the  Philatelic  Eecord,  Vol.  III.,  p.  108.  "  The  issue  took 
place  in  October,  1862,  in  order  to  supply  a  temporary  failure  in  the  current  issues 
of  the  one,  two,  and  four  cents  values,  the  stock  of  which  had  become  exhausted  at 
the  moment,  no  supply  having  arrived  from  England.  The  Post  Oflice  was  then  under 
the  charge  of  Mr.  E.  T.  E.  Dalton  as  Postmaster,  Mr.  Robert  Mather  beiug  Acting 
Receiver  General  of  the  Colony.  Recourse  was  had  to  the  printers  of  the  Royal 
Gazette  at  Georgetown,  and  they  were  asked  to  supplj'  the  necessary  substitutes, 
being  instructed  to  print  the  stamps  in  the  above  values  on  red,  yellow,  and  blue 
paper  respectively.  Accordingly  Mr.  George  Melville  caused  the  three  denominations 
of  value  to  be  set  up  in  type  and  printed  off  at  the  Gazette  office.  The  resources  of  the 
establishment  in  the  matter  of  ornamental  type  being  limited,  it  was  necessary  to  print 
off  both  the  one  and  two  cents  value  from  the  same  designs,  but  for  the  four  cents  a 
change  of  type  was  available.  The  sheets  were  composed  of  24  stamps,  each  separately 
set  up,  and  of  course  showing  as  many  varieties  of  type  as  there  were  stamps  to  the  sheet. 
They  were  arranged  in  four  horizontal  rows  comprising  six  stamps  to  the  row.  The 
supply  of  the  one  cent  value  having  first  been  printed  off,  the  two  cents  were  printed 
after  the  lettering  of  the  value  had  been  altered  from  one  cent  to  two  cents.  Thus  it 
follows  that  all  the  varieties  found  on  the  sheet  of  the  one  cent,  are  repeated  on  that 
of  the  two  cents,  while  all  the  twenty-four  stamps  of  the  four  cents  differ  from  those 
of  the  two  lower  values  and  from  each  other.  The  size  of  the  sheets  was  4:\  X  5|  inches, 
or  107x145  mm.  The  impression  was  printed  by  a  small  hand  press,  stiU  in  use 
in  the  Gazette  office.  When  printed,  the  adhesive  matter  (a  strong  gum)  was  applied 
to  the  backs,  and  the  perforation  was  effected  by  a  roulette  machine  worked  by  hand, 


BRITISH    GUIANA.  59 

as  is  evident  from  the  irregular  angles  formed  by  the  lines  of  perforation :  some 
are  in  lines  running  trulj'  and  forming  right  angles,  in  others  the  lines  are  more 
or  less  oblique,  and  cause  the  stamps  to  be  out  of  the  square.  After  reception  at  the 
Post  Office,  and  before  being  issued  for  circulation,  each  stamp  was  separately 
initialled  by  Mr.  Mather,  "  ll.M.,  Ac,  R.G.,"  in  ink,  black  on  the  one  cent,  red  on 
the  two  cents,  and  white  (as  it  looks)  on  the  four  cents  ;  but  the  white  appearance 
is  due  to  the  initials  being  written  in  an  alkali,  which  discharged  the  colour  of  the 
paper.  The  stamps  when  the  paraplie  had  been  thus  applied,  were  issued  and  sold 
for  ordinary  use  at  their  facial  value.  In  the  great  "find"  of  the  older  values  of 
British  Guiana  stamps  in  1877-8,  which  resulted  in  most  of  the  great  European 
collections  supplying  their  laminae  in  the  stamps  of  this  Colony,  but  very  few  of 
these  provisionals  were  discovered.  They  have  always  been  rare,  and  of  late  years 
their  rarity  has  rather  increased,  although  forgeries  are  exceedingly  rife." 

The  author  of  the  paper  from  which  the  above  extracts  have  been  quoted,  next 
proceeds  to  give  in  detail  the  differences  between  each  stamp  on  the  sheets ;  but  the 
"  autot5'pe."  illustrations  of  the  entire  sheets,  obviates  the  necessitj'  of  their  repetition 
here. 

Issue  X.    1863. 

Six  vabies.  Same  as  to  design,  etc.,  as  Issue  YI.,  but  the  paper  is  thinner  and 
more  transparent.     Machine  perforated,     (nhistraiions  75,  76.) 

K.—Perf.  12. 

1  c,  black,  grey-black. 

2  c,  orange  (shades). 

4  c,  dull  blue,  greenish-blue  (shades). 
8  c,  rose  (shades). 
12  c,  lilac,  grey-lilac  (shades). 
24  c,  yellow-green  (shades). 
'B.—Perf.  121 
Same  values,  colours  and  shades. 
Vaneties.     The  1,  4,  8,  and  24  cents  exist  imperforate. 

Remarks. — AU  the  values  except  the  twenty-four  cents  are  known  to  exist  on 
toned  paper,  perforated  (A)  and  perforated  (B). 

Issue  XI.    1863. 

Fotir  vahies.  Designed  and  lithographed  by  Messrs.  "Waterlow  and  Sons.  Coloured 
impression  on  medium  white  wove  paper,  unwatermarked.  Yellowish  gum,  machine 
perforated  12J.  Design :  Yery  similar  to  that  of  the  preceding  issue,  but  the  value 
is  placed  closer  to  the  word  "  cents,"  being  about  1  mm.  distant.  In  the  preceding 
issue  the  distance  was  about  2  mm.,  though  there  were  slight  differences  between  the 
various  values.  In  all  other  respects  the  types  appear  to  be  the  same,  making  allowance 
for  printing  by  lithography.     (Illustrations  78,  79.J 

1  c,  black. 

2  c,  orange  (shades). 

8  c,  rose,  violet-rose  (shades). 
12  c,  grey,  lilac,  brownish-lilac  (shades). 
Vaneties.     AU  four  values  exist  imperforate.  ^ 

Issue  XII.   August,  1863. 

TJiree  vahies.  [Designed  and  lithographed  by  Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons, 
Coloured  impression  on  medium  white,  or  toned  wove  paper,  unwatermarked.  Yellowish 
gum.  Machine  perforated.  Design  :  Ship  sailing  to  right,  with  a  background  of  clouds, 
within  a  white  circular  band,  containing  the  words  "  damus  petimtjsqtje  vicissim  "  in 


60  BRITISH    GUI  AX  A. 

coloured  block  letters.  The  corners  consist  of  square  blocks  of  solid  colour,  enframed 
with  white  lines,  and  each  containing  an  Arabic  numeral  of  the  date  18613.  Straight 
white  labels  above  and  below  contain  the  abbreviated  name  of  the  Colony,  and  the 
value,  all  in  coloured  Roman  capitals  or  numerals.  The  spandrels  are  filled  in  with 
white  arabesque  ornamt;ntatiou,  and  the  design  is  completed  b)'  a  double  outer  line  of 
colour.     Shape,  large  upright  rectangular.     (IlhtslralioH  8(X) 

T.    "  B.  GDIANA."       B.    "  VI.  CENTS."       "  XXIV.  CENTS."       "  XLVIII.  CENTS." 

K.—Peif.  U. 
:?4  c.  green,  yellow-green  (shades). 
B.-Pnf.  \-2l 
6  c.,  blue,  dark  blue,  ultramarine  (shades). 
24  c,  green,  yellow-green  (shades). 
48  c,  rose-red  (shades). 
Varieties.     The  6  and  24-  cents  exist  imperforated,  and  all  three  values  are  found 
on  toned  paper  perf.  12|.      The  -48  cents  exists  with  a  full  stop  after  the  "  r."  of 

"  PETIMUSaUE." 

Issue  XIII.    1868. 

Eight  values.  The  designs  are  those  of  Issues  VI.,  XI.,  and  XII.,  but  the  stamps 
are  perforated  10.  The  paper,  toned  or  white,  varies  in  substance.  (Illustrations 
76,  78,  79,  80.) 

A. — Designs  of  Issue  VI. 
4  c,  pale  blue,  blue,  greenish-blue  (shades). 
12  c.,  dull  lilac  (shades). 

B. — Designs  of  Issue  XI. 

1  c,  black,  grey-black. 

2  c,  orange,  orange-yellow  (shades). 

8  c,  rose,  rose-red,  violet-rose  (shades). 
12  c.,  grey,  hlac,  (shades). 

C. — Designs  of  Issue  XII. 
6  c,  blue,  dark  blue,  ultramarine  (shades). 
24  c.,  yeUow-green  (shades). 
48  c,  rose-red  (shades). 
Varieties.     All  these  stamps  exist  on  toned  paper. 

Issue  XIV.    1875. 

Beveii  values.  Same  in  all  respects  as  the  preceding  issue,  but  perforated  15. 
(IlhistratioHs  78,  79,  SO.) 

A. — Design  of  Issue  VI. 

4  c,  pale  blue. 
^.—Designs  of  Issue  XI. 

1  c,  black. 

2  c,  orange  (shades). 
8  c,  rose-red  (shades). 

12  c,  duU  lilac  (     „      ). 
C— Designs  of  Issue  XII. 

6  c,  ultramarine. 
24  c-r  yellow-green.  ' 

Issue  XV.  July  1st,  1876. 
A'ine  vahtes.  Engraved  and  surface  printed  by  ilessrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of 
London.  Coloured  impression  on  medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C. 
AVhite  gum.  Machine  perforated  14.  Design:  Ship  sailing  to  right  on  a  background 
of  horizontal  lines  within  an  upright  rectangular  double  lined  frame,  curved  at  the 
top  and  bottom  and  straight  at  the  sides.     Around  tlic  frame  and  following  its  shape. 


BRITISH    GUIANA.  61 

there  is  a  narrow  coloured  band  containing  an  inscription  in  white  block  letters  and 
white  arabesque  ornamentation.  l.  damtis  (reading  upwards).  t.  PEiiMTisaiTE. 
E.  vicissur  (reading  downwards).  b.  White  arabesque  ornamentation.  Straight 
white  labels  at  the  top,  bottom,  and  sides  contain  an  inscription  and  the  value  in 
coloured  bloot  letters  and  numerals.  The  spandrels  consist  of  coloured  triangular 
blocks  containing  white  floriate  ornaments,  and  the  design  is  completed  by  a  double 
outer  line  of  colour.  Shape  upright  rectangular.  {Illustration  81.) 
T.  "  POSTAGE."      L.  "  BEiTisH,"   reading  upwards,      e.  "  gtjiam;  a,"    reading   upwards. 

B.    "  1  CENT."        "  2  CENTS."        "  4  CENTS."        "  6  CENTS."       "  8  CENTS."       "  12  CENTS." 
"  24  CENTS."       "  48  CENTS."       "  96  CENTS." 

1  c,  grey,  indigo-grey  (shades). 

2  c.  orange,  yellow  (  »  ) 
4  c,  ultramarine  (  ,,  ) 
6  c,  chocolate-brown  (  „  ) 
8  c,  rose  (       „     ) 

12  c,  lilac,  grey-lilac      (       »     ) 

24  c,  green  (       „     ^ 

48  c,  red-brown  (      u     ) 

96  c,  olive-yeUow  (      „     ) 

Varietij.  M.  Moens  catalogues  the  2  cents  surcharged  "  Id  "  in  red.  No  speci- 
men is  known  to  the  Society.  It  is  probably  either  a  "  bogus  "  surcharge  altogether, 
or  else  a  mark  of  insufficiently  prepaid  postage,  applied  at  the  Post  Office  after  the 

letter  was  posted. 

Issue  XVI.    1878. 

Two  values.  Provisional  issue.  The  supply  of  one  and  two  cent  stamps  having 
given  out,  the  Grovernment  authorised  the  surcharging  of  several  of  the  higher  values 
of  Issues  XIII.  and  XV.  as  issued  to  the  public,  and  of  certain  values  of  Issues  I.  and 
II.  of  the  "opficiae"  stamps,  described  later  under  a  separate  heading.  The  surcharge 
consists  of  one  or  two  broad  bars  of  black  ink,  apparently  applied  with  a  brush,  and 
obliterating  either  the  value,  the  surcharged  word  "  oppiciai,"  or  both.  Watermark, 
perforation,  etc.,  as  previously  or  subsequently  described  for  the  respective  issues. 
T.  — Ordinary  stamps  not  bearing  the  word  "ofeioial." 

A.  With  a  horizontal  bar  over  the  value,  and  another  across  the  upper  portion  of  the 

stamp,  both  3  mm.  in  width. 
(April  16th,  1878)  (1  c.)  black  suicharge,  oa  6  c,  brown  Issue  XV.    (^Illustration  86.) 

B.  With  a  horizontal  bar  over  the  value,  and  a  vertical  bar  down  the  centre  both  3mm. 

in  width. 
(Nov.  6th,  1878)  (I  c.)  black  surcharge,  on  6  c,  ultramarine.    Issue  XIII.    {Illustration  87.) 
(    >.        .,      .,  )  (1 0.)      „  ,,  „  6  c.  brown  „     XV.       (  „         88.) 

II. — Surcharged  upon  stamps  surcharged  "  OFPicrAL." 
C.  With  a  horizontal  bar,  3mm.  in  viddth,  obliterating  the  word  "  official." 

(Sov.,  1878)  1  c,  black  surcharge,  on  1  c,  black,  surch  rged  "  OPFICIiL"  in  red.    Issue    I.  (a)  (Illustration  89.) 
(    „        „    )  1 0.,      „  „  „    1  c,  grey,  ,,  „  ,,  black     ,,    II.        (  „  90.) 

(      „       „    )2o.,      „  „  ,,    2  c.,  orange,        „  ,,  „    „  ,.    II.        (  .,  90.) 

D.  With  a  thick  horizontal  bar,  6mm.  in  width,  over  the  value  and  "  official  ";  and  a 

thinner  vertical  bar,  3mm.  in  width,  down  the  centre. 
Nov., 1878)  (lc.)hlaok£urcharge,on4c.ultraraarine,surcharged"OFrioiAL"inblack.  Issuell.  villus.  91.) 

„       „    )  (lo.)     „           „           „  eo.brown,                   „                 „           „       „          „    II.  (    „     91.) 

,,    )  (2c.)     „  „  „   Sc.rose,  „  „  , I.  (c)     (    .,     92.) 

E.  With  a  horizontal  bar  over  the  value.     The  word  "  official  "  not  obhterated. 
Vertical  bar  down  the  centre.     Both  bars  are  3mm.  in  width. 

/Nov.  ySrd,  1878).  (1  c.)  black  surcharge,  on  4  c.  ultramarine,  surcharged  "  Official"  in  black.  Issue  II.  (Illus.  93.) 
(    „      „      ..     )■  (2c.)     „  „  „  Sc.rose,  „  „  ,    II.  (  „      93.) 

Remarks. — The  four  cents  with  surcharge  vanetij  E  is  unknown  to  the  Society. 
It  is  catalogued  by  M.  Moens. 


62  BRITISH    GUIANA. 

Issue  XVII.   December,  1881. 

Tn'o  values.  Provisional  issue.  Various  stamps  of  Issues  XIII.  and  XV.,  and 
of  the  series  surcharged  "  oiticial  "  Issues  I.  and  II.,  with  the  value  obliterated  by  a 
black  or  red  bar  and  a  numeral  "  1 "  or  "  2  "  surcharged  in  black  in  the  centre  of  the 
stamps.  The  numerals  are  found  in  two  sizes,  and  with  the  exception  of  the  larger 
size  of  the  one  cent,  two  prominent  varieties  of  type  of  each  numeral  in  each  size 
exist  side  by  side  on  the  same  sheet.  The  obliterating  bars  also  vary  in  thickness. 
Paper,  perforation,  etc.,  the  same  as  previously  or  subsequently  described  for  the 
respective  issues. 

1. — Ordinary  stamps  not  bearing  the  word  "official." 
A.  Numeral  4mm.  in  height. 
(a.)  Obliterating  bar  1mm.  thick. 

1  (c),  black  surcharge,  oa  4S  c,  roae-red  Issue  XLII.  surcharge  typs  I.     (lUiti'ratiot  91.) 
1(0.),     „  „  „48c Xril.        „  „  II.    (  „        95) 

Hemarls: — The  latter  variety  of  type  appears  to  be  only  found  on  the  stamp 
with  the  dot  after  the  p  of  petimusque.     The  former  exists  on  stamps   with  and 

without  the  dot. 

fh.J  Obliterating  bar  2.<mm.  tliick. 

1  (c),  black  surcharge,  on  48c..  rose-red  Issue  XIII.  surcharge  type  I.     (fllustrat  oi  91  ) 
l(c.),     „  ,.  „48c XIII II.  (  „  95.) 

Eemarks. — As  in  the  former  case,  the  latter  type  probably  exists  only  on  the 
variety  with  a  dot  after  the  P  of  PEiiMrsauE.  The  surcharge  type  I.  exists  on  stamps 
with  and  without  the  dot. 

Cc.)  Obliterating  bar  4mm.  thick. 

1  (c),  black  surcharge,  on  48  c,  rnse-red  Issue  XIII.  surcharge  type  I.    (Idustration  94.) 
1(c) „  4Sc.,        „  ,.     XIII II.    (  „  9.5.) 

liemarks. — As  in  the  former  case,  this  latter  type  probably  exists  only  on  the 
variety  with  a  dot  after  the  p  of  pbtimusque.  The  surcharge  type  I.  exists  on  stamps 
with  and  without  the  dot. 

B.  The  numerals  are  7mm.  in  height. 
Ca.J  Obliterating  bar  1mm.  thick. 

1  (c),  black  surcharge,  on  96  c.  olive-yellow  Issue  XV.  one  type  only  of  surcharge.    {IllvstraUon  9fi.) 

2  (c),    ,,  ,,         ,,    96c.,  ,,  ,,    XV.  surcharge  type  I.  (  „       97.) 
2(c.),    „              „          „    96  0.,          „              „    XV.       „            „   II.                      (           „       98.) 

(b.)  Obliterating  bar  3mm.  tliick. 

1  (c).  black  surcharge,  on  96  c,  olive-yellow  Issue  XV.  one  type  only  of  surcharge.  (Illus'raiion  96  ) 

2  (c).    ,,               ,,          ,,    96  c..           ,,                ,,    XV.  surcharge  type  I.  (  ,,        97) 
2(c.),    „              „         „    96c.,           „               .,    XV II.  (  „       (8.) 

Vm-ieties.  Both  varieties  of  type  of  numeral  of  the  2  cents  exist  with  a  double 
obliterating  bar  over  the  value,  in  two  colours,  black  and  red.  The  black  bar  is 
.^mm.  in  width,  and  the  red  1mm.     (Illustratio7i  99.) 

II. — Surcharged  upon  stamps  surcharged  "  official." 
A.  Numeral  4nun.  in  height. 
(a.)  Obliterating  bar  1mm.  thick. 
1  (c).  Mack  surcharge,  on  12  c.,  lilac,  surcharged  "  Official  ''  in  black  Issue  I.  (c.)  (lllustrat:on  100.) 

1  (c),    „  „  „    48  c.,  red-brown    „  „  „       „         „    II.,       (        ,  102.) 

2  (c.)     ,,  .,         ti    12c.,  lilac  ,,  ,,  .,      ,,         ,,    n,  surcharge  type  I.    (/;^w5. 103.) 

2(0)',     ",  „  „    12  c.,     „  .,  „  II II.    (     „     U4.) 

2(0.).    „  .,         ..    24c.,  green  „  „  II.         „  ,,     I.    (    ,.     103.) 

2(c.),   ,.  „       „  24  c.,    ,.  .,  „  II n.  (   ..   IW.) 

Cb.)  Obhterating  bar  2nim.  tliick. 
1  (c),  black  surcharge,  en  12  c,  lilac,      surcharged  "  Official  "  in  blzck  Issue  I.,  (c);  (lUustTaiion  101.) 
1(0.),    „  „  „   48  c.,  red-biowa       ,,  ,,  ,,  ..    II.  i.       W2,) 


BlilTISII    GUI  ABA.  63 

Cc.)  Obliterating  bar  3mm.  thick. 

2  (c),  black  surcharge,  on  12  c,  lilac,  surcharged  "  Official  "  in  black  Issue  II.  surcharge  type  I.    (lUus.  103.) 
2(0.),    „  „         „    12c.,    „  „  „  „  „    II.       „  „  II.    (     „    104.) 

2(c.),    „  „  „   24  c.,  green  „  „  „  „    II.        ,,  „      I.    (     „    103.) 

2(c.),     „  „  „    24 c,     „  „  „  „  „     II.         „  „    II.    (     „     1C4.) 

f      Varieties,    (a)  Double  surcharge,  type  I.,  on  12  c,  Mlao. 

(b)        „  „       types  I.  &  II.,  on  12  c,  lilac. 

(cj  No  surcharged  numeral  of  value  (2),  on  21  c,  green. 
B.    Numeral  7min.  in  height. 
Obhterating  bar  3mm.  thick. 
2  (c.),  black  surcharge,  on  21  c,  green,  surcharged  "  Official''  in  black  Issue  I.,  (c.)    (illustration  105.) 

Remarks. — In  the  foregoing  complicated  list  it  is  perhaps  open  to  question 
whether  the  variations  in  the  width  of  the  obliterating  bars  are  worthy  of  separate 
classification.  The  variations,  however,  are  constant,  and  the  sets  perfectly  distinct, 
and  lead  to  the  conclusion  that  the  process  of  surcharging  took  place  on  several 
separate  occasions. 

Issue  XVIII.  January  7tli,  1882. 
Tivo  values.  Provisional  issue.  Tj'pe  set  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Baldwin  and 
Co.,  Georgetown.  Black  impression  on  medium  coloured  wove  paper,  unwatermarked, 
machine  perforated  12.  Design  :  Ship  or  brig  sailing  to  right  on  plain  ground 
within  a  single-lined  rectangular  frame.  Surrounding  the  frame  there  is  an 
inscription  and  the  value  in  block  letters  and  numerals.  Outside  each  corner  of  the 
frame  there  is  an  Arabic  numeral  of  the  date  1882.  The  whole  is  enframed  by  a 
fanc}'  border  of  tj'pe  pattern  ornamentation.  Each  stamp  was  perforated  across  the 
face  with  the  word  "  Specimen."  Shape,  large  square.  (Illustrations  110,  111,  112, 
113,  114.) 

I.  "  POSTAGE."     B.  "  1  CENT."     "  2  CENTS."     1.  "  BEiTisH,"  reading  upwards. 
E.  "  GTJiAiTA,"  reading  downwards. 

(a)     With  "  SPECIMEN  "  reading  downwards  from  left  to  right. 

1  c,  black  on  rose. 

2  c.,      „      „   yellow. 

(6)     "With  "  SPECIMEN  "  reading  downwards  from  right  to  left. 

1  c,  black  on  rose. 

2  c.,      „       „   yeUow. 

(c)     With  "  SPECIMEN  "  reading  upwards  from  left  to  right. 

1  c,  black  on  rose. 

2  c.       „       ,,   yellow. 

{d)     With  "  SPECIMEN  "  reading  upwards  from  right  to  left. 

1  c,  black  on  rose. 

2  c.,      „      „  yeUow. 

Varieties.     With  "  specimen  "  struck  twice.     1  and  2  cents,  variety  {d). 

With  "  SPECIMEN  "  struck  three  times.     1  cent,  variety  {d). 

Without  "specimen".     1  and  2  cents. 

BemarTcs. — There  were  twelve  stamps  of  each  value  to  the  sheet,  and  as  each 
was  separately  set  up,  there  are  twelve  varieties  of  type  of  each  value.  In  addition, 
there  were  two  separate  settings  up  of  the  sheet  of  the  one  cent,  and  three  of  the 
two  cents ;  thus  making  twenty-four  varieties  in  all  of  the  one  cent,  and  thirty-six 
of  the  two  cents.  Full  particulars  of  this  issue  wiU  be  found  given  in  Mr.  E.  D. 
Bacon's  Paper. 


64  BRITISH    GUI  AX  A. 

Issue  XIX.     June,  1882. 

Eighl  riihies.     Same  as  the  stamps  of  Issue  XY.,  but  the  watermark  is  changed 
to  Crown  C.A.     Printing,  paper,  perforation,  etc.,  as  before.     {lUnstratioii  81.) 

1  c,  grey  (shades). 


2  c., 
4  c., 

orange           ( 
ultramarine  ( 

„     ) 

V           ) 

6  c., 

brown             ( 

„  ) 

8  c., 

rose                ( 

„  ) 

24  c., 

green. 

lie  I  It  arks. — No  specimens  of  the  other  vahies  with  this  watermark  are  known  to 
the  Society. 

Issue  XX.     1888-1889. 

Fifteen  t'cdues.  Designed  and  surfaced-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co., 
upon  medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  "\Miite  gum.  ilachiue 
perforated,  14."  Design  :  The  design  is  the  same  as  that  of  the  last  issue,  but  the 
bottom  label  is  left  blank,  and  the  stamps  are  surcharged  in  the  following  way,  in 
black  Ijlock  letters  and  numerals,  inland  over  tostage  in  the  top  label,  revenue  in 
the  vacant  bottom  label,  and  the  value  in  a  straight  line  above  the  last  word,  in 
numerals,  and  the  word  cent,  cents,  dollar,  or  dollars.  (Ilhisiratioas  1<I6,  1(I7.) 
(Aug.,  1889)     1  c,  black  surcharge,  on  lilac. 

(2.3th  May,  1889)     2  c.,      „  „  „      „ 

^  C.,  f,  4,  },         }} 

4  C,        ,,  ,}  ,}       ,, 

^  C.J  „  fi  J}         ,1 

(Aug.,  1889)    8  c.,       „    ■        „  „      „ 

iU  C.J         ,,  ;j  1)        ,j 

_U  C.J         jj  jj  J)        ,, 

4U  C.J         ,j  jj  J,        jj 

(1st  Oct.,      1888)  72  c,      „  „  „      „ 

(     „  „    )     1  $•,     »  "  ..  green. 

(?)  JJ       )       -   SP*)         ')  'J  )'  »» 

(       ,;  1»       )       *^  **»         n  IT  ?'  M 

(      »  j»     )     4  !]p.,       ,,  ,,  ,,       ,, 

\        )»  )I       )        '^   SP't  M  J)  )i  •> 

Bemarks. — The  above  set  of  stamps  was  available  for  both  postage  and  fiscal 
purposes.  The  various  values  were  issued  by  the  Post  Office  as  the  supply  of  the  old 
stamps  became  exhausted.  Some  doubt  seems  to  exist  whether  the  three,  four,  six, 
ten,  twenty,  and  forty  cents  were  ever  issued  to  the  iiublic  for  the  prepaymeiit  of 
postage,  although  obliterated  copies  are  known. 

Issue  XXI.    June  5th,  1889. 

One  value.     The  two  cents  of  the  preceding  issue  surcharged  locally  with  an 
additional  large  figure  2  in  red  in  the  centre  of  the  stamp.     (lUustratioii  108.) 
2  c,  black  and  red  surcharge,  on  lilac. 

liemarJcs. — After  34,500  of  the  two  cents  stamps  of  the  preceding  issue  had 
been  sold  the  further  sale  was  stopped  until  an  additional  figure  2  had  been  surcharged 
by  the  Government  printer  in  red  on  the  remaining  portion.  This  precaution  was 
taken,  as  it  had  been  pointed  out  to  the  authorities  that  the  stamp  was  easily  con- 
vertible iuto  one  of  seventy-two  cents  by  the  application  of  a  numeral  7  before  the  2. 


BRITISH    GUIANA.  65 

Issue  XXII.    September,  1889-1890. 

Ten  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  b}^  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  on 
medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.  A.  White  gum.  Machine  perforated 
14.  Design  :  Ship  sailing  to  right  on  background  of  horizontal  lines  within  a  double 
lined  circular  frame.  Above  and  following  the  shape  of  the  circle  there  is  a  narrow 
coloured  band  containing  the  words  dajitjs  pKiiMirsatrB  vicissim  in  white  block  letters. 
The  lower  portion  of  the  stamp  contains  an  oblong  octagonal  tablet  with  horizontal 
lined  ground,  enframed  by  a  white  octagonal  line,  which  impinges  upon  the  circle. 
The  tablet  contains  the  value  in  white  block  letters  and  numerals,  shaded  by  lines  of 
the  same  colour  as  that  of  the  linear  grou.iid.  Perpendicular  white  labels  at  the  sides 
contain  an  inscription  in  coloured  block  letters.  The  lower  portions  of  the  bands 
are  terminated  by  small  coloured  semi-circles  and  arabesque  ornaments,  and  the  upper 
portions  by  a  coloured  straight  line  which  extends  across  the  stamp,  and  which,  together 
with  portions  of  the  outer  frame  lines  of  the  design,  enframes  a  straight  white  label 
containing  an  inscription  in  coloured  block  letters.  The  spandrels  contain  white 
floriate  ornaments,  and  the  design  is  completed  by  an  outer  line  of  colour.  Shape 
upright  rectangular.  The  stamps  are  bi-coloured,  the  main  portion  of  the  design 
being  printed  in  lilac,  and  the  top  inscription,  the  tablet,  and  the  value,  being  printed 
in  various  colours.     {Illustration  109.) 

T.    "  POSTAGE  AUB  EEVENTJE."       B.    "  1  CENT,"  "  2  CENTS,"   "  4  CENTS,"  "  6  CENTS,"  "  8  CENTS," 
"  12  CENTS,"    "  24  CENTS,"    "  48  CENTS,"    "  72  CENTS,"    "  96  CENTS."        L.    "  BEITISH," 

reading  upwards,     e.  "  gitiana,''  reading  upwards. 
1  c,  lilac  and  green. 


2c., 

)) 

?> 

orange. 

4  c., 

,f 

ultramarine. 

6  c., 

>> 

chocolate. 

8  c., 

:j 

j)ale  red. 

12  c. 

)) 

mauve. 

24  c., 

J? 

bright  green. 

48  c., 

Jt 

red. 

72  c, 

>) 

chestnut  brown. 

96  c., 

„ 

carmine. 

SemarJcs. — The  two,  eight,  seventy-two,  and  ninety-six  cents  were  issued  in 
September,  1889,  the  remaining  values  coming  into  use  as  the  stock  of  the  old  issues 
became  exhausted. 

Issue  XXIII.    July  15tli,  1890. 

One  value.  The  one,  two,  three,  and  four  dollars  adhesives  of  Issue  XX., 
surcharged  in  the  Colony  as  provisional  one  cent  stamps.  The  surcharge  is  applied 
in  Ihe  centre  of  the  stamp,  and  consists  of  the  word  "  One — Cent,"  in  two  lines  in 
lower  case  type  with  capital  initial  letters,  the  word  "  One "  measuring  8|  mm. 
and  the  word  "Cent"  10  mm.  in  length.  The  original  value  of  the  stamp  is 
obliterated  by  two  straight  bars.     {Illustration  115.) 

1  c,  red  surcharge  on  1  dollar,  black  surcharge  on  green. 
1  c,     „  „  „  2      „  ,,  „  „        „ 

1  C,      „  „  „    3  „  ,,  „  ;>  !) 

1  c,     „  ,,  „  4      „  „  „  •,        „ 

K 


06  BTilTISH    QUI  AN  A. 

Issue  XXIV.    December,  1890. 

Two  values.  Piiiitod  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  medium  white  wove 
paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.     White  gum,  machine  perforated  14.     The  design  is 

the  same  as  that  of  Issue  XXII.,  the  colour  of  the  overprint  of  the  eight  cents  alone 
being  changed.     The  five  cents  is  printed  all  in  one  colour.     (lUustraiioH  109.) 

.5  c,  bright  blue. 
(13th  December,  1^90.)     8  c,  lilac  and  bronze-green. 

OFFICIAL  STAMPS. 

Issue  I.    June,  1875. 

Five  values.  Same  in  all  respects  as  the  stamps  of  Issue  XIV.,  but  surcharged 
"  ornciAL "  in  black  or  coloured  block  letters  varying  in  height.  Owing  to  slight 
differences  in  the  spacing  of  the  letters,  the  word  "  officia l  "  also  varies  in  length. 
Paper,  perforation,  &c.,  as  previously  described. 

I. — Surcharged  in  red.     (Ilhistration  116.) 

Ca)  Surcharge  3  mm.  in  height  and  12  mm.  in  length. 
1  c,  red  surcharge  on  black. 
Varieti/.     Unperforated  vertically. 

1  c,  red  surcliarge  on  black. 

II. — Surcharged  in  black.     (Illustration  117.) 

(A)  Surcharge  2  mm.  in  height  and  13  mm.  in  length. 

2  c,  black  surcharge  on  orange. 

8  c,     „  „  ,,   rose. 

12  c,     „  „  .,   lilac. 

24  c,     „  „  „   yeUow-green. 

(c)  Surcharge  2  mm.  in  height  and  14  mm.  in  length.    {Illustration  118.) 

2  c,  black  surcharge  on  orange. 

8  c,     ,,  „  „   rose. 

12  c.,     „  „  „   lilac. 

24  c,     „  „  ,,  yeUow-green. 

Issue  II.   1877. 

Eir/ht  (!)  values.  Same  in  all  respects  as  the  stamps  of  Issue  XV.,  but  sur- 
charged "  oppicial  "  horizontally  in  black  block  letters  2  mm.  in  height,  the  word 
"  oppicial"  being  16  mm.  in  length.     Paper,  perforation,  &c.,  as  previously  described. 

{Ilhistration  119.) 

1  c,  black  surcharge  on  gi'ey. 

2  c,     „  „  „   orange. 

4  0.,     „  ,,  „  ultramarine. 

6  c,     „  „  „   brow^l. 

8  c,     „  „  „   rose. 

12  c.,     „  „  „   lilac  (?) 

24  c,     „  „  „   green  (?) 

48  c,     „  ,,  „   red-brown  (?) 

Bemarks. — The  three  highest  values  were  certainly  surcharged  for  "  Official "' 
use,  as  these  stamps  were  afterwards  issued  with  an  additional  surcharge  for  ordinary 
postal  service,  but  it  is  doubtful  whether  they  were  ever  employed  as  "  Official " 
stamps,  at  any  rate  no  copies  are  known  to  the  Society. 


BBITISB    GUIANA.  ^  67 

Issue  III.   1885. 

'Two  values.  Same  in  dl  respects  as  the  stamps  of  Issue  XX.,  but  surcharged 
"  orriciAi  '-■  obliquely  in  black  block  letters  3mm.  in  height,  the  word  "  official  " 
being  20  mm.  iu  length.  Paper,  perforation,  &c.,  as  previously  described.  {Illus- 
tration 120.) 

1  c,  black  surcharge  on  grey. 
4  c,     „  „  „   ultramarine. 

RemarTcs. — The  authenticity  of  this  surcharge  is,  at  present,  open  to  doubt. 

ESSAY     AND     PROOFS. 

Issue  III.,  1853.  An  essay  exists  of  the  four  cents  having  the  figures  in  the 
angles  inscribed  on  a  plain  diamond  shaped  ground  within  the  shaded  square.  It  is 
evidently  from  the  same  manufactory,  but  differs  slightly  in  details  from  the  issued 
stamps.     Thinnish  white  wove  paper. 

4  c,  black. 
Proofs  exist  of  the  stamps  as  issued  to  the  public.     (Illustration  70.) 

1  c,  red-brown. 

1  c,  black. 

4  c,     „ 

4  c,     „     (Type  of  Issue  V.)     (Illitstration  74.) 

REPRINTS. 
Issue  II.,  1852.     The  stamps    of    this   issue   were   reprinted   in   1865.     The 
reprints   are  perforated  12|,  and  are  printed  on  paper  of  rather  a  brighter  colour  and 
more  highly  surfaced.     Both  varieties  of  type  were  reprinted.    (Illustrations  68,  69.) 

1  c,  black  on  magenta. 
4  c,      „      „  blue. 

Issue  III.,  1853.  These  reprints  are  stated  to  have  been  also  made  in  1865. 
The  paper  is  rather  thinner  than  that  of  the  originals,  and  somewhat  brighter  colours 
were  used.     (Illustration  70.) 

A. — Unperf orated. 
1  c,  vermilion. 
4  c,  blue. 
'B.—Perf.  12i. 
1  c,  vermilion. 
4  c,  blue. 
Issiie  VI.,  1860.     One  value  of  this  issue  was  reprinted  also  in  1865,  on  thin 
paper  perforated  12^.     (Illustration  75.) 

1  c,  dull  rose. 

REGISTRATION  ENVELOPES. 
Issue  I.  March  24th,  1881. 
One  value.  Bag-shaped  envelopes  of  white  wove,  linen-lined  paper  ;  crossed 
lines  on  the  back  and  an  inscription  along  the  upper  margin  of  the  address  side, 
reading— BRITISH  GUIANA  EEGISTEEED  LETTEE,  in  large  Eoman  capitals, 
with  a  line  beneath,  followed  by  This  ieitee  must  be  siven  io  ks  officer  of  the 
Post  Office — to  be  eegisteeed,  and  a  eeceipt  be  obtained  foe  it,  in  two  lines  of 


GS  BRITISH    GUIANA. 

block  letters.  Beneath  are  two  straight  lines,  one  much  thicker  than  the  other, 
which  extend  across  the  envelope.  In  the  right  upper  corner  is  the  rectangle  for  the 
adhesive  stamp,  with  the  usual  inscription,  and  in  the  left  lower  corner  is  a  space 
inscribed  name  and  address — of  sender,  in  two  lines  of  block  letters.  The  stamp  is 
embossed  on  the  flap,  and  is  in  the  same  colour  as  the  inscriptions,  &c.  Design : 
Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Yictoria  to  left,  in  plain  relief  on  a  solid  ground  of  colour, 
surrounded  b\^  a  circular  baud,  bearing  inscriptions  in  coloured  block  letters  on  a 
reticulated  ground.     ( Ilhistrailoas  123,  12-1.) 

T.    "BRITISH    GXJIVNA    EBGISTRATION    FEE."       B.    "  FOUR  CENTS. 

A. — With  flap  to  left ;  inscription  under  the  flap  : — 

"  McCoEQUODALE  &  Co's.,  PATENT  REGISTERED       j^^  ^_^j^ 

Limited.  Envelope." 

4  c,  vermilion  ;  size  G. 
B. — With  flap  to  right ;  same  inscription. 
4  c,  vermilion  ;  size  G. 
4  0.  „  „     H. 

4  0.  „  „     I. 

4  c.  „  „     K. 

Issue  II.    1888. 

One  mhie.  The  same  as  before  ;  the  envelopes  are  differently  constructed,  the 
lower  flap  being  plased  outside  the  side  fl-ips.  The  stamped  flap  is  to  the  right, 
and  under  it  is  the  inscription  "  Thos.  De  lv  Hue  &  Co.,  Patent"  in  red.  A  new 
size  is  added,  H",  9x4  inches  (229x102  mm.),  and  the  paper  has  a  yellowish  tinge. 
{lUiisiratloiis  123,124). 

4  c.,  vermilion  ;  size  G. 

4  c.  „  „     H^. 

WRAPPERS. 

February  1st,  1884. 
Tiuo  values.     Designed  and  printed  by  ilessrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  light  buff 
wove  paper.     Similar  to    the  wrappers  of    Barbados,    \vith  the  exceptiou  that  the 
stamp  is  of  the  type  of  the  adhesives  of  British  Guiana  of  1876.    {Illustration  121.) 

T.    "  POSTAGE."       B.    "  1   CENT,"  "  2  CENTS."       L.    "  BRITISH."       R.    "  GUIANA." 

1  c.,  sage-green. 

2  c,  carmine. 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.  July  3rd,  1879. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size,  139x89  mm.,  or  5|x3i  inches.  The  inscription  is  in  four  straight 
Hues  commencing  at  the  top  of  the  card ;  1st,  universal  postal  union,  in  small  block 
letters.  2nd,  beitish  guiana.  guyanb  bkitanniqub  in  tail  Roman  capitals.  The  words 
GUIANA  and  GUYANE  ale  separated  by  the  arms  of  the  Colony,  (a  plain  circular 
band  inscribed  with  the  motto  of  the  Colony,  damus  PBTiMUsauE  vicissim  in  small 
coloured  block  letters,  with  an  ornament  below,  the  centre  of  the  circle  containing  a 
three  masted  ship  in  full  sail  to  right.)  3rd,  "  Post  Card"  in  early  English  type,  with 


BRITISH   GUIANA.  69 

capital  initial  letters.     4th,  At  the  right  hand  side  of  the  card  in  Italics,   Only  the 

address  to  he  wntten  on  this  side.     Beneath  this  is  a  thick   straight  line   extending 

quite  across  the  card  iindemeath  which,  in  the  centre,  is  the  word  address  in  Roman 

capitals.     The  stamp,  type  of  adhesives,  issue  1876,  is  in  the  right  upper  corner. 

(Illustration  66.) 

3  c,  carmine  (shades). 

Issue  II.     August  26th,  1885. 

One  value.  The  card  of  the  preceding  issue  surcharged  in  the  Colony  for  pro- 
visional use,  until  the  arrival  of  the  new  value  from  England.  The  surcharge 
consists  of  the  words  ojtb  cent,  in  two  lines,  in  block  letters  3mm.  iji  height,  struck 
over  the  centre  of  the  stamp,  the  original  value  of  which  is  obliterated  by  a  line. 
{Illustration  122.) 

(a)  The  original  value  is-struck  out  by  a  thick  line  drawn  with  pen  and  ink. 

1  c,  black  surcharge  on  3  c.  carmine  (shades). 
(h)  The  original  value  is  struck  out  by  a  narrow  printed  line  applied  at  the  same 
time  as  the  surcharge. 

1  c,  black  surcharge  on  3  c.  carmine  (shades). 

Issue  III.  May  (?),  1886. 
One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x89  mm.,  or  5|x3i  inches.  The  inscription  is  in  three  straight 
lines  at  the  top  of  the  card.  1st,  ikland  post  caed  in  Roman  capitals.  2nd, 
BRITISH  GuiAs-A,  in  thick  block  letters,  the  two  words  being  separated  by  the  arms  of 
the  Colony,  (a  three-masted  ship  in  full  sail  to  right  within  a  plain  narrow  circular 
band,  inscribed  with  the  motto  dajtos  PEinmsaTJE  vicissim,  in  small  coloured  block 
letters,  with  an  ornament  at  the  bottom.)  3rd,  the  addeess  only  to  be  weitien  on" 
this  side,  in  thin  block  letters.  The  stamp,  type  of  adhesives,  issue  1876,  is  in  the 
right  upper  corner.     {Illustration  136.) 

1  c,  grey  (slight  shades). 

Issue  IV.    April  (?),  1887. 

One  valued    Designed    and  printed  by  Messrs.   De  la   Rue  and  Co.  upon  stout 

straw  card.     Size,  139  x88  mm.,  or  SixSj  inches.    The  inscription  is  in  four  straight 

lines  at  the  top  of  the  card.     1st,  rwiou'  postaee  tniveesellb  in  small  block  letters. 

2nd,  BEiiisH  GiriAifA — GiTYAiiE  BEiTAJsTNiftUE  in  tall  Roman  capitals.     3rd,  post  caed  in 

large  fancy  capitals.      4th,  the  addeess   onEt  to  be  weitten"  on  this  side,  in  smaU 

block .  letters.     Stamp,  type    of    adhesives,  issue  1876,    in  the  right  upper  corner. 

(Illustration  187.) 

3  c,  rose-carmine  (shades). 

REPLY   PAID   CARD. 

Issue  I.  September  1st,  1883. 
One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size,  139  x  88  mm.,  or  5^  x  3|  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that  of 
the' single  card  of  Issue  IV.,  but  each  half  has  the  usual  additional  inscription  like 
the  reply  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  perforated  4,  and 
the  design  is  impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.  (Illustration  137.) 
3  c. +  3  c,  rose-carmine  (shades). 


BRITISH   HONDURAS, 


'     PRELIMINARY     NOTES. 

Bii  E.  D.  BACON. 

TuE  earliest  number  of  the  JJonduras  Gazette  1  have  found  iu  Loudon  is  tliat  for 
January  6th,  1866,  since  which  date  the  series  is  complete  to  the  present  time.  The 
first  stamps  are  described  in  the  Timhre-Foste  for  Januarj',  1866,  so  no  doubt  the 
issue  took  place  towards  the  end  of  1865. 

The  Colony  joined  the  Postal  Union  on  April  1st,  1879,  when  the  four  penny 
adhesive  and  three  halfpenny  card  shoiQd  have  been  issued,  but  as  neither  are 
described  in  the  journals  until  some  months  later,  it  is  possible  they  had  not  arrived 
from  England  when  the  new  rates  came  into  force.  I  have  found  no  actual  notice  of 
their  issue  in  the  Gazette,  neither  have  I  come  across  any  mention  of  the  three  penny 
adhesive,  which  first  made  its  appearance  in  1872.  A  change  in  the  currency,  from 
the  English  to  the  American  system,  took  place  in  the  Colony  on  January  1st,  1888. 
The  values  of  the  stamps  consequently  required  alteration,  and  as  the  ones  ordered 
from  England  had  not  arrived  at  the  above  date,  the  stamps  and  card  then  in  use 
were  surcharged  in  the  Colony  with  fresh  values.  A  list  of  the  new  Postal  rates  is 
given  in  the  Supplement  to  the  Honduras  Gazette  of  December  10th,  1887. 

"  CoLONiAi.  Secretary's  Office, 

"  Belize,  8th  December,  1887. 
"The  following  Bates  of  Postage  to  be   collected  on  Letters,  Post 
Cards,  Newspapers,  Books,  Patterns  and  Parcels  posted  in  British  Hon- 
duras  on  and  after  the    1st    January,   1888,   are   published   for  general 
information. 

"  By  command, 
"  (Signed)  Hubert  B.  H.  Jeeningham, 

"  Colonial  Secretaiy." 

RATES  OF  POSTAGE. 
To  he  collected  on  Letters,  Post  Cards,  Kewsjia/icrs,  Bools,  Patterns  and  Parcels  posted 
in  Biitish  Honduras  on  and  after  the  1st  Januari/,  18SS. 
To  ALL  PLACES  ABROAD,  exccpt  the  Undermentioned  : — 

Letters  per  I  oz 10  cents. 

Post  Cards,  each  o  cents. 

Newspapers,  each         2  cents. 

Books  and  Patterns,  per  1' uzs .Scents. 

Commercial  Documents,  not  exceeeling  :.' uzs.       ...       (i  cents. 

Every  additional  2  ozs Scents. 

Registration  Fee  10  cents. 

Late  Letter  Fee  10  cents. 


BRITISH    IIONDUEAS. 


71 


Letters  per 
J  oz. 

Newspapers 
e^ch. 

Books  and 
Patterns,  per 

i  0Z3. 

Registration 
Fee. 

Ascension 

Australia        

Oape  of  Good  Hope 
China  ... 

Fiji     

Natal 

New  Zealand 

St.  Helena     

■• 

2.3  cents. 

5  cents. 

8  cents. 

12  cents. 

PARCELS  TO  THE  UNITED  KINGDOM. 
For  every  pound 20  cents 


INLAND  POSTAGE. 


3  cents. 
2  cents. 
1  cent. 


Letters,  per  5  oz 
Books  and  Patterns,  per  2  ozs. 
Newspapers,  each 
Genheal  Post  Office, 

Belize,  \st  December,  1887. 

As  no  stamp  of  one  cent  -was  provided,  the  two  cents  value  -was  cut  in  half  for 
the  Inland  Newspaper  rate.  The  number  of  these  half  stamps  has  no  doubt  been 
multiplied  for  the  benefit  of  collectors,  still  the  fact  remains  that  one  cent  stamps 
were  really  required  for  the  postal  service.  All  varieties  of  the  two  cents  are  found 
divided,  and  even  to  the  present  time  of  writing  (October,  1890),  no  one  cent  stamp 
has  been  issued. 

The  standard  of  value  of  the  present  currency  is  the  Guatemalan  dollar,  which 
is  the  same  in  value  as  the  Chilian,  Columbian,  or  Urug-uayan  peso,  and  the  Peruvian 
sol ;  the  English  equivalent  of  each  being  3s.  ll|d. :  10  cents  therefore  equals  4|d. 


REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 


Issue  I.    End  of  1865. 

Three  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of 
London,  on  medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  unwatermarked.  "V^Tiite  gum, 
machine  perforated  14.  Design :  Profile  of  Queen  Victoria,  with  Gothic  crown,  to 
left,  on  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  a  white  oval  garter,  shaded  round 
the  buckle,  the  garter  is  inscribed,  in  coloured  block  letters,  with  the  name  of  the 
colony  in  the  upper  and  the  value  in  words  in  the  lower  curve.  A  small  ornament, 
which  differs  in  each  value,  separates  the  two  inscriptions  at  either  side.  The 
spandrels  contain  arabesques,  and  the  design  is  completed  by  two  plain  outer  coloured 
lines.     Shape,  upright  rectangular.     (Illnstratioiis  125,  126,  127.) 

T.    "  BEIIISH    HONDTTEAS."       B.    "  ONE    PENBTT,"    "  SIX    PENCE,"'    "  ONE    SHILLING."    ' 

Id.,  blue  (shades). 
6d.,  rose  (  ,.  ) 
Is.,  green    (     „     ) 


72  BRITISH    HONDURAS. 

Issue  II.   1872-1873. 

Four  values.  Of  the  same  design  as  the  preceding  issue,  but  printed  upon 
medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.  {lUvstrations  125,  126, 
127.  128.) 

A.—Peiforated  121. 
(End  187.3,     )  Id.,  blue  (shades). 

(March,  1S72,)  3d.,  red-brown  (     „     ) 
(End  1873,     )  6d.,  rose  (     „     ) 

(      ..         „      )  Is.,  green  (      „      ) 

B.—Peifomfed  14. 

Id.,  blue  (shades). 

3d.,  red-brown  (      „      ) 
6d.,  rose  (      „      ) 

Is.,  green  (      „      ) 

Vai-ieii/.  The  one  penny,  perforated  14,  is  to  be  found  with  the  verticil 
perforation  between  some  of  the  stamps  missing. 

Issue  III.     July,  1879. 

One  value.  Precisely-  the  same  in  design  as  the  three  pence  of  Issue  II.,  but  for 
the  chaiige  of  value.  Watermark  Crown  C.C,  machine  perforated  14.  (Illustration 
128.) 

4d.,  mauve  (sliades). 

Remarks. — This  stamp  is  found  upon  paper  with  lines  in  it,  resembling  the 
lines  in  laid  paper.  This  peculiarity  appears  to  be  due  to  some  unintentional 
variation  in  the  manufacture. 

Issue  IV.    1882-84. 

Two  values.  Identical  in  design  with  tlie  preceding  issues,  but  printed  upon 
medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  machine  perforated 
14.     (lllusfratiovsVIo,  128.) 

(April,       1884,)  Id.,  blue      (shades). 
(October,  1882,)  4d.,  mauve  (     „     ) 

Issue  V.    1884-1887. 

Three  values.  The  same  in  design  as  the  former  issues,  the  colours  being 
changed.     Watermark  Crown  C.A.,  machine  perforated  14.     (ilhistraiions  125,  126, 

127.) 

(October  (■'),  1884,)  Id.,  carmine  (shades). 

(May(?),        188,5,)  6d.,  yellow  (     „     ) 

(J.anuary,       1887,)  Is.,  slate-grey  (     „     ) 

Issue  VI.  January  1st,  1888. 
Five  vahies.  Being  stamps  of  Issues  II.,  TV.  and  V.,  surcharged  in  the  Colony, 
with  a  new  value  in  "  cents,"  for  provisional  use.  The  surcharge  consists  of  an 
Arabic  numeral  of  value  3  mm.  high,  with  the  word  cents  in  Eoman  capitals  beneath, 
the  letters  being  2|  mm.  in  height,  and  the  whole  word  measuring  14|  mm.  in 
length.     (Illustration  129.) 

I. — Surcharged  on  the  stamps  of  Issue  II.,  watermarked  Crown  C.C. 

(a)  Perforated  12|. 

2  c,  black  surcharge,  on  6d.  rose. 

3  c,     „  „  „    3d.  red-brown. 


BBITISH   HONDURAS.  73 

(h)  Perforated  14. 

2  c,  black  surcharge,  on  6cl.  rose. 

3  0.      „  „  „    3d.  red-brown. 
Variety.     Half  stamp  2  c.,  on  6d.  rose,  used  as  1  c. 

II. — Surcharged  on  the  stamps  of  Issues  IV.  and  V.,  -watermarked  Crown  C.A. 

Perforated  14. 
2  c,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  carmine. 
10  c,     „  „        „      4d.  mauve, 

20  c,     „  „        „      6d.  yellow. 

50  c.,     „  „        „      Is.  slate-grey. 

Error  for  60  e.  5  c,     „  „        „      Is.  slate-grey. 

Varieties,     a.  Double  surcharge. 

2  0.,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  carmine. 
h.  Half  stamp  2  c.  on  Id.  carmine,  used  as  1  c. 
c.  Inverted  surcharge. 

2  c  ,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  carmine. 
10  c,      „  „  „  4d.  mauve. 

Issue  VII.   May,  1888. 

One  vahie.  The  fifty  cents  of  Issue  VI.,  with  an  additional  surcharge  of  the 
word  "  TWO  "  in  black  or  red  Eoman  capitals  struck  over  the  numerals  "  50."  The  word 
measures  8|  mm.  in  length,  and  the  letters  are  3  mm.  in  height.  "Watermark  Crown 
C.A.,  perforated  14.     (lUvstration  130.) 

2  c,  black  surcharge,  on  50  c.  black  surcharge,  on  Is.  slate-grey. 

2  c,  red  surcharge,  on  50  c.  black  sviroharge,  on  Is,  slate-grey. 

Variety.     HaK  stamp  2  c.  on  50  c,  on  Is.  slate-grey,  used  as  1  c. 

Issue  VIII.    May,  1888, 

Five  values.  Surcharged  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eu.e  and  Co.,  of  London,  upon  stamps 
of  the  old  design.  The  siu'charge  is  in  two  lines  as  in  Issue  VI.,  but  the  numerals  of 
value  are  4|  mm.  in  height,  and  the  word  cents  is  in  Eoman  capitals  measuring 
12|  mm.  in  length,  and  the  letters  3  mm.  in  height.  The  stamps  are  aU  water- 
marked Crown  C.A.  and  machine  perforated  14.      (Ilhistration  131.) 

2  c,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  carmine. 

3  c,     „  „  „  3d.  red-brown. 
10  c,     „       "     „              „  4d.  mauve 

(1889)  20  c  ,     „  „  „  6d.  yeUow. 

60  c  ,     „  „  „  Is.  slate-grey. 

Variety.     Half  stamp  2  c.  on  Id.  carmine,  used  as  1  c. 


POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.    End  of  1879 

One  vahie.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.  upon  medium 
light  buff  and  also  on  straw  card.  Size  122x87  mm.,  or  44  x  3-j  inches.  The  in- 
scription is  in  four  lines  at  the  top  of  the  card — 1st,  union  postale  tniveeselle  in 
in  small  thick  block  letters.  2nd,  British  Honduras  (Honduras  beitannique)  in 
Roman  capitals.    3rd,  post  card  in  large  fanc)'  capitals.    4th,  the  address  only  to  be 

1 


74  BRITISH    IIONDURAB. 

WRITTEN  ON  THIS  SIDE,  ill  sHiall  block  letters  -with  a  straight  line  unrlerneath.     The 
stamp,  type  of  adhesivcs.  Issue  I.,  is  in  the  right  upper  corner.     (Ilhist ration  13S.) 

A. — On  medium  light  bulf  card. 

Ijd.,  light  brown  (shades). 
15. — On  straw  card. 

Ijd.,  light  brown  (shades). 

Issue  II.    1st  January,  1888. 

One  value.  Variety  B,  of  the  card  of  Issue  I.,  with  the  stamp  surcharged  across 
the  centre  ceLs-  The  numeral  is  3  mm.  high,  and  the  word  cents,  which  is  in  Eoman 
capitals,  measures  2|  mm.  in  height  and  15  mm.  in  length.  The  numeral  is  usually 
found  directly  in  a  line  above  the  letter  n,  and  a  sub-variety  has  it  over  the  left  part 
of  that  letter.     {Ilhistration  139.) 

5  c.,  black  surcharge,  on  Ud.  Ught  brown  (shades). 

Variety.  Surcharged  twice,  once  on  the  stamp  and  once  in  the  left  lower  corner 
of  the  card,  the  last  surcharge  being  inverted. 

5  c,  black  surcliarge,  on  Ijd.  light  brown. 

Eemarhs. — The  above  card  was  surcharged  in  the  Colony  for  provisional  use 
until  the  arrival  of  the  new  card  ordered  from  England. 

Issue  III.    November  (?),  1888, 
One  value.     Designed  and  printed  by  ilessrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.     Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5^x3^  inches.     The  inscription  is  the  same  as 
that  on  the  card  of  Issue  I.,  and  the  stamp  is  the  same  type  as  that  found  on  the  . 
second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,   except  that  the   upper   label  is   inscribed   beitish 
HONDURAS,  and  the  knver  ph'e  cents.     (Ilhistration  146.) 

5  c,  dark  bromi  (slight  shades). 


DOMINICA. 


PEELIMINARY   NOTES. 

ByE.  D.BACON. 

Postage  Stamps  were  first  introduced  in  this  island  in  Maj%  1874.     The  notice  of 
issue  is  found  in  The  Official  Gazette,  Dominica,  of  May  5th  of  that  year. 

"  Dominica  Post  Office, 

"  May  ith,  1874. 

"  Stamps  may  now  be  had  at  this  office,  at  Id.,  6d.,  and  Is.  each. 
Letters,  &c.,  dropped  into  the  letter-box  insufficiently  paid  wiU  be 
detained. 

"  All  Letters,  &c.,  must  now  be  Fully  Prepaid  by  Stamps." 
The  Official  Gazette,  unfortunately  for  our  purpose,  was  discontinued  at  the  end 
of  1876,  and  as  the  second  issue  of  stamps  did  not  take  place  until  the  latter  part 
of  1879,  the  above  is  the  only  notice  respecting  stamps  to  be  found  in  that  paper. 
Dominica,  and  the  other  Leeward  Islands  joined  the  Postal  Union  on  the  1st  July, 
1879,  when  the  rates  for  foreign  correspondence  were  considerably  reduced,  and  a 
three  halfpenny  post  card  first  came  into  use.  The  halfpenny,  two  pence  halfpenny, 
and  four  penny  adhesives  and  the  three  halfpenny  card,  if  not  ready  for  issue  at  this 
date,  were  probably  received  from  England  shortly  afterwards.  About  May  or  June, 
1882,  the  rate  for  half-ounce  letters  for  Islands  distant  not  more  than  300  nautical 
miles,  was  reduced  to  two  pence  halfpenny,  and  post  cards  to  one  penny.  As  the 
new  card  had  not  arrived  from  England  at  the  required  date,  a  provisional  card  was 
printed  at  Roseau,  the  chief  town  in  the  island,  by  the  Government  printer,  and 
issued  with  the  then  current  one  penny  adhesive  attached  to  it.  Mr.  R.  E.  Garraway, 
the  present  Postmaster,  tells  me  there  were  only  100  of  these  provisional  cards  printed. 
He  also  informs  me  that  all  the  provisional  stamps  were  surcharged  by  the  same 
printer,  and  that  there  were  18,000  of  the  sixpence  green  surcharged  "  Halfpenny," 
while  the  number  of  the  one  shilling  crimson  surcharged  "  One  Penny  "  was  15,000. 


REEERENCE  LIST  OE  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    May  4tli,  1874. 

Three  values.     Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  of 

London,  on  medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.      White 

gum,  machine  perforated.     Design :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left,  on 

ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  a  circular  band  of  solid  colour,  which 


76  DOMINICA. 

touches  tlie  top,  right,  and  left  sides  of  the  stamp.  The  band  is  inscribed  with  the 
name  of  the  Colony  above,  and  with  postage  below  in  white  block  letters,  the  two 
inscriptions  being  separated  at  either  side  by  a  small  white  ornament.  Beneath  the 
circle  there  is  a  white  label  the  width  of  the  stamp,  containing  the  value  in  words  in 
coloured  block  letters.  The  spandrels  contain  conventional  ornaments  on  ground  of 
solid  colour,  and  a  plain  outer  line  of  colour  completes  the  design.  Shape  upright 
rectangular.     (TUustration  133.) 

r.  "  DOMINICA."'       B.   "  POSTAGE."       "  ONE  PENNY."'       "SIXPENCE."       "  ONE  SHILLING.  ' 

A.— Perforated  I2i. 
Id.,  lilac  (shades). 

6d.,  green  (      „      ) 

Is.,  violet-rose     (     „     ) 

B.— Perforated  14. 

Id.,  lilac  (shades). 

6d.,  green  (      „      ) 

Is.,  violet-rose      (      ,i      ) 

Reiiiarls. — All  three  values  surcharged   with   the  word   "  Revenue  "   in    block 

letters,  are  known  postally  used.     The  one  penny  is  known  with  a  "bogus""  surcharge 

in  black  of  "  2d." 

Issue  II.    End  of  1879. 

Three  vahies.  The  same  design  as  the  preceding  issue,  printed  upon  medium 
white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.,  machine  perforated  14. 
(Illustrations  132,  133.) 

T.    "  DOMINICA."      B.    "  POSTAGE."      "  HALFPENNY."      "  2\  PENNY."      "  FOUR   PENCE." 

|d.,  olive-yellow  (shades). 
2^d.,  red-brown     (     „     ) 
4d.,  blue  (     „     ) 

Issue  III.   November  25th,  1882. 
One  value.     The  one  penny  of  Issue  I.,  perforated  14,  surcharged  in  the  Colony 
for  provisional  use  as  a  halfpenny  value.     The  stamp  is  divided  vertically   down 
the  centre,  and  each  half  is  surcharged    "  | "   in  small   type,   4  mm.    in    height. 
(Illustration  134.) 

5  (d)  black  surchai-ge,  on  right  half  of  Id.,  lilac. 
i  (d)      „  „  „   left      „      „  Id.,     „ 

Varieties,     a.  The  above  surcharge  is  found  inverted. 

b.  Halves  of  the  one  penny  stamp   are   found   used   without   any 
surcharge. 

Issue  IV.     End  of  1882. 
One  value.     Issued   provisionally   as   a    halfpenny   stamp.     The    one    penny    of 
Issue    I.,   perforated    14,   is  divided,  as  in   the  preceding  issue,    and  each  half   is 
surcharged  "  4  "  in  large  type,  13|  mm.  in  height.     {Illustration  135.) 
i  (d)  red  surcharge,  on  right  half  of  Id.,  lilac. 
k  {^)    „  „  »   left       n     „  Id-.     ,, 

Variety,     The  above  surcharge  is  found  inverted. 

Issue  V.    March,  1883. 

One  value.     A  further  provisional  halfpenny  stamp,  made  by  dividing  the  one 
penny  of  Issue  I.,  perforated  14,  as  in  the  two  preceding  issues,  and  surcharging  each 


DOMINICA.  77 

half  Halepenstt  in  small  Eomaii  capitals,  with  a  larger  capital  initial  letter  H.  The 
surcharge  measures  14  mm.  in  length,  and  is  found  reading  both  upwards  and 
downwards.     {Illustration  140.) 

A. — The  surcharge  reads  upwards. 
|d.,  black  surcharge,  on  right  half  of  Id.,  lilac. 
i^-      "  »  „     left      „     „    Id.,     „ 

B. — The  surcharge  reads  downwards. 
16..,  black  surcharge,  on  right  half  of  Id.,  hlac. 
i"-      !J  »  »    left      „     „  Id.,     „ 

Issue  VI.   1883-1884. 

Two  values.  The  halfpenny  and  two  pence  halfpenny  of  Issue  II.,  printed  upon 
medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  machine  perforated  14. 
{Illustrations  132,  133.) 

(April,  1883,)  jd.,  ohve-yellow,  bistre-yellow  (shades). 

(Dec,  1884,)  2Jd.,  red-brown  (shades). 

Issue  VII.    March,  1886. 

I\vo  values.  The  sixpence  and  one  shilling  of  Issue  I.  perforated  14,  surcharged 
in  the  Colony  for  provisional  use  as  "  Halfpenny  "  and  "  One  Penny  "  stamps.  The 
surcharge  is  in  two  lines  of  ordinary  lower  case  type  with  an  initial  Eoman  capital  to 
each  word,  and  the  original  value  is  obliterated  by  a  thin  black  bar.  The  word 
"Half"  measures  10|  mm.,  "  One "  8|  mm.,  and  "Penny"  13|  mm.  in  length. 
{Illustration  141.) 

jd.,  black  surcharge,  on  6d.,  green. 

Id.,     „  „  „   6d.,     „ 

Id.,     „  „  „   Is.,  violet  rose. 

Variety.  The  one  penny  on  one  shilling  exists  with  a  space  of  4  mm.  between 
the  letters  "n"  and  "e"  of  "One;"  the  letter  "0"  being  directly  above  "P" 
instead  of  "  e  "  of  "  Penny." 

Issue  VIII.    May  and  July,  1886. 

Three  values.  The  one  penny  of  Issue  I.,  and  the  halfpenny  and  fourpence  of 
Issue  II.,  printed  upon  medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A., 
machine  perforated  14.     {Illustration  132.) 

(July,  1886,)  |d.,  duU  green    (slight  shades). 
(     „        „    )  Id.,  lilac  (     „  „       ) 

(May,  1886,)  4d.,  grey  (     „  „      ) 

Issue  IX.    1887-1888. 

Four  values.  Same  design  as  the  preceding  Issue,  printed  upon  medium  white 
wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  Yellowish  and  white  gum,  machine 
perforated  14.     {Illustrations  132,  133.) 

(May,  1887,)  Id.,  carmine-rose  (slight  shades). 
(Sept.,  1888,)  2|d.,  ultramarine  (     „  d      ) 

(Oct.         „  )  6d.,  orange  (     „  „      )        . 

(1888)  Is.,  violet-rose        (     „  »      ) 

SemarJcs. — In  June,  1889,  the  one  penny  carmine  was  surcharged  in  the  Colony 
with  the  word  "  Revenue "  in  lower  case  type,  some  of  these  stamps  being  used 
for  postal  purposes. 


78  DOMINICA. 


POSTCARDS. 


Issue  I.  July  1st  (?),  1879. 
One  value.  Designed  aud  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  8ize,  121x87  mm.,  or  4+ x3f  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as 
that  of  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  but  the  second  line  of  the  inscription  is  altered 
to  DOMINICA  (DOMINIQUE),  aud  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top  of  the  stamp  is 
changed.     (Illustration  147.) 

Ijd.,  light  browii  (shades). 

Issue  II.  June  C?),  1882. 
One  value.  Printed  in  the  Island,  as  a  provisional  issue,  upon  stout  white  card. 
Size,  122x88  mm.,  or  4ix3j\  inches.  The  inscription  is  the  same  as  that  on  the 
card  of  Issue  I.,  but  the  type  employed  is  different.  The  first  and  second  lines  are 
in  Eoman  capitals,  the  former  being  much  smaller  than  the  latter.  The  third  is  in 
large  double  lined  shaded  capitals,  and  the  Royal  Arms  are  differently  emblazoned. 
The  fourth  is  in  Roman  capitals,  aud  there  is  no  period  at  the  end.  Beneath  the 
fourth,  in  a  straight  line,  is  the  following  additional  inscription  in  smaU  Roman 
capitals : — foe  countries  within  300  miles  served  by  British  packets.  The  card  is 
franked  by  an  adhesive  stamp,  fixed  in  the  right  upper  corner.     (Illustration  148.) 

Without  expressed  value  (Id.)  carmine  impression  (shades)  franked  by  a  Id.  Hlao 
adhesive  (Issue  I.) 

Issue  III,    April  (?),  1883. 

One  value.     In  eveiy  way  the  same  as  the  card  of  Issue  1.,  but  for  the  change 
of  value  ill  the  bottom  label  of  the  stamp,      (llhistnitioii  147.) 

Id.,  lilac-mauve  (shades.) 

Issue  IV.    May  (?),  1886. 

Two  values.  Designed  aud  printed  b}'  ilessrs.  De  la  Rue  aud  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5ix3|  inches.  The  inscription  is  the  same  as 
that  on  the  cards  of  Issues  I.  and  III.,  and  the  stamp  is  similar  in  design  to  that  on 
the  second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  but  for  the  change  of  name  in  the  top  label. 
{Illustration  149.) 

Id.,  carmine  (slight  shades), 
l^d.,  dark  brown  (slight  shades). 

REPLY     PAID     CARDS. 

Issue  I.    May  (?),    1886. 
Tiuo  values.     Precisely  simUar  to  the  single  cards  of  Issue  IV.,  but  with  the 
additional  inscription  on  each  half,  the  same  as  on  the  reply  cards  of  Antigua.     The 
cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  perforated  44,  and  the  design  is  impressed  upon  the 
first  and  third  pages.     (Illustration  149.) 

Id.  +  ld.,  carmine  (slight  shades). 
Hd.  +  ljd.,  dark  brown  (shght  shades). 

Remarks. — The  postal  emissions  of  this  Colony  became  obsolete  at  the  end  of 
October,  1890,  when  a  uniform  set  for  aU  the  various  Islands  composing  the  Leeward 
Group,  took  their  place. 


FALKLAND    ISLANDS. 


REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    June  19th,  1878. 

Four  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Bradbury,  Wilkinson  and  Co.,  of 
London,  upon  greyish  white  wove  unwatermarked  paper.  Tellowish  gum,  machine 
perforated  14|.  Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Yictoria  to  right,  on  ground  of 
horizontal  lines,  within  a  narrow  white  upright  oval  band.  A  curved  coloured  label 
above  following  the  shape  of  the  oval,  and  a  straight  coloured  label  below,  contain 
the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the  value  in  words,  respectively,  in  white  block  letters. 
The  two  lower  corners  of  the  stamp  contain  circular  discs  of  solid  colour,  which  are 
surrounded  by  a  white  and  a  coloured  line.  The  discs  contain  a  white  Arabic 
numeral  of  value.  The  spandrels  are  fiUed  in  with  conventional  ornaments,  and 
there  is  a  beaded  frame  to  right  and  left  of  the  oval,  and  at  the  top,  right,  and  left 
sides  of  the  stamp.     Shape,  upright  rectangular.     (Illustration  142.) 

T.   "  FALKLAND  ISLANDS."'       B.   "  ONE  PENNY."       "  POUE  PENCE."       "SIXPENCE." 

"  ONE  SHILLING." 

Id ,  claret-red       (shades). 

(Sept.,  1879,)    4d.,  brown-grey    (      „     ) 

6d.,  green  (      „     ) 

Is.,  yellow-brown  (      „     ) 

Semarhs. — The  dates  of  the  emission  of  the  above  stamps,  as  well  as  those  of 
the  postcards,  have  been  obtained  by  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon  from  Mr.  F.  S.  Sanguinetti, 
the  Acting  Colonial  Secretary  and  Postmaster  of  the  Falkland  Islands.  Mr. 
Sanguinetti  states  that  the  sheets  of  aU  four  values  contain  60  stamps  each,  in  rows 
of  six  by  ten.  He  adds,  "  On  the  25th  June,  1858,  the  rate  of  sixpence  was  fixed 
for  postage  of  all  letters,  books,  and  papers  not  exceeding  half  an  ounce,  to  be 
prepaid  by  afiixing  the  following  stamp."  (Illustration  143.)  This  mark,  as  well  as 
others  of  a  similar  nature,  was  struck  on  letters,  etc.,  at  the  Post  Office,  after  the 
charges  had  been  prepaid  in  money.  It  is  nothing  more  than  a  hand-stamp  employed 
for  the  convenience  of  the  Post  Office  like  other  postmarks. 

Issue  II.    Early  in  1884. 

Two  values.  Printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  from  the  plates  of  the 
previous  issue,  upon  medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  Machine 
perforated  14|.     (Illustration  142.) 

Id.,  claret-red    (shades). 
4d.,  brown-grey  (     „     ) 


80  FALKLAXT)    ISLAXDS. 

Issue  III.    1886-1888. 

Three  valves.  The  same  as  those  of  Issue  I.,  tat  printed  upon  medium -white 
^vove  paper,  watermarkerl  Crown  C'.A.  Machine  perforated:  14^  for  the  one 
penny;  14,  for  the  four  pence  and  six  pence.  The  watermark  on  the  stamps  of 
this  issue,  i.s  found  placed  sidewaj's.     (llhistration  142.) 

(1886)  Id.,  claret-red    (shades). 
(1888)  4d.,  brown-grey  (      „      ) 

(1887)  fid.,  black  (     „     ) 


POSTCARD. 

Issue  I.    January,  1884. 

One  valve.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Be  la  Eue  and  Co.,  upon  stout  straw 
card.  Size  1:59x88  mm.,  or  5ix3i  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that  for  the 
second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  ot  the  inscription  reads 
PiLKLANB  isiANBS  (iLES  FALKLAND),  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  lop  of  the 
stamp  is  changed.     (Ilhi-itration  150.) 

lid.,  dark  brown  (slight  shades). 


REPLY    PAID     CARD. 

Issue  I.    October,  1885. 

One  valve.  Same  as  the  single  card  just  described,  but  each  half  has  an 
additional  inscription  like  the  reply  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along 
the  top,  perforated  4^,  and  the  design  is  impres.sed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages. 
{lUvstration  150.) 

Ijd.  +  lid.,  dark  brown  (slight  shades). 


GRENADA. 


PRELIMINARY     NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

The  Grenada  Gazette  only  commenced  publication  on  January  lOth,  1883,  so  no 
information  concerning  the  stamps  issued  prior  to  that  date,  can  be  looked  for  from 
that  source. 

Previous  to  1883,  all  the  stamps  used  in  the  Colony  were  printed  by  Messrs. 
Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  from  steel  plates  of  their  own  construction.  Those  of  the 
one  penny  and  six  pence  each  contained  120  stamps  iu  ten  horizontal  rows  of  twelve, 
while  the  plate  used  for  the  halfpenny,  two  pence  halfpenny,  four  pence  and  one 
shilling,  contained  the  same  number  similarly  arranged.  This  latter  plate  was 
finished  in  February,  1875.  All  three  plates  were  handed  over  to  the  Crown  Agents 
on  April  13th,  1889.  Proof  impressions  in  black  struck  from  the  dies  upon  white 
card  are  known  of  the  one  penny,  six  pence,  and  that  without  value,  while  proof 
impressions  also  in  black,  taken  from  the  plate  of  the  latter,  upon  plain  white  paper 
exist.  A  proof  in  purple  (the  colour  of  the  issued  stamp)  without  the  surcharged 
value  has  also  been  met  with.  The  one  penny  and  six  pence  may  both  be  found 
imperforate,  and  printed  upon  plain  white  paper,  in  duU  red,  the  same  shade  as  that 
used  for  some  of  the  earlier  six  penny  stamps,  but  whether  these  varieties  must  be 
looked  upon  as  proofs,  or  stamps  issued  for  use,  it  is  difficult  to  determine.  No 
collector  has,  I  believe,  come  across  a  used  specimen  of  either  variety,  but  it  is  not 
impossible  some  may  yet  turn  up.  The  first  supply  of  stamps,  which  consisted  of 
one  penny  green  and  sis  pence  red,  were  sent  out  to  the  Island  on  April  27th,  1861 ; 
so  the  date  1860  usually  giveu  in  the  Catalogues  as  that  of  the  first  issue  is  incorrect. 
Looking  at  the  date  the  stamps  were  despatched,  it  seems  probable  they  first  came 
into  use  on  or  about  June  1st,  1861.  The  first  supply  of  the  halfpenny,' two  pence 
halfpenny,  and  four  pence,  were  printed  off  in  February,  1881,  according  to  the  date 
given  in  one  of  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.'s  books,  to  which  specimens  are 
attached.  The  postcards  first  issued  in  the  Colony  were  not,  as  was  stated  in  The 
Philatelic  Eecord  of  May,  1881,  the  work  of  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  but  were 
produced  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  Subsequent  issues,  as  well  as  other 
postal  stationery,  and  adhesives  from  1883,  have  been  obtained  from  the  former  firm. 

The  following,  taken  from  the  Grenada  Gazette  of  March  12th,  1884,  shows  the 
inland  postal  rates  in  force  at  that  time. 

RULES  AND  REGULATIONS. 

"  On  every  letter  arriving  m  this  Colony  from  any  place  out  of  this 
Colony,  and  delivered  at  any  branch  office,  and  on  letters  posted  at  any 


82  (UlENADA. 

ln'cuich  oliiou  for  transmission  out  of  this  Colony,  and  on  all  letters  trans- 
mitted from  any  one  place  to  any  other  place  within  this  Colony,  there 
shall  1)6  charged  as  follows :  — 

On  every  letter  not  exceeding  5  ounce,  the  sum  of Id. 

„  „  „  ^  ounce,  but  not  exceeding  1  ounce     id. 

„  „  „  1  ounce,  but  not  exceeding  2  ounces    4d. 

Tlie  sum  of  2d.  being  charged  for  every  additional  ounce  or  fractional  part 
thereof. 

"  On  all  newspapers,  whether  printed  in  the  Colony  or  otherwise,  one 
halfpenny  each.     It  shall  not  be  compulsory  to  send  all  newspapers  by  post. 
"  (Signed)  C.  Falconer  Anton, 

"  Clerk  of  Councils." 
Mr.  James  Anton  was  Postmaster  in  1883,  and  Mr.  John  Griffith  the  present 
Colonial  Postmaster  was  appointed  on  August  31st,  1885.  No  notice  appeared  in 
the  Gazette  (the  title  of  which  by-the-bye  was  changed  to  Grenada  Government 
Gazette  on  May  6th,  1885,)  of  the  issue  of  any  of  the  various  provisional  stamps 
which  have  been  employed  at  different  periods.  The  first  notice  of  postal  issues 
I  have  found,  is  one  published  iu  The  Gazette  of  June  9th,  1886,  which  gives  the 
date  Reply  Cards,  Registration  Envelopes,  and  Newspaper  Wrappers  came  into 
use,  the  third  set  of  single  postcards  being  issued  at  the  same  time. 

NOTICE. 
"  Reply  Post  Cards  for  Europe  and  the  Colonies,  also  for  Inland  use, 
Registered  Envelopes,  and  Newspaper  Wrappers  may  now  be  obtained  at 
the  General  Post  Office. 

"  (Signed)  J.  Griffith, 

"  Colonial  Postmaster. 
"  Gener^u.  Post  Office, 

"  St.  George,  8th  June,  1886." 
The  next  notice  relating  to  postage  stamps  I  have  come  across  is  the  following, 
taken  from  The  Gazette  of  June  23rd,  1886. 

NOTICE. 
"  Revenue  and  Postage  Stamps  will  now  be  sold  separately,   at  this 
Department  with  an  allowance  of  discount  as  follows,  viz. :  — 
Five  per  centum  on  £0  to  £9  19s.  11  |d. 
Ten    „        „  „  £10,  and  upwards. 

"  (Signed)  J.  Griffith, 

"  Colonial  Postmaster. 
"  General  Post  Office, 

"  St.  George,  2-2nd  June,  1886." 
This  reduction  in  price,  on  taking  the  quantities  named,  remained  in  force  until 
August,  1890,  when  a  notice  was  published  in  The  Gazette  of  the  20th  of  that  month, 
stating  the  allowance  would  be  discontinued. 

POST  OFFICE  NOTICE. 
"  Notice  is  hereby  given   that  the   arrangement   notified   in   Gazette 
Notice,  dated  the  22nd  June,   1886,  under  which  discount  of  5  per  cent, 
and  10  per  cent,  respectively  was  allowed  on  purchases  of  Revenue   and 
Postage  Stamps  exceeding  £3  and  £10  respectively  has  been  cancelled. 
"  (Signed)  W.  P.  Anton, 

"  Acting  Postmaster. 
"  General  Post  Office, 

"St.  George's,  1.3^/;  August,  1890." 


GRENADA.  83 

REFERENCE  LIST  OE  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDOX. 

Issue"l.   June  1st  (?),  1861. 

Tivo  values.  Engraved  and  printed  in  taille-douce  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and 
Co.,  of  London,  on  white  wove  unwatermarked  paper,  varj'ing  considerably  in 
substance.  Yellowish  gum,  machine  perforated  15.  Design  :  An  almost  fuU  faced 
bust  portrait  of  Queen  Victoria,  looking  to  left,  adorned  with  diadem,  necklace,  and 
earrings,  on  ground  of  crossed  lines,  enclosed  -svithin  a  narrow  upright  white  oval 
band.  Straight  labels  of  solid  colour  at  top  and  bottom  contain  respectively  the 
name  of  the  Colony,  and  the  value  in  words,  in  white  block  letters.  A  white  Maltese 
cross  at  either  end  of  the  inscriptions,  forms  the  corners  of  the  design,  the  remainder 
of  which  is  flUed  in  with  reticulations,  bordered  by  an  outer  single  line  of  colour. 
Shape  upright  rectangular.     {Illustration  144.) 

T.    "  eEENABA."       B.    "  OIJE  PEIfUX."       "  SIS  PEIfCB." 

Id.,  green        (shades). 
6d.,  rose-red    (     „     ) 
Variety.     Imperforate. 

6d.,  rose-red. 
RemarTcs. — The  one  penny  is  found  printed  in  rose-red,  imperforate.     It  is  not 
known  whether  this  stamp  is  an  error  of  colour,  or  a  printer's  proof.     The  sixpence 
imperforate  has  been  seen  in  pairs. 

Issue  II.   1864. 

Two  values.  Identical  with  the  preceding  issue,  but  printed  upon  white  wove 
paper  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star,  the  perforation  being  14, — 15  compound. 
{Illustration  144.) 

Id.,  green  (shades) 

6d.,  rose,  rose-red,  orange-vermilion  (shades). 

RemarTcs. — The  shape  and  size  of  the  star  watermark  in  the  paper  varies 
considerably,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that  these  variations  occur  on  the  same  sheet. 
The  one  penny  is  known  divided  in  two,  and  each  half  used  as  a  halfpenny  value. 

Issue  III.    September,  1875. 

One  value.  Engraved  and  printed  in  taille-douce  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and 
Co.,  of  London,  on  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star.  Yellowish 
gum,  machine  perforated  14.  Design :  The  same  portrait  of  Queen  Victoria  as  in 
Issue  I.,  but  cut  off  at  the  neck  and  enframed  by  a  narrow  white  circular  band.  A 
straight  label  of  solid  colour  below  the  portrait,  bears  the  name  of  the  Colony  in 
white  block  letters.  A  small  square  white  block  in  each  of  the  four  corners  contains 
an  eight-rayed  star.  The  remainder  of  the  design  is  fiUed  in  with  a  reticulated 
pattern  bordered  by  an  outer  line  of  colour.  Shape,  upright  rectangular.  The  words 
POSTAGE  and  oije  shilling  are  overprinted  in  straight  lines,  respectively  above  and 
below  the  Queen's  head,  in  blue  block  letters]  1\  mm.  in  height.  The  word  postage 
measures  llg  mm.,  and  the  value  13j  mm.  in  length,     {Illustration  145.) 

Is.  blue  surcharge,  on  purple. 

Varieties,     a.  The  word  "  shilling  "  is  mis-spelt  "  shlliing." 
h.  The  letter  "  o  "  of  the  word  "  one  '"  is  omitted. 


84  OBENADA. 

Issue  IV.    March  (?),  1881. 

Three  values.  Identical  in  design  with  the  last  issue,  and  having  the  same 
watermark  and  perforation.  In  the  two  pence  halfpenny,  the  overprinted  value 
follows  the  lower  curve  of  the  central  circle,  in  the  other  two  stamps  it  is  in  a 
straight  line.  AU  the  values  are  overprinted  in  black  block  letters,  14  mm.  in  height. 
(Illustrations  145,  151.) 

|d.,    black  surcharge,  on  purple    (shades). 
Sjd.,       „  „  „    duU-red(     „      ) 

4d.,      „  „  ,.   blue        (     „      ) 

Varieties,     a.  Imperforate. 

jd.,    black  surcharge,  on  purple. 
2kl.,      „  „  ,,   dull-red. 

/'.  Imperforate  vertically. 

isd.,  black  surcharge,  on  dull-red. 

c.  The  halfpenny  value  with  the  letter  r  of  postage  omitted. 

d.  The  same  value  with  the  letter  h  of  half  omitted. 

e.  The  same  value  with  the  letters  ny  of  halppennt  omitted. 
/.  The  same  value  with  double  surcharge. 

Eemarlis. — Imperforate  pairs  of  the  halfpenny  and  two  pence  halfpenny  exist 
in  the  collection  of  the  late  Mr.  T.  K.  Tapling. 

Issue  V,    January,  1883. 

Two  values.  Owing  to  the  stock  of  one  penny  and  halfpenny  labels  being 
exhausted,  the  one  penu}'  fiscal  stamp  identical  in  design  with  the  preceding  Issues 
III.  and  IT.,  and  having  the  same  watermark  and  perforation,  but  overprinted  in 
green  with  a  "  crown  "  above  the  central  circle,  and  the  words  "  one  PEirav  "  beneath 
it,  was  utilised  for  postal  piirposes,  with  the  additional  surcharge  of  the  word 
postage  in  lloman  capitals  3|  mm.  in  height,  and  16^  mm.  in  length.  The  letter  S 
is  sometimes,  and  the  letters  pos  are  at  other  times,  higher  than  the  remaining 
portion  of  the  word.  The  words  oke  penny  vary  in  length,  but  two  distinct  sets  may 
be  formed,  one  with  the  words  measuring  9i  mm.  in  length,  the  other  measuring 
10|  mm.  In  the  latter  the  letters  0  and  P  are  taller  than  the  rest  of  the  words. 
To  form  the  halfpenny,  the  word  postage  was  printed  twice  obliquely  across  the 
stamp,  which  was  then  divided  diagonally,  and  each  half  served  as  a  halfpenny  value. 
The  surcharge  being  found  inconveniently  large,  when  twice  applied  for  the  half- 
penny, the  word  postage  for  this  value  was  afterwards  struck  in  smaller  Roman 
capitals  measuring  2|  mm.  in  height,  and  16  mm.  in  length,  the  surcharge  on  the 
lower  half  being  inverted  as  regards  that  on  the  upper  part. 
I.  With  surcharge  type  I.  (Illustrations  152,  153.) 
A. — The  words  one  penny  measure  9i  mm. 

5  (d.),  black  surcharge,  on  upper  halt  of  Id.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 
i  (cl-)>     »  „  „  lower        „     Id.        „  „  „        „ 

Id.,        ,,  „  „  Id.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

Varieties,     a.  With  the  surcharge  postage  inverted. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 
b.  With  the  word  postage  written  across  the  stamp  with  pen  and 
black  or  red  ink.     (Illustrations  154,  155.) 
Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 
Id.,  red  „  „   Id.       „ 


GRENADA.  85 

c.  Without  the  surcharge  postage,  postally  used. 

Id.,  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

d.  Same  as  variety  c,  divided  in  two  and  each  half  used  as  a  half- 

penny. 

J  (d.)  (haK  Id.)  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 
JB. — Tlie  words  one  peiwt  measure  10|  mm.  and  the  letters  0  and  P  are  taller. 

i  (d.)  black  surcharge,  on  upper  half  of  Id.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

i  (d.)     „  „  lower        „       Id.      „  „  „ 

Id.         „  „  Id.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

II.     With  surcharge  type  II.     (Illustration  156.) 
A. — The  words  one  penny  measure  9|  mm. 

^  (d.)  black  surcharge,  on  upper  half  of  Id.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

h  (d-)     „  „  lower        „      Id.     „  „  „ 

B. — The  words  one  penny  measure  10^  mm.  and  the  letters  0  and  P  are  taUer. 

i  (A.)  black  surcharge,  on  upper  half  of  Id.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

i  (d-)     ,,  ,■  lower        „       Id.     „  „  „ 

Issue  VI.    1883. 

Seven  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eiie  and  Co.,  of 
London,  on  medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  "WTiite 
gum,  machine  perforated  14.  Design :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left, 
on  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  au  octagonal  white  line.  Narrow 
upright  straight  labels  of  solid  colour  at  the  sides,  contain  vertical  rows  of  white 
diamonds,  and  the  spandrels  are  fiUed  in  with  triangular  white  ornaments.  Above 
the  octagon  are  the  words  geenada  postage  in  a  straight  line,  in  small  block  letters, 
and  below  the  octagon  is  the  value  in  words  in  larger  block  tj^pe.  Both  inscrip- 
tions are  printed  in  colour,  without  either  groundwork  or  border,  which  gives  the 
stamp  a  very  unfinished  appearance.  Shape,  upright  rectangular.  These  stamps  are 
printed  in  sheets,  having  each  alternate  row  of  labels  inverted,  thus  forming  what  is 
known  as  tete-heche.     (Illustrations  157,  158.) 

T.    "  GEBITABA     POSTAGE."        B.    "  HALEPENNY."        "  ONE     PENNY."        "  2|  PENCE."         "  FOtTE 
PENCE."       "  SIX    PENCE."       "  EIGHT    PENCE."       "  ONE    SHILLING." 

(February)    |d.,  green  (shades). 

(      „        )     Id.,  rose  (     „      ) 

(August  )  2^d.,  ultramarine  (  „  ) 
(June  )  4d.,  slate-grey  (  „  ) 
(August    )    6d.,  mauve  in) 

(February)  8d.,  grey-brown  (  „  ) 
(April        )     Is.,  hlac  (     u      ) 

Varieties.     TStes-Mches. 

Same  values  and  shades. 
iJgmarfcs.— The  one  penny  is  known  with   a   "bogus"   surcharge  in  black  of 
HALF — PENNY  in  two  lines  of  Eoman  capitals,  and  the  original  value  obliterated. 

Issue  VII.     October,  1886. 

One  value.  The  supply  of  one  penny  postage  labels  becoming  again  exhausted, 
recourse  was  once  more  had  to  the  series  of  fiscal  stamps  of  the  design  described  in 
Issue  v.,  watermarked  as  before,  with  a  six-rayed  star,  and  machine  perforated  14. 
The  additional  surcharge  consists  of  the  word  postage,  in  Eoman  capitals,  2  mm.  in 


86  GRENADA. 

height,  aiul  16  mm.  in  length,  stniok  over  tlie  original  value  of  the  stamp,  and  on  the 
Queen's  head  is  overprinted  {■  the  nvimeral  and  letter  measuring  txjgether  S  mm.  in 
height.     {Ilhtstration  159.) 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  l^d.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

lc'->        II  J)  v     ■!"•  j;  ))  l> 

ttt,      ,,  ,,  ,,    Is.         „  ,,  „ 

(  m-ieiies.     a.  With  the  word  postage  inverted. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  l^d.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 
''.  With  the  word  eevenue  surcharged  in  place  of    postage,  and 
postally  used. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  2s.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

Issue  VIII.    January,  1887. 

Oiie  value.  The  one  penny  of  Issue  YI.  with  the  inscription  at  the  top  of  the 
stamp  altered  to  geenaba — postage  and  eevejtue  in  two  lines  of  small  block  letters. 
Watermark  Grown  C.A.,  machine  perforated  14.     (lUnstraiion  160.) 

Id.,  rose  (shades). 
Varieti/. — Tete-Mclie. 

Id.,  rose. 

Issue  IX.  End  of  March,  1888. 
One  value.  The  two  shilling  fiscal  stamp  of  the  design  described  in  Issue  V. 
surcharged  provisionally  as  a  four  penny  value.  The  additional  surcharge  consists  of 
the  word  postage  in  Roman  capitals  2  mm.  in  height  and  15|  mm.  in  length 
struck  across  the  centre  of  the  stamp,  and  "  Ad."  overprinted  above,  the  letter  and 
numeral  measuring  4  mm.  in  height.  The  sheet  consists  of  sixty  stamps  in  six  rows 
of  ten,  and  the  sixth  stamp  of  the  lowest  row  from  the  left  has  a  Roman  letter  "  d." 
lUustrations  161,  162.) 

id.,  black  surcharge,  on  2s.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 
Varieti/.     With  Roman  letter  "  d." 

4d.,  black  surcharge,  on  2s.  gi-een  surcharge,  on  orange. 
Ilemarl-g. — This   stamp  has  been  chronicled  with  double  and  also  with  inverted 
surcharge,  but  the  authenticity  of  these  two  varieties  requires  confirmation. 

Issue  X.    December,  1889. 

One  value.  The  two  shilling  fiscal  stamp  employed  in  the  preceding  issue, 
surcharged  provisionally  as  a  halfpenny  value.  The  additional  surcharge  consists  of 
HALF  —  PENNY  —  POSTAGE  in  three  straight  lines  of  Roman  capitals  2  mm.  in 
height,  the  first  word  measuring  9|  mm.,  the  second  12  mm.,  and  the  third  15|  mm. 
in  length.     (Illustration  163.) 

^d.,  black  surcharge,  on  2s.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

Issue  XI.    December,  1890. 

One  value.  The  same  two  shilling  fiscal  stamp  used  in  the  last  two  issues, 
surcharged  provisionallj'  as  a  one  penny  value.  The  additional  surcharge  consists  of 
POSTAGE  —  AND  —  EEVENUE  in  three  straight  lines  of  Roman  capitals,  the  first 
and  last  word  2  mm.,  and  the  word  and  1|  mm.  in  height.  The  first  word 
measures  15,4  mm.,  the  second  5  mm.,  and  the  third  17  mm.  in  length.  Besides  the 
above  inscription,  a  new  value  of  J  is  surcharged,  the  numeral  and  letter  each 
measuring  4  mm.  in  height.     (Illustration  164.) 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  2s.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 


GRENADA.  87 

Varietij.  With  the  numeral  and  letter  "d"  side  by  side,  measuring  o|  mm.  in 
breadth. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  2s.  green  surcharge,  on  orange. 

REGISTRATION    ENVELOPES. 

Issue  I.  June  8th,  1886-88. 

One  value.  Bag-shaped  envelopes  of  white  wove,  linen-lined  paper,  with  the  flap 
to  the  right.  The  inscriptions  upon  them  are  the  same  as  those  upon  the  envelopes 
of  Barbados,  Issue  II.,  with  the  large  "E."  in  an  upright  oval  frame.  The 
inscriptions,  lines,  &c.,  are  in  red.  The  stamp  was  designed  and  embossed  in  colour, 
on  the  flap,  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  Design:  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria 
to  left  in  plain  relief  on  a  solid  ground  of  colour,  enclosed  by  a  single-lined  octagon ; 
surrounding  this  is  a  circular  reticulated  band,  bearing  the  inscriptions  in  coloured 
block  letters ;  outside  this  again  is  a  single-lined  octagon,  with  a  projection  in  the 
centre  of  each  side ;  and  the  whole  is  upon  a  disc  of  solid  colour.     (Illustrations  28, 165.) 

T.    "  GEENADA  EEGISTHATION  PEE."       B.    "  XWO  PENCE." 

A. — The  inscription  under  the  flap  is  "  MoCoEauoDAiE  &  Co.,  Conteacioes."  in  red. 

Limited. 
(1886)  2d.,  grey-blue  ;  size  F. 
2d.,        ,  „      G. 

2d.,        „  „     H. 

2d.,        „  „      H^ 

2d.,        „  „      I. 

2d.,        „  „      K. 

B.    The  inscription  under  the  flap  is  "  Thos.  De  La  Rue  &  Co.  Patent,"  in  red. 
(1888)  2d.,  grey-blue  ;  size  F. 
2d.,        „  „      G. 

WRAPPERS. 

Issue  I,    June  8th,  1886. 

Four  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  SimUar  to 
the  wrappers  of  Barbados,  but  with  stamp  of  a  different  tj'pe.  Design :  Diademed 
profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  in  a  circle,  enclosed  in  a  rectangular  frame,  with 
inscriptions  in  imcoloured  block  letters  on  straight  labels  at  top  and  bottom,  foliate 
ornaments  in  the  spandrels,  aU  on  a  solid  ground  of  colour.  Shape  upright 
rectangular.     {Illustration  169.) 

i.  "  geenada."     b.  "  haippenht."     "  one  penny."     "  penisty  hampennt." 

"twopence."' 
id.,  green 
Id.,  carmine. 
Ijd.,  red-brown. 
2d.,  deep  blue. 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.    April,  1881. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  upon  thin 
straw  card.  Size  123x87  mm.,  or  il^x'd^  inches.  The  inscription  is  in  three  lines 
at  the  top  of  the  card,  1st,  union  postale  univeesblle.     2nd,  gbenada.     (de  geenada.) 


88  GRENADA. 

3rd,  THE  ADDEEss  ONLY  TO  BE  WRITTEN  ON  THIS  SIDE.  The  firsfc  and  third  lines  are  in 
block  letters,  the  type  of  the  latter  being  the  smaller  of  the  two,  and  the  second  is  in 
Roman  capitals.  The  stamp  is  in  the  right  upper  corner.  Design  :  Diademed  head 
of  Queen  Victoria  to  left,  upon  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  an  upright 
oval.  Surrounding  the  oval  is  a  border  of  an  eccentric  pattern,  containing  at  the  top 
and  bottom  scrolls  of  solid  colour  shaded  at  the  ends,  the  upper  inscribed  postage,  and 
the  lower  with  the  value  in  words,  both  in  plain  block  letters.  At  either  side  of  the 
border  is  a  small  block  of  solid  colour  containing  a  star,  above  and  below  which  are 
conventional  ornaments.  A  plain  outer  line  of  colour  rounded  at  the  four  corners 
completes  the  design.     (Illustration  170.) 

Id.,  light  blue     (shades). 
Ijd.,  pale  brown  (     „      ) 

Issue  n.   December,  1881. 

Ttvo  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size,  122x87  mm.,  or  4ix3|  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as 
that  of  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  of  the  inscription 
is  altered  to  geenaba  (la  gkenade),  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top  of  the 
stamp  is  changed.  The  one  penny,  but  for  the  alteration  of  the  value  at  the  bottom 
of  the  stamp,  is  precisely  similar  to  the  three  halfpenny.     {Illustration  188.) 

Id.,  blue  (shades), 

l^d.,  pale-bi'own  (     „      ) 

Issue  III.    June  8tli,  1886. 

TJiree  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  line  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card,  the  halfpenny  being  somewhat  thinner.  Size  of  the  halfpenny 
122x74  mm.,  or  4ix2^  inches,  that  of  the  one  penny  and  three  halfpenny 
139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  design  of  the  two  latter  is  the  same  as  that 
of  the  second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  except  for  the  modification  of  the  name  of  the 
Colony,  as  mentioned  in  the  preceding  issue.  The  inscription  on  the  halfpenny  is  in 
three  lines — 1st.  post  cabd  in  large  Roman  capitals,  separated  by  the  arms  and  sup- 
porters of  Great  Britain.  2nd.  Grenada  in  smaller  Roman  capitals.  3rd.  the 
ADDRESS  ONLT  TO  BE  WRITTEN  ON  THIS  SIDE,  in  thiu  block  letters.  The  stamp  is 
similar  in  design  to  that  on  the  other  two  values.     (Illustrations  189,  190.) 

^d.,  green  (shght  shades). 

Id.,  carmine        (     „        „        ) 
lid.,  dark  brown  (     ,,         t,        ) 

REPLY     PAID     CARDS. 

Issue  I.   June  8th,  1886. 

Three  values.  Similar  in  every  way  to  the  single  cards  of  Issue  III.,  but  the 
one  penny  and  three  halfpenny  have  the  usual  additional  inscription  on  each  half 
like  the  reply  paid  cards  of  Antigua.  The  first  half  of  the  halfpenny  has  only,  the 
ANNEXED  CARD — IS  INTENDED  TOE — THE  ANSWER,  in  three  liues  in  small  block  type  in 
the  left  lower  corner,  without  the  French  translation.  The  cards  are  joined  along 
the  top,  perforated  4i,  and  the  design  is  impressed  on  the  first   and  third  pages. 

(Illustrations  189,  19U.) 

id.  +  id.  green  (slight  shades). 

Id.+ld.  carmine  (     „  „       ) 

Ijd.  +  l^d.  dark  brown  (     „  „       ) 


JAMAICA. 


PEELIMINARY    NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

Thb  file  of  The  Ja«iaica  (?«;«/<«  I  tave  had  access  to,  commences  witli  "  Volume  I. 
new  series,"  whicli  is  dated  June  3rd,  1869.  I  am  consequently  unable  to  furnisli 
any  particulars  concerning  the  issue,  &c.,  of  the  earlier  postage  stamps  from  that 
source.  Thanks,  however,  to  Mr.  George  H.  Pearce,  the  chief  clerk  in  the  General 
Post  Office  at  Kingston,  Jamaica,  I  am  enabled  to  give  the  following  information. 

The  first  issue  of  postage  stamps  in  Jamaica  took  place  on  May  8th,  1858,  when 
the  notice,  of  which  I  append  a  copy,  was  published : — 

NOTICE   TO   THE    PUBLIC. 

"  General  Post  Office,  %th  May,  1868. 
"  The  Postmaster  General  having  been  pleased  to  sanction  the 
introduction  of  Postage  Stamps  for  the  prepayment  of  Packet  Postage, 
notice  is  hereby  given  that  from  this  date  the  Public  wiU  be  suppUed  with 
stamps  of  the  respective  value  of  Id.,  4d.,  and  6d.,  on  application  at  the 
General  Post  OflBlce,  Kingston,  between  the  hours  of  8.30  a.m.  and  2.30  p.m. 
"For  the  present  the  use  of  stamps  is  restricted  to  packet  corres- 
pondence. 

"Arrangements  wiU  be  made  for  supplying  the  several  Postmasters 
throughout  the  Island  vidth  Postage  Stamps  as  soon  as  possible. 
"(Signed)  Maurice  O'Connor  Morris, 

" Deputy  Postmccster  General''' 
The  Jamaica  Post  Office  was  at  this  date  under  the  control  of  the  English 
Government,  and  the  labels  referred  to  in  the  notice  were  the  then  current  Great 
Britain  stamps  of  the  values  mentioned. 

On  the  1st  August,  1860,  the  Post  OAice  was  transferred  to  the  Colonial 
Government,  and  Mr.  Pearce  tells  me  the  first  set  of  Jamaica  postage  stamps  was 
issued  on  the  23rd  November  of  that  year,  the  values  being  one  penny,  two  pence, 
four  pence,  six  pence,  and  one  shilling,  the  three  penny  stamp  not  coming  into  use 
until  the  10th  September,  1863. 

The  notice  of  the  issue  of  the  halfpenny  adhesive  is  found  in  the  number  of 
TTie  Gazette  for  November  7th,  1872. 

HALF  PENNY  POSTAGE  LABEL. 

"  General  Post  Office,  29^A  October,  1872, 

"  Postage  Labels,  of  the  value  of  One  Half  Penny  each,  having  been 

provided,  the  Special  Rule,  under  which  one  Half  of  a  Penny  Stamp  has 

been  permitted  to  be  used  in  payment  of  the  Half  Penny  Rate  of  Postage 

is  no  longer  necessary. 


90  JAMAICA. 

"  The  Public  are,  therefore,  hereby  notified  :  That  on  and  after  the  1st 
day  of  December  next,  the  half  part  of  a  Penny  Postage  Label  will  cease 
to  be  recognized  in  the  payment  of  Postage,  and  any  Paper,  &c.,  posted 
■with  the  part  only  of  the  Penny  Stamp  affixed  thereon,  will  be  treated  as 
unpaid. 

"  The  Half  Penny  Postage  Label  has'.been  issued  for  use  as  of  this  date, 
the  29th  day  of  October,  1872,  and  can  be  obtained  at  the  several  Post  Oflices 
on  application. 

"(Signed)  Fred.  Sullivan, 

"  Postmaster  for  Jamaica." 
It  is  evident  from  the  above  notice,  that  previous  to  the  arrival  of  the  halfpenny 
stamp  from  England,  the  then  current  one  penny  adhesive  was  allowed  to  be  divided, 
and  each  portion  used  for  half  the  value.  It  also  appears  that  the  halfpenny  stamp  was 
iised  to  prepay  newspapers,  and,  probably,  other  printed  matter  of  small  weight.  I 
am  unable  to  say  for  what  period  the  provisional  stamp  was  in  use,  as  although  I  have 
searched  T he-Gazette  for  some  months  previous  to  October  29th,  1872,  I  have  found 
no  further  reference  to  this  variety. 

The  number  of  The  Gazette  for  September  2nd,  1875,  contains  the  notice  of  issue 
of  the  two  and  five  shilling  adhesives. 

NOTICE  TO  THE  PUBLIC. 
Issue  of  New  Denominations  of  Postage  Stamps. 

"  General  Post  Office,  27th  August,  187.3. 
"  His  Escellency  the  Governor,  for  the  greater  convenience  of  the 
Public,  having  been  pleased  to  authorize  the  introduction  of  new 
Denominations  of  Postage  Stamps  of  the  Value  of  .5s.  and  2s.  respectively, 
the  Public  are  hereby  informed  that  such  Stamps  have  this  day  been 
issued,  and  can  be  obtained  at  this  Oftice. 

"  (Signed)  Geo.  H.  Pearce, 

"jjco  Postmaster  for  Jamaica.'^ 

The  authorisation  for  the  issue  of  postcards  is  found  in  The  Gazette  of  March 
29th,  1877. 

Order  in  Privy  Council  as  to  Post  i  Cards  within  the  Colony. 

"  Privy  Council  Chamber,  28M  March,  1877, 

"  Whereas  by  the  Twelfth  Section  of  Law  18  of  1868,  the  Governor  is 
empowered,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Privy  Council,  from  time  to 
time  to  vary  or  alter  the  Rates  of  Postage  set  forth  in  the  Schedule  to  that 
Law  annexed  :  Provifled,  That  the  Rates  in  the  said  Schedule  shall  not  be 
at  any  time  exceeded.  The  Lieutenant-Governor  is  tliis  day  pleased,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  his  Privy  CounoU,  to  direct  that,  on 
and  after  [the  first  day  of  April,  1877,  Post  Cards  may  be  sent  by  post 
between  places  within  Jamaica  upon  the  following  conditions  :  — 

"  1.  Post  Cards,  witli  an  Impressed  Stamp  denoting  their  face  value, 
shall  be  issued  by  the  Postmaster  for  Jamaica;  and  the  Cards  so  issued, 
and  no  others,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  Post  Cards,  within  the  meaning  of 
this  order. 

"  2.  Tlie  address,  and  nothhig  else,  shall  be  written,  printed,  or  other- 
wise impressed  on  the  side  of  the  Post  Card  which  bears  the  Post  Office 
Stamp  and  Instructions,  and  no  part  of  the  address  shall  be  written, 
printed,  or  otherwise  impressed  across  such  Stamp. 

"3.  Anything  (including  a  Letter,  or  Communication  in  tho  nature  of 
a  Letter),  may  be  written,  printed,  or  otherwise  impressed  on  the  Reverse 
Side  of  the  Post  Card. 


JAMAICA.  91 

"  4.  Nothing  whatever  shall  be  in  any  manner  attached  to  a  Post  Card, 
nor  shall  a  Post  card  be  cut,  or  folded,  or  otherwise  altered. 

"  o.  In  case  any  one  of  the  required  conditions  has  not  been  fidfiUed 
the  Card  will  be  charged  at  Letter  Rates  of  Postage. 

"  And  the  LiBXiTENAM-GovEKNOR  is  further  pleased,  with  the  advice 

aforesaid,  to  order  that  the  Rate  of  Postage  upon  such  Inland  Post  Cards 

shall  be  as  under : — 

"  For  a  Post  Card  Posted  for  Town  or")  ^      -rr  ic  -d 

Office  Dehvery.  }  0"®  Half  Penny. 

"  For  a  Post  Card  to  be  conveyed  any  Jq^^  p  ^^^ 
distance  witmn  the  Colony.  J  •' 

And  that  such  Rate  shall  not  be  payable   either  in  whole  or  in  part  by 
adhesive  Stamps,  but  only  as  aforesaid. 

"  (Signed)  R.  B.  Llewelyn, 

"  Acting  Clerk  of  Prhy  Council." 

At  the  same  date  as  the  Inland  postcards  were  issued — 1st  April,  1877 — Jamaica 
was  admitted  into  "  The  General  Postal  Fnion,"  and  a  card  of  the  value  of  three  pence 
was  required  for  use  between  Countries  in  the  Union.  As  it  was  impossible  to  get 
the  cards  from  England  by  the  required  date,  aU  three  values  had  to  be  obtained  in 
the  Island ;  and  as  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.'s  cards  did  not  arrive  until  November 
of  that  )'ear,  several  printings  of  these  provisional  cards  took  place.  Mr.  G.  H. 
Pearce  informs  me  that  those  with  frame  of  "  lozenges'"'  were  supplied  from  the  Govern- 
ment Printuig  Office,  in  the  General  Penitentiarj',  and  that  those  with  the  floriate 
pattern  border  were  procured  from  Mr.  George  Henderson,  the  then  Government 
printer.     He  further  tells  me  the  number  of  temporary  cards  issued  was  as  under : — 

3d.        4,701 

Id.       16,228 

id.         5,727 

26,656 
A  new  Postal  Convention,  constituting  the  "Universal  Postal  Union," was  signed 
at  Paris,  on  the  1st  June,  1878,  for  the  revision  of  the  Treaty  of  Berne,  which  had 
previously  established  the  "  General  Postal  Uuion."  The  new  Convention,  which 
came  into  force  on  the  1st  April,  1879,  made  many  alterations ;  amongst  others,  the 
issue  of  postcards  for  Countries  in  the  Union,  instead  of  being  optional,  was  made 
compulsory,  and  the  rate  was  reduced  from  three  pence  to  three  halfpence.  No  card  of 
the  latter  value  being  available,  the  three  penny  card  of  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.'s 
make,  was  surcharged,  in  the  Island,  with  the  necessary  alterations.  This  surcharged 
card  continu.ed  in  use  for  over  four  years,  as  it  was  not  until  June  16th,  1883,  that 
the  new  one,  ordered  from  England,  was  issued.  Registration  Envelopes  were  first 
issued  on  January  1st,  1881,  at  the  General  Post  Office.  Contrary  to  the  usual  cus- 
tom, these  envelopes  bear  no  stamp  upon  the  flap,  and  there  is  nothing  in  the  inscrip- 
tion on  the  face  to  denote  that  they  emanate  from  this  Colony.  Precisely  similar 
envelopes  were  issued  for  use  in  Turks  Islands  the  same  year,  so  it  is  necessary  to 
have  postmarked  copies  to  prove  which  Island  they  were  used  in.  The  notice  of  issue 
as  regards  Jamaica,  is  found  in  The  Gazette  of  February  17th,  1881. 

REGISTERED  LETTERS. 

"  General  Post  Office,  1st  January,  1881. 

"  By  Law  the  Post  Office  is  not  liable,  for  the  loss  of  any  Registered 

Letter  or  of  its  contents,  but  in  order  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the 

Postal  LTnion  Treaty  the  Postmaster  for  Jamaica  \vill  be  prepared  to  make 


92  JAMATGA. 

f,'ood  the  contents  of  a  Registered  La'ter  lost  while  passing  throngh  the 
Post  to  the  Client  of  Two  Pounds,  in  certain  oases  :  — 
Provided.— 1.  That   the    sender  duly  observed  all    the    conditions   of 
Registration  required. 
2.  That  the  Letter  was   securely   enclosed  in  a  reasonably 
strong  Envelope  ;  and,  if  it  contained  money,  that  it  was 
enclosed  in  one  of  the  special  Registered  Letter  Envelopes, 
approved  by  the  Post  Office  for  the  purpose. 
3   That  application  was  made  to  the  Postmaster  for  Jamaica 
immediately  the  loss  was  discovered.    (When  the  complaint 
is  that  the  contents  of  a  letter  have   been  abstracted  the 
envelope  must  accompany  the  application,  otherwise  the 
question  cannot  be  entertained.) 
4.  Tliat  the  Postmaster  for  Jamaica  (whose  decision  shall  be 
final)  is  satisfied  that  the  loss  occurred  while  the  letter 
was  in  the  custody  of  the  Jamaica  Post  Office,  and  was  not 
caused  by  any  fault  on  the  part  of  the  sender. 
The  approved  Registered  Letter  Envelopes  are  of  two  sizes. 

Size  G — 6  inches  by  .3|  inches.     Price  ^d.  each  or  .5d.  per  dozen. 
Size  H — 8  inches  by  -5  inches.     Price  Jd.  each  or  7d.  per  dozen. 
These  envelopes  can  be  obtained  at  the  General  Post  Office  and  \rill  be 
delivered  Post  Free  at  the  prices  stated. 

"(Signed)  Fred.  Sullivan, 

"  Postmaster  for  Jamaica." 
The  following  notices  are  taken  from  The   Gazette  of  June   21st,    1SS3,    and 
amongst  other  particulars  give  the  date  of  issue  of  reply  paid  postcards. 

INLAND  POST  CARDS. 

"  General  Post  Office,  IQth  June,  1883. 
"  The  following  Regulation,  in  respect  of  the  transmission  of  Post 
Cards  in  Jamaica,  has  been  approved  by  Government : — 

"  In  future  the  Halfpenny  Post  Card,  intended  for  Town  or  Office 
delivery,  may  be  used  for  general  circulation  within  the  Colony  if  the 
deficient  Postage  thereon,  say  one  halfpenny,  be  added  thereto  by  an 
adhesive  Postage  Stamp. 

"(Signed)  Fred.  Sullivan, 

"  Postmaster  for  Jamaica." 


REPLY  PAID  POST  CARDS. 

"  General  Post  Office,  16th  June,  1883. 

"The    issue  of   Reply    Paid  Post    Cards,    for    use    between   places 

in   Jamaica,   as  well   as  between  certain  places  in  the  Universal  Postal 

Union,  having  been  authorised  by  Government,  such  Cards  can  be  obtained 

at  each  Post  Office  in  the  Island  at  the  following  rates  :  — 

INLAND  CARDS. 

For  Town  or  Office  delivery at  Id. 

For  use  between  Post  Offices  in  the  Island at  2d. 

UNIVERSAL  POSTAL  UNION  CARDS. 
For  transmission  to  any  place  in  the  Postal  Union  which 

is  included  in  the  list  below  at  3d. 

"  The  Reply  Paid  Post  Card  consists  of  a  double  card  folded  in  the 
centre,  one  portion  being  intended  for  use   by  the  poster,  and  the  other 


JAMAICA.  93 


portion  to  be  torn  off  and  used  in  reply  by  the  addressee.  Bach  portion  of 
the  card  is  impressed  witli  a  Stamp,  representmg  tlie  amount  of  the  postage 
chargeable  thereon.  The  conditions  of  transmission  by  post  of  Reply 
Paid  Post  Cards  are  the  same  as  those  which  are  in  force  with  respect  to 
the  transmission  of  Single  Post  Cards. 

"  It  must  be  distinctly  understood,  however,  that  Inland  Post 
Cards,  whether  Single  or  Reply  Paid,  are  not  available  for  transmission  to 
Postal  Union  Countries,  even  though  the  additional  Postage  be  prepaid  by 
means  of  adhesive  Postage  Stamps. 

"  List  of  places  to  which  Reply  Paid  Post  Cards  may  be  forwarded :  — 

Argentine  Republic.  Luxemburg. 

Austria-Hungai-y.  Malta. 

Belgium.  Netherlands  and  Colonies. 

Canada.  Norway. 

Chili.  Paraguay. 

Colombia,jUnited  States  of,  Persia. 

Cyprus.  Portugal  and  Colonies. 

Dominican  Republic.  Roumania. 

Prance,    but     not    including  Salvador. 

Colonies  of  Martinique,  &o.  Servia. 

Germany.  Spain  and  Colonies  of  Cuba 

Gibraltar.  and  Porto  Rico. 

Great  Britain  and  Colonies.  Switzerland. 

Honduras,  Republic  of,  Turkey. 

India,  British.  Uruguay. 

Italy.  Venezuela. 

Liberia. 


"  An  additional  rate  of  l|d.  on  both  the  Card  and  its  reply  must  be 
affixed,  by  means  of  adhesive  Postage  Stamps,  on  Reply  Post  Cards  sent 
to  the  following  places ; — 

Ceylon.  Java,  and  other  Netherlands 

Hong-Kong.  Colonies  in  Indian  Ocean. 

India.  Straits  Settlements. 

"(Signed)  Feed.  Sullivan, 

"  Postmaster  fo)-  Jamaica." 
In  October,  1887,  Postage  and  Revenue  Stamps  were  authorised  to  be  used  for 
either  branch  of  the  service,  according  to  the  following  Law,   a  copy  of  which  was 
published  in  TJie  Gazette  of  October  13th,  1887. 

"Jamaica.      Law  18  of  1887. 
The  Postage  and  Revenue  Stam/p  Laxu,  1887. 

i^th  October,  1887.] 
"Whereas  it  is  desirable  to  make  postage  stamps  available  for 
denoting  payment  of  Revenue  Stamp  Duties,  payment  of  which  may  be 
denoted  by  Adhesive  Stamps,  and  also  to  make  Revenue  Stamps  available 
for  Postage  purposes,  and  also  to  provide  that,  as  from  time  to  time  stamp 
plates  get  worn  out,  new  stamps  shall  be  provided  that  ■  shall  be  available 
for  either  Postage  or  Revenue  purposes,  and  also  to  make  further  provision 
respecting  the  custody,  issue  and  use,  of  Adliesive  Stamps : — 

"  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Governor  and  Legislative  Council  of  Jamaica,  as  ■ 
follows :  — 

"  From  and  after  the  passing  of  this  Law,  any  stamps  of  the  pattern 
heretofore  in  use  for  expressing  and  denoting  payment  of  rates  or  duties  of 
Postage,  and  issiied  by  the  Treasurer  and  Commissioner  of  Stamps  under 


94  JAMAICA. 

and  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Law  18  of  1868,  may  be  also  lawfully  used 
for  expressing  and  denoting  payment,  to  the  amount  expressed  by  the 
same,  of  any  Stamp  Duties,  pajanent  of  which  may  be  lawfully  expressed  and 
denoted  by  Adhesive  Stamps ;  and  any  stamps  of  tlie  pattern  heretofore  in 
use,  and  issued  under  the  Provisions  of  Law  33  of  1868  for  expressing  and 
denoting  payment  of  the  Stamp  Duties  unposed  by  the  said  Law,  may  be 
also  lawfully  used  for   expressing  and  denoting  payment  to  the  amount 
expressed  by  the  same,  of  rates  and  duties  of  Postage." 
There  are  six  other   clauses,   making  seven  iu  all,  to  the  above  Law,  but  the 
remainder  are  not  of  sufficient  interest  to  collectors  to  reproduce  here.     The  first  two 
stamps  to  be  issued  with  the  inscription  changed  to  "  Postage  and  Revenue,"  were 
the  one  penny  and  two  pence,  whicli  are  altogether  of  a  new  design.     These  stamps 
first  came  into  use  on  March  8th,  1889,  according  to  a  notice  published  in  The  Gazette 
of  llarch  14th  of  that  year. 

GOVERNMENT  NOTICE. 
No.  112.  "  ^th  March,  1889. 

"The  OrFicER  Administering  the  Government  directs  it  to  be 
notified,  for  general  information,  that  the  issue  of  the  following  Unified 
Postage  and  Revenue  Stamps  has  been  authorized,  viz. : — 

"  Id.  Colour,  light  purple.  Queen's  head  within  a  circle  containing  the 
words  '  Jamaica  Postage  and  Revenue,'  with  the  denomination  '  Id.'  at 
the  base. 

"  2d.     Colour,  light  green,  similar  in  other  particidars  to  the  Id.  stamp 
as  above  described,  with  the  denomination  '  2d.'  at  the  base." 
On  the  1st  January,  1890,  the  postal  rates  for  Inland  letters  and  postcards  was 
reduced,  according  to  the  following  notice,  extracted  from  The  Gazette  of  September 
26th,  1889. 

REDUCTION  OE   POSTAGE  ON  LETTERS  AND  POST  CARDS  FOR 
INLAND  CIRCULATION. 

"  His  Excellency  the  Governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Privy  Council,  has  been  pleased  to  direct  that  the  Rate  of  Charge 
on  Letters  and  Post  Cards  carried  by  Post  for  dehvery  within  Jamaica 
shall  be,  as  under : — 

LETTERS. 
For  each  half-ounce  in  weight  ...         ...         One  penny. 

POST  CARDS. 

Single         Half-penny. 

Reply  paid  One  penny. 

"  Such  Regulation  to  come  into  force  on  the  1st  day  of  January,  1890. 
"(Signed)  Fred.  Sullivan, 

"  Postmaster  for  Jamaica. 
"  General  Post  Office,  24th  September,  1889." 

An  alteration  was  made  in  the  system  of  franking  correspondence  in  the  various 
Government  Departments  on  the  1st  April,  1890,  when  stamps  surcharged  with  the 
word  "  Official "  were  issued  in  accordance  with  the  following  notice,  published  in  I'he 
Gazette  of  April  3rd  that  year. 


JAMAIOA.  95 

GOVERNMENT   NOTICE. 
No.  144.  2nd  Apnl,  1890. 

"  The  Governor  directs  it  to  be  notified,  for  generali  nformation,  that 
from  and  after  the  1st  instant,  the  privilege  of  sending  or  receiving 
Ofincial  Correspondence  free  of  Postage  in  this  Island  is  withdrawn. 

"2.  The  following  are  the  Rules  which  have  been  approved  by  His 
Excellency  with  respect  to  the  payment  of  Official  Postages. 

"  By  command, 
"(Signed)  Neale  Porter, 

"  Colonial  Secretaiy." 

Mules  with  respect  to  the  Payment  of  Official  Postages. 

"  Prom  and  after  Tuesday  tlie  1st  day  of  April,  1890,  the  permission 
either  to  send  or  to  receive  Oflicial  Correspondence  Free  of  Postage  will  be 
cancelled,  with  the  following  exceptions :  — 

"  His  Excellenoy  the  Governor,  his  Private  Secretary,  and  his  A.D.C. ; 
and  also  (for  the  convenience  of  the  general  community  and  the  general 
management  of  the  Postal  Department)  the  Postmaster  for  Jamaica. 

"  2.  The  Honourable  the  Colonial  Secretary  will  also  retain  the  right  to 
frank,  by  his  own  signature,  correspondence  posted  by  liimself  in  his  official 
capacity. 

"  3.  Correspondence  to  or  from  Heads  of  Departments  or  other  Public 
Functionaries  who  have  not  been  specially  exempted,  will  be  liable  to  the 
following  Rates  of  Postage  :  — 

Letters  ...  ...  ...  ...  Id.  per  half-ounce. 

Book  Packets  not  exceeding  .5  lbs.  ...  ^d.  per  4  ounces. 

Parcels  not  exceeding  8  ounces  ...  ...  1  d.  per  2  ounces. 

"  4.  Prepayment  of  postage  on  correspondence  to  or  from  a  Head  of  a 
Department  or  other  Public  Functionary  is  optional,  except  in  the  case  of 
registration ;  but,  when  prepayment  is  effected  it  must  be  by  means  of 
'  Official  Postage  Stamps '  which  can  be  purchased  from  any  Post  Office.  If 
the  ordmary  Postage  Stamps  be  made  use  of  the  article  so  prepaid  will 
not  be  recognised  as  '  Official,'  but  will  be  surcharged  as  an  ordinary  letter. 

"  5.  Official  Postage  Stamps  are  oyily  available  for  the  prepayment  of 
postage  by  Heads  of  Departments  or  other  Public  Functionaries.  Pre- 
payment of  correspondence /;'oto  the  Public  to  such  Officials  must  be  effected 
by  means  of  the  ordinary  Postage'  Stamps. 

"  6.  Correspondence  which  may  be  wholly  unpaid  or  partially  prepaid 
will  be  surcharged  at  the  above  stated  prepaid  rates  of  postage.  The 
postage  on  such  unpaid  correspondence  must  be  paid  for,  in  cash,  before 
delivery. 

"  (Signed)  Fred.  Sullivan, 

"  Postmaster  for  Jamaica." 
"  General  Post  Office,  11th  March,  1890. 

TELEGRAPH    STAMPS. 

Telegraph  Stamps  and  stamped  forms  -were  first  issued  on  October  20th,  1879, 
according  to  the  following  announcement  published  in  The  Gazette  of  October  30th 
of  that  year. 

"  Privy  Council  Chamber,  20th  October,  1879. 
"  Under  the  provisions  of  Law  I.  of  1879— 

"  (1.)  The  following  Rules   have  been  approved  by  the  Lieutenant- 
Governor,  in  Privy  Council. 


96  JAMAICA. 

"  (2.)  It  is  ordered  tliat  the  following  Rules  shall  come  into  operation 
on  the  20th  day  of  October,  1879. 

"  (Signed)  J.  Allwood,  Jnk., 

•'  Acting  Clerk  Piiry  Ciimdl" 

TAEIFF  POR  INLAND  TELEGEAM8. 
"  1.  The  charge  for  Telegrams  throughout  Jamaica  is  Is.  for  the  first 
twenty  words,  and  3d.  for  every  additional   five   words,  i.e.,  for  every 
additional  group  of  not  more  than  five  words,  the  names  and  addresses  of 
the  sender  and  receiver  not  being  counted. 

TELEGRAPH   STAMPS. 

"  2.  Distinctive  Telegraph  Stamps  of  the  values  of  One  Sliilling  and 
Three  Pence  are  issued  for  the  payment  of  the  charges  on  Telegrams.  Postage 
Stamps  are  not  accepted  in  payment  of  Telegrams,  nor  are  Telegraph 
Stamps  accepted  in  payment  of  Postage.  Telegraph  Stamps  are  not 
purchased  from  the  public  at  Post  Offices,  nor  can  they  be  exchanged 
for  Postage  Stamps.  Telegrams  must  be  stamped  before  they  can  be 
accepted  for  transmission,  and  Telegrams  will  not  be  received  unless  so 
stamped. 

RECEIPTS. 
"  3.  Receipts  for  the  charges  on  Telegrams  can  be  obtained  at  a  cost 
of  3d.  each. 

TELEGRAM    FORMS. 

"  4.  Inland  Telegram  Forms  are  of  two  kinds,  namely, the  'A.  l.'Form 
embossed  with  a  stamp  of  the  value  of  Is.,  and  the  '  A  '  Form  given  gratis 
with  no  stamp  embossed  thereon.  Tire  '  A.  1.'  Foims,  bound  up  into  books 
of  20  forms  interleaved  and  with  a  sheet  of  carbonic  paper,  price  £1  Os.  3d 
each  book,  can  be  obtained  on  application  to  the  Head  Office." 

There  are  altogether  35  clauses  of  the  above  Rules,  but  there  is  no  reason  for 
reproducing  the  remainder  here. 


REFERENCE    LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  L     November  23rd,  1860. 

live  vahies.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  ;ind  Co.,  of 
London,  on  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  with  a  pine-apple,  white  gum  ; 
machine  perforated  14.  Designs:  A  laureated  profile  of  Queen  Yictoria  to  left,  on 
a  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  in  a  frame  of  a  different  design  for  each  value ; 
all  inscribed  jajiaica  postage  above,  and  with  the  value  in  words  below,  in  small 
block  letters,  one  penny. — The  profile  is  enclosed  in  a  single-lined  circle ;  beyond 
this  is  a  circular  band  of  colour  broken  by  the  sides  of  the  rectangular  frame;  there  is 
a  pearled  outer  edge  to  the  space  thus  formed,  and  it  contains  the  inscriptions  in 
white  letters  ;  the  corners  are  reticulated  and  a  single-lined  rectangle  forms  the 
border  and  completes  the  design,  iwo  pence. — The  profile  is  in  a  single-lined  circle 
as  on  the  One  Penny ;  the  inscriptions  are  in  colour,  on  curved  white  labels  above 
and  below,  not  concentric  with  the  circle,  the  spandrels  being  filled  in  with  solid 
colour ;  the  whole  is  enclosed  in  a  single-lined  frame,  with  straight  sides  and  curved 
at  the  top  and  bottom,  foue  pence. — The  centre  of  the  stamp  is  identical  with  that 
of  the  two  last  values ;  the  inscriptions  are  in  white  block  letters  on  straight  coloured 
labels  at  the  top  and  bottom  of  the  stamp.     Each    spanduel  is  formed  of  a   triangle 


JAMAIOA.  97 

shaded  with  slanting  lines,  bordered  by  a  wbite  line  and  framed  with  pearls.  A 
square  with  a  white  outline  encloses  the  central  disc  and  the  spandrels  ;  there  is  no 
outer  frame  to  the  stamp,  six  pence. — The  profile  is  enclosed  in  a  hexagonal  pearled 
frame,  following  the  shape  of  which  are  white  labels  above  and  below,  with  the 
inscriptions  in  coloured  letters.  The  corners  are  fiUed  in  with  arabesques,  and 
a  single  Hne  of  colour  forms  the  outer  border,  one  shilling. — The  profile  is 
surrounded  by  an  oval  frame  of  soKd  colour,  with  the  inscriptions  in  white 
letters,  a  white  dot  separating  them  on  each  side.  The  spandrels  are  filled  in  with 
arabesques,  and  a  single  line  of  colour  forms  the  outer  border.  Shape,  upright 
rectangular.    {Illustrations,  166,  167, 168,  171,  172.) 

T.    "  JAMAICA  POSTAeB."       B.    "  ONE    PENNY."      "TWOPENCE."      "  EGITR  PENCE." 
"  SIX  PENCE."      "  ONE  SHILLING." 

Id.,  blue  (shades). 

2d.,  rose  (     „       ) 

4d.,  duU  orange  (pale  to  deep). 

6d.,  lUac,  duU  Ulac  (shades). 

Is.,  brown  to  violet-brown  (     „       ) 

Issue  II.    September  10th,  1863. 

One  value.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  on 
white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  with  a  pine-apple.  "White  gum,  machine 
perforated  14.  Design :  Laureated  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left,  on  a  back- 
ground of  horizontal  lines,  enframed  by  an  oval  band  of  colour,  with  inscriptions  in 
white  block  letters,  a  small  star-shaped  ornament  and  two  dots  dividing  the  two 
inscriptions  on  either  side.  The  spandrels  are  tilled  in  with  foliate  ornaments,  and 
an  outer  border  of  two  coloured  lines  completes  the  design.  Shape,  upright 
rectangular.     {Illustration  173.) 

T.    "  JAUAICA    POSTAGE."       B.    "  THEEB    PENCE." 

3d.,  green  (shades). 

Issue  III.    1871-1872.      . 

Seven  values.  The  six  stamps  of  the  two  previous  issues,  with  the  addition  of  a 
HALFPENNY  valuc  eugraved  and  printed  in  the  same  manner  ;  aU  on  paper  water- 
marked Crown  C.C. ;  machine  perforated  14.  Design :  For  the  additional  value, 
laureated  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left,  on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  within  a 
frame  of  three  concentric  scallopped  circles.  At  the  top  and  bottom  are  straight 
white  framed  labels,  with  inscriptions  in  coloured  Roman  capitals  and  an  eight- 
rayed  star  on  each  side  of  the  value  below.  The  spandrels  are  filled  in  with 
arabesques,  and  a  plain  coloured  line  completes  the  design.  Shape,  upright 
rectangular.     (Illustration  166,  167,  168,  171,  172,  173, 174.) 

T.    "JAMAICA  POSTAGE."       B.    "HALFPENNY." 

(29th  October,  1872)  id.,  brown-lake   (shades). 

Id.,  blue  (     i;      ) 

2d.,  rose  (     »       ) 

•  3d.,  green  (     »       ) 

4d.,  duU  orange  (     „       ) 
6d.,  lilac  (     j>      ) 

Is.,  brown  (     d       ) 

EemarJcs. — The  one  penny  is  known  divided  vertically,  as  weU  as  diagonally, 
and  the  halves  used  as  halfpenny  stamps. 


98  JAMAICA. 

Issue  IV.  August  27tli,  1875. 
Two  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of 
London,  on  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.  A^Tiite  gum, 
machine  perforated  14.  Designs :  two  shillings. — Laureated  profile  of  Queen 
Victoria  to  left,  as  before,  on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  a  single- 
lined  circle  with  pearled  border.  The  inscriptions  are  in  coloured  block  letters  ou 
curved  white  labels  above  and  below,  concentric  with  the  circle.  The  spandrels  are 
flUed  with  conventional  white  ornaments  on  solid  ground,  and  the  stamp  is 
surrounded  by  a  single-lined  outer  border,  five  shillings. — Profile,  as  above,  within 
a  single-lined  octagonal  frame  with  a  pearled  border.  The  inscriptions  are  in  white 
block  letters,  on  straight  coloured  framed  labels  at  top  and  bottom  ;  the  sjiandrels 
are  filled  by  similar  conventional  ornaments  to  those  on  the  two  shillings,  and  the 
whole  is  enclosed  by  a  single-lined  outer  border.  Shape,  upright  rectangular. 
(Illustrations  175,  176.) 

T.    "JAMAICA    POSTAGE."       B.    "  TWO  SHILLINGS."        "  TITE    SHILLINGS." 

2s.,  red-brown  (shades). 
5s.,  deep  lUac  (      ,,     ) 

Issue  V.   1883-1884. 

Three  values.  The  same  designs,  printing,  pajjer,  and  perforation  as  before,  but 
with  watermark  Crown  C.A.     (Illustrations  166,  167,  168.) 

Id.,  blue  (shades). 

2d.,  crimson  (      »     ) 

4d.,  deep  orange-red  (      „     ) 

Issue  VI.    1885-1886. 

Four  values.  Designs,  &c.,  as  before,  but  with  the  colours  changed.  Water- 
mark Crown  C.A.,  perforation  as  before.     (Illustrations  166,  167,  173,  174.) 

|d.,  pale-green    (shades). 

Id,,  crimson         (      „     ) 

2d.,  grey  (      „     ) 

(1886)     3d.,  olive-green   (      „     ) 

Issue  VII.    March  8th,  1889. 

Two  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of 
Loudon,  on  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  Wliite  gum, 
machine  perforated  14.  Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  ou  a 
ground  of  horizontal  Hues,  enclosed  in  a  circular  baud  inscribed  "  Jamaica  "  above, 
"  POSTAGE  on  the  lower  left,  and  "  &  eeventte  "  on  the  lower  right,  in  white  block  letters 
on  a  solid  ground  of  colour  ;  at  each  side  of  the  name  is  a  star  or  flower  formed  of 
dots,  and  the  baud  is  interrupted  below  by  the  upper  part  of  an  octagonal  label, 
which  contains  the  value  in  figures  on  a  lined  ground.  The  design  is  surrounded  by  a 
double-lined,  pearled  frame,  encroached  upon  at  the  top  and  side  by  the  circular  band 
and  at  the  bottom  by  the  octagonal  label.  The  spaces  between  these  and  the  frame 
are  fiUed  with  arabesques.  The  value  is  printed  separately  from  the  rest  of  the 
design,  and  in  a  different  shade.    (Illustration  111.) 

I.    "  JAMAICA."       B.    "  postage Id.   (2d.) &  EEVENUE." 

Id.,  mauve,  value  in  lilac. 
2d.,  green,        „        green. 


JAMAICA.  99 

JRemarTcs. — Since  October,  1887,  the  Severme  stamps  of  Jamaica  have  been 
allowed  to  pay  postage ;  they  consisted  of  three  halfpence  and  three  pence,  of  ordinary 
size,  with  the  Arms  of  the  Colony,  one  penny  of  very  similar  design  to  the  one 
shUling  postage,  and  one,  five,  and  ten  shillings  of  large  rectangular  design.  Of  these 
only  the  one  penny  and  three  pence  have  been  commonly  thus  used,  the  stocks  of  the 
other  values  having  been  practically  exhausted  before  their  use  was  authorised. 
Specimens  of  all,  except  perhaps  the  ten  shillings,  are  known  postally  used  either 
before  or  since  permission  was  given. 

Issue  VIII.    1890. 

Two  values.  The  two  pence  halppbnht  is  formed  by  overprinting  the  four 
pence  of  Issue  IV.  with  the  words  "  two  pence — halepenwy  "  in  thin  block  letters,  in 
two  lines,  in  black.  The  six  pence  is  of  the  same  design  as  before,  but  in  a  new 
colour,  and  with  the  watermark  Crown  C.A.     Perforation  unchanged.  (Illustrations 

171,  178.) 

2M.,  black  surcharge  on  4d.,  deep  orange-red. 
6d.,  orange-yeUow. 
Variety.     The  2|d.   is   known   with   double,   treble,    and   also   with   inverted 
surcharge. 

OFFICIAL     STAMPS. 

Issue  I.  April  1st,  1890. 
Three  values.  The  halppbnnt  of  Issue  VI.  surcharged  in  the  Colony  with  the 
word  "  oiTiciAL "  in  thin  block  letters,  the  word  measuring  17  mm.  in  length ;  and 
the  one  penu"t  and  two  pence  of  Issue  VII.,  printed  in  different  colours,  and 
surcharged  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  with  the  same  word  in  thick  block  letters, 
the  word  measuring  16  mm.  Both  the  surcharges  are  in  black,  and  the  stamps  are 
watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  and  perforated  14.     {Illustrations  179,  180.) 

\A.,  green,  black  surcharge. 

Id.,  carmine  „  „ 

2d.,  grey        „  „ 

RemarTcs. — Varieties  of  the  locally  printed  surcharge  are  known,  due  to  irregular  or 
defective  printing,  such  as  "  itioial  "  or  "  ope  c  al  "  for  "  oepicial,"  and  with  the  whole 
word  inverted,  and  part  of  a  second  impression  in  the  correct  position  on  the  same 
stamp. 

REGISTRATION     ENVELOPES. 

Issue  I.    January  1st,  1881. 

Tvo  sizes.  Bag-shaped  envelopes  of  white  wove  linen-Hned  paper,  with  the  flap 
on  the  left ;  crossed  lines  on  the  back  and  front,  and  along  the  upper  margin  of  the 
address  side  is  the  instruction  in  two  lines,  as  described  for  the  envelopes  of  Barbados. 
Below  this  on  the  left  is  the  word  "  EEGISTEEED  "  in  large  Roman  capitals,  in  a 
narrow  oblong  rectangle ;  in  the  right  upper  corner  is  the  inscribed  space  for  the 
adhesive  stamp.     These  inscriptions,  &c.,  are  aU  in  Vlue.     Under  the  flap  is — 

"  McCoEQTJODALE    AND    Co.,  PaTENI    ReGISTEEED 

LnniED.  Envelope." 

in   black.     There  is  no  stamp,  and  both  postage  and  registration  fee  are  paid  by 
means  of  adhesives.     {Illustration  192.) 

Without  expressed  value  (Icl)  blue  ;  size  G. 
)j  )?  jj        Vi^^')      ))  )5      ^' 

Variety.     Size  G  is  known  with  the  face  of  the  envelope  entirely  plain. 


100  JAMAICA. 

Issue  II.    1885  (?). 

Two  sizes.  .Similar  to  the  envelopes  of  Barbados,  Issue  II.,  with  a  large  letter 
"  E  "  in  an  upright  oval  frame,  on  the  face  in  the  left  upper  corner,  and  the  flap  on 
the  right.     Under  the  flap  is — 

>'  McCoEQUODALE    AND    Co.,  CONTEACTOES," 

Limited. 
in  blue.     {lUnsfnction  28.) 

Without  expressed  value  (^d.)  blue  ;  size  G. 
,,  „  „      (I<1')    »        "     H' 

Eemai'ks. — These  envelopes  are  also  used  in  the  Turks  Islands,  which  are  a 
dependency  of  Jamaica,  and  could  of  course  be  used  anywhere  else  with  equal 
propriety.     Copies  are  known  to  have  been  employed  in  the  Bermudas. 

WRAPPER. 

Issue  I.  September  1st,  1888. 
One  value.'  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  light  buff 
wove  paper.  Similar  to  the  wrappers  of  Barbados,  but  with  a  stamp  of  the  following 
design:  Diademed  head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  upon  ground  of  solid  colour 
enclosed  within  a  circle.  Straight  labels  of  solid  colour  above  and  below  the  circle, 
the  upper  inscribed  with  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the  lower  with  the  value  in 
words,  all  in  uneolourcd  block  letters  :  conventional  ornaments  in  the  spandrels, 
and  a  single  outer  coloured  line  completes  the  design.    (Ilhcstration  191.) 

T.    "  JAMAICA."       B.    "  HALEPENUr." 

Jd.,  green. 

POST     CARDS. 

Issue  I.     April  1st,  1877. 

Pending  the  arrival  of  post  cards  from  England,  provisional  cards  of  native 
manufacture  were  issued.  The  cards  were  of  three  values — one  halfpenny  being  for 
urban,  one  penny  for  inland,  and  three  pence  for  postage  to  countries  in  the  Postal 
Union,  into  which  Jamaica  was  admitted  on  the  above  date.  When  the  permanent 
issue  of  cards  arrived  from  England,  at  the  end  of  1877,  the  requirements  of  collectors 
and  stamp  dealers  were  so  excessive  that  the  supply  was  soon  exhausted,  and  for  a 
time  Type  II.  of  the  provisional  cards  was  reverted  to,  these  being  for  the  most  part 
printed  during  their  re-issue  on  stout  white  paper  instead  of  card. 

TYPE  I. 

The  inscription  consists  of  three  lines :  (1st)  post  caed  in  large  Roman 
capitals,  the  two  words  being  separated  by  the  Arms  and  Supporters  of  Great  Britain  ; 
(2nd)  beneath  the  Arms,  j.uiaica  ;  and  (3rd)  lower  down,  the  abdeess  only  to  be 
wEiiTEN  on  this  SIDE,  the  two  latter  lines  being  in  small  Roman  capitals.  The 
franking  stamp  is  in  the  right  upper  corner,  and  consists  of  a  circular  hand  stamp 
inscribed  in  block  capitals  Jamaica  above,  1887  and  paid  in  two  lines  in  the  centre, 
and  HALFPENNY,  or  one  penny,  or  theeepencb  below,  and  in  the  case  of  the  last  value 
there  is  a  large  period  after  Jamaica.  The  whole  is  enclosed  within  a  frame  formed 
of  lozenges  between  two  straight  Hues,  the  outer  of  which  is  considerably  thicker  than 
the  inner.  The  design  is  typographed  in  colour,  on  thick  white  card,  and  the  hand- 
stamp  is  struck  in  red.  The  frame  measures  113x68  mm.,  or  4/jj-x2j^  inches,  and 
the  reverse  side  of  the  card  is  plain.     (Illustration  193.) 

jd.,  red  and  blue ;  shades  from  light  to  dark  slaty-blue. 
^^^•t  ?j  »  jj  » 

oi.\.^  ,,  ,,  ,,  ,, 


JAMAICA.  101 

Eeinarhs.— The  stamp  being  hand-struck  is  found  in  various  positions,  inverted 
and  otherwise,  and  also  varies  greatly  in  shade.  In  some  of  the  cards  of  this  issue 
slight  flaws  may  here  and  there  be  found  in  the  borders,  but  there  is  but  one  type. 

TYPE  II. 

Three  values  similar  to  the  last,  but  differing  in  parts  of  the  design.  The  Arms 
and  Supporters  of  Great  Britain  are  differently  emblazoned,  and  Jamaica  and  the 
ADDBESs  0N"LT,  &c.,  are  printed  in  larger  Eoman  capitals.  The  hand-stamp  is  the 
same,  but  the  former  frame  of  the  card  is  replaced  by  an  ornamental  one  of  fancy 
floriate  pattern.  Tlie  design  is  typographed  in  colour  on  thick  card  or  on  stout  white 
paper,  and  there  are  six  varieties. 

Variety   I.     The    frame   measures   111x72   mm.,    or  4|-x2^  inches.      The 

second  ornament  from  the  top  on  the  right-hand  side  is  misplaced,  and  points  to  the 

bottom  of  the  card  instead  of  to  the  right.     (Illustration  194.) 

Printed  on  thick  white  card. 

^d.,  red  and  blue  ;  shades  from  light  to  dark. 

J-Cl'J  »  )»  5) 

oci.,  ,,  ,,  ,, 

Sub-variety.  The  second  ornament  from  the  right  in  the  top  border  is  whoUy  missing. 

3d.,  red  and  blue. 
Variety  II.     The  frame  measures  106-1- x  72  mm.,  or  4ix2^  inches.     None  of 
the  ornaments  are  missing,  but  the  second  one  from  the  bottom  on  the  right  side   is 
incomplete,    the    two    little   fieur-de-lys    like    ornaments    being    almost    entirely 
absent.     (Illustration  195.) 

(a)  Printed  on  thick  white  card. 

Jd.,  red  and  blue ;  shades  light  to  very  dark. 

-LCl'J  J>  ))  !J 

0<X.f  ,,  ,,  J, 

(h)  Printed  on  thick  bluish  card. 

id.,  red  and  pale  blue  (shades), 
id.,  „  (      „     ) 

Vanety  III.  The  frame  measures  107x72|  mm.,  or  about  41-X2|^  inches. 
All  the  broken  ornaments  and  mistakes  are  now  corrected,  and  the  right-hand  corner 
ornament  at  the  top  is  placed  pointing  above,  and  forms  part  of  the  upper  border 
instead  of,  as  in  Variety  II.,  forming  part  of  the  right  border,  and  pointing  to  the 
right.     (Ilustration  196.) 

(a)  Printed  on  thick  white  card. 

Jd.,  red  and  very  pale  to  dark  blue, 

^*^'j  ?j  ))  J? 

(6)  Printed  on  thick  bluish  card. 

id.,  red  and  very  pale  to  dark  blue. 

^^•7  ^:  j>  )j 

Variety  IV.  The  frame  measures  107x72  mm.,  or  about  4ix 2^^  inches.  It 
is  similar  to  Variety  II.,  but  has  many  additional  ornaments  of  the  left  side  border 
broken,  and  Jamaica  is  followed  by  a  colon,  as  is  also  caed  ;  but  the  top  period  of  the 
latter  is  much  smaller  than  the  lower  one,  and  is  consequently  very  indistinct  on 
some  of  the  cards.     (Illustration  197.) 

(a)  Printed  on  thick  white  card. 

Jd.,  red  and  very  pale  to  dark  blue. 

-^*-^*)  TJ  ))  )? 

(6)  Printed  on  thick  bluish  card. 

Jd.,  red  and  very  pale  to  dark  blue. 

-^ci'j  )j  jj  J) 

(c)  Printed  on  thick  yellowish-white  glazed  card. 

;d.,  red  and  blue. 


102  JAMAICA. 

Vanetij  V.  The  frame  is  similar  to  that  of  Variety  II.,  and  measures  the 
same,  but,  in  addition,  the  seventh  ornament  from  the  bottom  in  the  left  side  border 
is  broken.  Colon  after  Jamaica,  and  the  top  of  the  I  in  this  word  is  wanting. 
Period  after  caed.     (lUustrafion  198.) 

Printed  on  stout  white  paper. 

^d.,  red  and  blue  (shades). 

Id.,  .,  (    „      ) 

3d.,  „  (    „      ) 

Vanetij  VI.     The  frame  measures  107x73  mm.,  or  about  4ix2-j?^  inche.s,  and 

is  similar  to  Variety  II. ;  but  the  broken  ornament  in  the  right-hand  border  is 

corrected,  and  the  ninth  ornament  from  the  top  of  the  left  border  is  misplaced,  and 

points  to  the  bottom  of  the  card  instead  of  to  the  left,   and  the  bottom  left-corner 

ornament  is  also  misplaced,  and  forms  part  of  the  left  border  instead  of  the  bottom. 

(llhisiraiion  199.) 

Printed  on  stout  white  paper. 

Jd.,  red  and  very  pale  to  dark  blue. 
Icl,  „  „  „  (?) 

"J"-!  !>  i;  I) 

Remarlcs. — The  cards  printed  on  p)aper  may  be  found  watermarked  with  Gothic 
letters  or  with  a  shield,  as  well  as  unwatermarkod  ;  but,  like  the  watermarks  in  the 
unstamped  cards  of  Chili,  are  worthy  only  of  passing  notice,  as  they  are  simply 
portions  of  the  trade  mark  of  the  paper-maker,  and  only  a  few  of  the  cards  printed 
on  the  same  sheet  of  paper  would  consequentl}'  catch  parts  of  the  watermark. 

Issue  II.    November  14th,  1877. 

This  issue  also  consists  of  three  values,  the  inscriptions,  &c.,  being  disposed  in 
the  same  way  as  those  on  the  provisionals,  although  the  type  employed  is  different. 
POST  CAED  is  in  fancy  capitals,  and  Jamaica  and  the  addeess  only,  &c.,  in  block 
letters.  The  Arms  and  Supporters  of  Great  Britain  are  similar  to  those  on  Type  II. 
of  the  provisional  cards,  but  smaller.  The  stamp  is  in  the  right  upper  corner,  and 
is  the  same  tjqie  as  the  adhesive  of  corresponding  value.  Issues  I.,  II.,  and  III. 
The  whole  is  enclosed  within  a  fancy  frame  of  ornamental  chain  pattern.  The 
design  is  typographed  in  colour  on  thin  buff  card,  and  the  reverse  side  is  plain. 
Makers,  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.     Size  of  the  frame,  113x66  mm.,  or  4JyX2| 


inches.     (UhLSiration  200.) 


id.,  red-brown  (shades), 
id.,  blue  (     „      ) 

(     „       ) 


Issue  III.    AprU  4th,  1879. 

The  postage  to  countries  in  the  Postal  Union  having  been  reduced  by  half, 
the  three  penny  card  was  surcharged  itniveesal  postal  union  in  Eomau 
capitals  in  a  straight  line  at  the  top  of  the  card  above  the  Arms,  and  the  stamp 
surcharged  at  the  bottom  in  two  lines  in  block  capitals  :  (1st)  one  penny,  (2nd) 
HALfPENNT.     The  Surcharge  is  in  black. 

Variety  I.  The  letters  of  univeesal  postal  union  are  3|  mm.  in  heiglit,  and 
78  mm.  in  length.     (Illustration  201.) 

lid.,  black  surcharge,  on  3d.  green. 
Error.     With  double  surcharge,  one  being  inverted  at  the  bottom  of  the  card. 

Ijd.,  black  surcharge,  on  3d.  gi-een. 
Variety  II.     The  letters  of  univeesal  postal  union  are  4^  mm.  in  height,  and 
74  mm.  in  length.     ( lUiistration  202.) 

Ijd.,  black  surcharge,  on  3d.  green. 


JAMAICA.  103 

Issue  IV.   June  16th,  1883. 

One  value.  Desigaed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  inscription  is  the  same  as 
that  on  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  reads  jajiaica 
(jAJiAiauE),  The  stamp  is  in  the  right  upper  corner,  and  is  similar  in  type  to  the 
two  shilling  adhesive  issued  in  August,  1875,  but  for  the  alteration  of  the  value. 
The  card  is  without  frame.     {Illustration  203.) 

Ijd.,  slate-grey  (sUght  shades). 

REPLY     PAID     CARDS. 

Issue  I.    June  16tli,  1883. 

Three  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Hue  and  Co.,  the  half- 
penny and  one  penny  upon  medium  light  buif,  and  the  three  halfpenny  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  of  the  halfpenny  and  one  penny  121x75  mm.,  or  4|-X2y'o  inches, 
that  of  the  three  halfpenny  139x88  mm.,  or  5ix3|  inches.  The  design  of  the 
halfpenny  and  one  penny  is  similar  to  that  of  the  single  cards  of  the  same  values  of 
Issue  II.,  but  the  first  half  has  in  the  left  lower  corner,  in  three  lines,  the  annexed 
CAED — IS  DTiEN-DED  EOE — THE  ANSWEE,  iu  smaU  block  letters,  and  the  second  half  has 
the  word  eeplt  in  Eomau  capitals  under  the  addeess  only,  &c.  The  three  halfpenny 
is  similar  to  the  card  of  Issue  IV.,  with  the  usual  additional  inscription  on  each  haK, 
as  upon  the  reply  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  perforated 
4,  and  the  design  is  impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.  {Illustrations  200, 
203.) 

id.+^d.,  red-brown     (shades). 

Id.  +  ld.,  blue  (      „     ) 

14d.+ljd.,  slate-grey  (      „     ) 

TELEGRAPH     STAMPS. 

Issue  I.    October  20tli,  1879. 

Tiuo  values.  Designed  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon 
white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  CO.,  which  is  placed  sideways  on 
the  three  penny  value.  White  gum,  machine  perforated  14.  Designs  :  iheee  pence. 
— Laureated  head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  upon  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed 
within  a  white  circular  band,  inscribed  in  smaU  coloured  block  letters ;  a  period  at 
either  side  separating  the  upper  inscription  from  the  lower.  Triangular  coloured 
blocks  in  the  spandrels  contain  white  conventional  ornaments.  The  blocks  are 
surrounded  by  a  white  border  of  fancy  design,  which  is  continued  down  the  right 
and  left  sides  of  the  stamp.  The  design  is  completed  by  a  single  outer  line  of  colour. 
Shape,  small  oblong  rectangular,  one  shilling. — Laureated  head  of  ftueen  Victoria 
to  left  upon  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  a  plain  circular  coloured 
line.  White  arabesques  in  the  lower  spandrels.  Surrounding  the  circle  and  resting 
upon  it  at  the  top  is  a  broad  arched  band  of  solid  colour,  which  touches  the  top, 
right  and  left  sides  of  the  stamp.  The  band  contains  an  inscription  in  the  upper 
curve  iu  white  block  letters,  and  starlike  ornaments  at  the  bottom  at  either  side. 
Straight  label  of  solid  colour  below  the  circle  contains  the  value  in  words  in  white 
block  letters.  The  upper  corners  of  the  stamp  contain  coloured  arabesque 
ornamentation :  and  the  lower  ones  a  small  square  of  solid  colour  with  four  white 


104  JAMAICA. 

dots  surrounding  a  smaller  one.  The  design  is  completed  by  an  outer  coloured  line 
voided  at  either  side  of  the  tAvo  top  corners.  Shape,  large  oblong  rectangular. 
(lUustrations  181,  182.) 

T.    "JAMAICA    TELEGltAPHS."       B.    "  THEEE    TEKCE."       "  ONE    SHILLING." 

A. — On  paper  bhied  by  the  chemical  action  of  the  ink. 

Is.,  browii. 
B. — On  white  paper. 

3d.,  lilac. 

Is.,  brown. 

Issue  II.    1889. 

0916  valve.  The  three  pence  of  the  preceding  issue  printed  upon  white  wove 
surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  placed  sideways.  White  gum,  machine 
perforated  14.     {Illustration  181.) 

3d.,  lilac. 

STAMPED  TELEGRAPH  FORMS. 

Issue  I.    October  20th,  1879. 

One  value.  A  large  sheet  of  white  wove  unwatermarked  paper,  measuring  about 
230x150  mm.  or  9x6  inches,  with'instructions  on  the  face  and  back,  and  spaces  for 
the  addresses  of  the  sender  and  consignee  and  message  on  the  face,  all  printed  in 
black.  The  stamp  is  embossed  in  the  right  upper  corner.  Design  :  Diademed  profile 
of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  in  plain  relief  on  ground  of  solid  colour,  enclosed  within  an 
octagonal  frame  formed  of  a  single  plain  Une.  Surrounding  the  octagon  is  a  broad 
circular  band,  with  inscriptions  in  white  block  letters  ou  a  reticulated  ground,  a 
period  at  either  side  separating  the  upper  inscription  from  the  lower.  The  space 
between  the  octagon  and  circular  band  is  tilled  in  with  eight  small  white  circles  con- 
taining cross-like  ornaments,  with  fancy  ornamentation  between  the  circles.  A  plain 
outer  circular  line  of  colour  comjjletes  the  design.    Shape  circular.  (Illustration  183.) 

T.    "  JAJIAICA  TELEGRAPHS."       B.    "  ONE  SHILLING." 

Is.,  pink. 
Remarks. — These   forms  were  sold  bound  up  in  books  of  twenty,  interleaved, 
and  with  a  sheet  of  carbonic  paper  for  taking  copies  of  the  messages,  price  .£1  Os.  3d. 
each  book.     The  forms  vary  somewhat  in  size. 


STAMPED    TELEGRAPH    FORMS    FOR    OFFICIAL    USE. 

Issue  I.    October  20th,  1879. 

One  value.  Similar  to  the  forms  supplied  to  tlie  public  ;  but  printed  upon  green 
wove  unwatermarked  paper.  The  instructions,  &c.,  are  the  same  and  are  also 
printed  in  black,  but  there  are  two  additional  lines  for  the  message.  The  form 
measures  about  230x170  mm.,  or  9X 65^,1  inches.  The  stamp  is  embossed  in  the 
right  upper  corner,  and  is  of  the  same  design  as  that  on  the  forms  for  the  public,  but 
is  surcharged  across  the  centre  ofeicial  in  thick  black  block  letters,  measuring  4  mm. 
in  height  by  20|  mm.  in  length.     {Illustration  187.) 

Is.,  pink,  black  surcharge. 

Remarks. — These  forms  were  also  supplied  bound  up  into  books,  and  like  the 
forms  sold  to  the  public  vary  somewhat  in  size. 


LEEWARD  ISLANDS. 


COPIES    OF   OFFICIAL   NOTICES. 

Jfwrnislied  ly  E.  B.  BACON. 
The  following  appeared  in  The  Leeivard  Islands  Gazette  of  October  30th,  1890  : — 

A  PROCLAMATION. 

"  Whereas  an  Act  was  passed  in  the  53rd  year  of  Her  Majesty's  Reign 
by  the  General  Legislative  OouncU  of  the  Leeward  Islands  on  the  3rd  day 
of  February,  numbered  3,  and  entitled :  '  An  Act  to  make  uniform  the 
stamps  used  throughout  the  Colony  for  Postal  Rates  and  Stamxj  Duties, 
and  to  amend  the  Stamp  Act,  1887.' 

"  And  whereas  by  the  said  Act  it  was  provided  that  such  Act  as 
aforesaid  should  come  into  operation  on  a  day  to  be  mentioned  by  the 
Governor  by  Proclamation,  but  that  such  Proclamation  should  not  be 
issued  until  due  provision  had  been  made  for  the  issuing  of  stamps  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Act  as  aforesaid. 

"  Now,  THEBEFORB,  I  do  by  this,  my  proclamation,  declare  that  the 
said  Act  shall  come  into  operation  on  the  31st  day  of  October,  1890 : — 

"  Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Public  Seal  of  the  Leeward 
Islands,  at  Antigua,  this  thirtieth  day  of  October,  1890, 
in  the  fifty-fourth  year  of  Her  Majesty's  Reign. 
"  By  Bis  Excellency's  Command, 

"  (Signed)  Fred.  Evans, 

"  Colonial  Secretary.'" 

The  Leeivard  Islands   Gazette  for  December  4th,  1890,  contains  the  following 
notice  ; — 

REDUCED  RATES  OF  POSTAGE. 

"  It  is  hereby  notified  for  general  information  that  on  and  after  the 
1st  January  next  the  postage  to  the  United  Kingdom  will  be  two  pence 
halfpenny  per  half-ounce  instead  of  four  pence,  and  that  the  postage  in  the 
Colony  of  the  Leeward  Islands  from  any  one  place  within  the  Colony  to 
to  any  other  will  be  one  penny  per  half-ounce . 

"  (Signed)  Fred.  Evans, 

"  Colonial  Secretary." 


106  LEEWARD  ISLAI^BS. 

IIEFEKENCE  L1«T  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.     October  31st,  1890. 

Eir/hi  I'cdues.  Designed  and  surface  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  npon 
surfaced  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  White  gum,  machine  per- 
forated 14.  The  entire  sheet  contains  120  stamps  in  two  panes  of  60,  each 
consisting  of  ten  horizontal  rows  of  six.  Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen 
Victoria  to  left  upon  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  an  octagonal  frame, 
which  is  contained  in  a  small  oblong  rectangle  with  a  star  and  two  dots  at  each  of  the 
four  corners,  and  three  dots  at  the  centre  of  the  right  and  left  sides.  Above  the 
rectangle  there  is  a  straight  white  label,  the  width  of  the  stamp,  inscribed  with  the  name 
of  the  Colony,  in  coloured  block  letters,  and  beneath  there  is  an  hexagonal  tablet  of 
horizontal  lines  with  the  value  in  white  shaded  Arabic  numerals,  and  small  white 
shaded  letter  '^d,"  with  short  line  below.  In  the  one  and  five  shilling  values  the 
tablet  is  white,  and  the  value  is  in  words  in  two  lines  of  smaU  coloured  block  letters. 
At  the  left  side  of  the  rectangle  is  the  word  "  postage  "  reading  upwards,  and  at 
the  right  side  "  &  eevenue  "'  reading  downwards  all  in  small  white  block  letters  on 
ground  of  solid  colour.  At  either  side  of  the  tablet  is  white  ornamentation  of  a 
circular  pattern  upon  ground  of  solid  colour,  and  the  design  is  completed  by  a 
single  outer  line  of  colour.  The  label  containing  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the 
tablet  with  value  are  printed  in  a  different  colour  to  the  rest  of  the  stamp.  Shape, 
upright  rectangular.     {lUustratious  184:,  185.) 

T.    "  LEEWARD  ISLANDS."         B.    "  |d.,   Id.,  2id.,  4d.,  6d.,  7d."         "  ONE  SHILLING." 

"  PIVE  SHILLINGS."' 

hd.,  lilac,  value  aiul  name  in  green. 

Id.,     „  „  „  carmine. 

'Md.,  ,,  „  „  Mue. 

4d.,     „  „  „  orange. 

6d.,     „  „  ,,  brown. 

7d.,     „  „  „  bronze-green. 

Is.,  green  „  ,,  carmme. 

6s.,     „  „  „  blue. 


WRAPPERS. 

Issue  I.    October  31st,  1890. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  Hght 
buff  wove  paper.  Similar  to  the  wrappers  of  Barbados,  but  with  stamp  of  the 
folio-wing  design :  Diademed  head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  upon  ground  of  solid 
colour,  enclosed  within  a  circle.  Straight  labels  of  solid  colour  above  and  below  the 
circle,  the  upper  inscribed  with  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the  lower  with  the  value 
in  words,  all  in  uncoloured  block  letters.  Conventional  ornaments  in  the  spandrels, 
and  a  single  outer  coloured  line  completes  the  design.     (Illustration  204.^ 

T.    "  LEBWAED    ISLANDS."      B.    "  HALFPENNI."      "  ONE    PBKNT." 

gd.,  dai-k  green. 
Id.,  carmine. 


LEEWAJIB  ISLANDS.  107 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.  October  31st,  1890. 

Ttvo  values.  Designed  and  printed  bj-  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3J  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that 
of  the  second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  of  the  inscription  is 
altered  to  leetvaeii  islands  (iles  sous  ie  tent)  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top 
of  the  stamp  is  changed.     (Illustration  205.) 

Id.,  carmine, 
lid.,  dark  brown. 


REPLY     PAID     CARDS. 

Issue  I,    October  31st,  1890. 

Two  values.  Similar  in  every  way  to  the  single  cards,  but  with  the  iisual 
additional  inscription  ou  each  half  like  the  reply  paid  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards 
are  joined  along  the  top,  perforated  4|,  and  the  design  is  impressed  on  the  first  and 
third  pages.     {Illustration  205.) 

Id.  +  ld.,  carmine, 
l.^d.  +  ljd.,  dark  brown. 

RemarTvS. — The  adhesives,  wrappers,  and  postcards  above  described  have  replaced 
the  distinctive  issues  of  Antigua,  Dominica,  Montserrat,  Nevis,  St.  Christopher,  and 
the  Virgin  Islands. 


MOiNTSERRAT. 


EEFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    September,  1876. 

Two  values.  Being  the  one  pexny  aud  six  pence  of  the  first  issue  of  Antigua. 
The  name  of  that  Colony  is  cancelled  with  a  black  bar,  and  mojjiseeeat  surcharged 
in  a  straight  line  below,  in  black  block  letters,  2|  mm.  in  height  and  16i  mm.  in 
length.     Watermarked  Crown  C.C.,  machine  perforated  14.     (Illustraiion  186.) 

Id.,  lake-red  (shades) ;  black  surcharge. 

6d.,  yellow-green  to  green  (shades) ;  black  surchai-ge. 

Semarls. — Halves  of  the  one  penny  stamp  described  above  divided  vertically 
were  permitted  by  the  Post  Office,  during  the  year  1881,  to  serve  as  Halfpenny  stamps. 

Issue  II.  January,  1880. 
Two  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  'by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of 
London,  on  medium  white  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C. ;  machine 
perforated  14.  Design  :  This  consists  of  a  diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left 
on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  within  a  single-lined  octagon.  Straight  white  labels 
above  and  below  contain  the  inscriptions.  The  side  borders  are  coloured,  with  a  row 
of  white  diamonds  down  the  centre  of  each.  The  spandrels  are  formed  of  coloured 
triangles,  -with  a  white  foliate  ornament  in  the  centre  of  each,  and  white  borders.  A 
single  line  of  colour  encloses  the  whole.  Shape,  upright  rectangular.  (Illustrations 
207,  208.) 

T.    "  MONISERUiT."      B.  "  2|  PEiraT."      "  FOTJE  PENCE." 

2^d.,  red-brown  (shades). 

4d.,    blue  (     I!       ) 

Eemarks. — In  the  month  of  March,  1883,  the  then  current  one  penny  stamps, 
divided  vertically,  and  each  half  surcharged  "  |d."  in  small  block  type,  were  seen 
upon  envelopes,  which  apparently  had  passed  through  the  post  between  Montserrat 
and  Dominica,  but  the  authenticity  of  such  a  provisional  issue  was  doubted  at  the 
time,  and  it  has  since  been  repudiated  by  the  Postal  Authorities. 

Issue  III.    February,  1884. 

Five  values.  The  current  stamps,  with  the  addition  of  a  halfpenny  vaiue,  of 
design  similar  to  the  pour  pence  before  described,  began  during  this  month  to  be 
issued  with  the  watermark  changed  to  Crown  C.A.  The  various  values  made  their 
appearance  at  intervals,  between  February  and  August.  (Illustrations  186,  207,  208.) 

A.—Perf.  14. 
(February)     id.,  sea-green. 
(        „       )     Id.,  lake-red ;  black  surcharge. 
(August     )  2|d.,  red-brown.; 
(February)     4d  ,  blue  (shades). 
K—Perf.  12. 
(July)  Id.,  lake-red  ;  black  surcliarge. 


MONTSERBAT.  109 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.    December,  1879. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size  121x87  mm.,  or  4fx3f  inches.  The  card  is  similar  in  every 
respect  to  the  first  issue  of  Antigua,  but  the  second  line  of  the  inscription  is  replaced 
by  MONiSBKEAT  (MOSSBEEii)  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top  of  the  stamp 
is  changed.     (Illustration  206.) 

IJd.,  light      own  (shades), 

Issue  II.    1885-1887. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  cards  are  similar  in  design 
to  the  second  issue  of  Antigua,  except  for  the  modification  of  the  name  of  the 
Colony,  mentioned  above.     {Illustration  233.) 

(Jan.,  1885)     Id.,  carmine  (slight  shades). 

(     „     1887)  Igd.,  dark  brown    (     „         „       ) 

REPLY    PAID    CARDS. 

Issue  I.    1884-1886. 

Tivo  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size,  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  cards  are  similar  in  design 
to  the  single  ones  of  Issue  II.,  except  that  they  have  additional  inscriptions  like  the 
reply  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  and  the  design  is 
impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.  The  perforation  of  the  one  penny  is  4|, 
while  that  for  the  three  halfpenny  is  only  4.     (Illustration  233.) 

(June,  1886)  Id.  +  Id.,  carmine  (slight  shades). 

(1884)  l|d.  +  lid.,  dark  brown   (      „        „      ) 

Bemarhs. — The  postal  emissions  of  this  Colony  became  obsolete  at  the  end  of 
October,  1890,  when  a  uniform  set  for  all  the  various  Islands  composing  the  Leeward 
Group,  took  their  place. 


NEVI8. 


PRELIMINARY     NOl  ES. 

Btj  E.  D.  BA  CON. 

This  Island,  which  was  named  after  the  mountain  Nieves  in  Spain,  to  which  it  bears 
some  resemblance,  has  never  possessed  an  Official  Gazette,  and  I  am  indebted  to  Mr. 
T.  Haycock,  a  member  of  the  Society,  for  the  few  remarks  I  am  enabled  to  make 
concerning  its  stamps. 

Messrs.  Nissen  and  Parker,  of  London,  supplied  the  stamps  from  their  first  issue 
in  1861  down  to  the  end  of  1878,  since  which  date  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.  have 
provided  for  all  the  further  requirements  of  the  Island.  The  stamps  first  issued  were 
printed  from  steel  plates,  each  containing  twelve  stamps  arranged  in  four  horizontal 
rows  of  three.  Each  stamp  was  separately  engraved  on  the  plates,  and  thus  there 
are  twelve  varieties  of  type  for  each  value.  Mr.  Maycoek  is  unable  to  give  rne  any 
particulars  concerning  the  stamps  printed  previous  to  1866,  but  from  that  year  down 
to  the  De  la  Rue  series  the  following  list  is  complete  showing  every  consignment, 
with  the  date  it  was  sent  out  from  England. 

December  18th,  lH(j(j.      10,000  (  834  sheets)  Is. 


20,000  (1,667 

11 

)  4d. 

20,000  (1,667 

17 

)ld. 

June  29th,  1871. 

12,000  (1,000 

?) 

)ld. 

April  29th,  1872. 

12,000(1,000 

J) 

)ld. 

March  14th,  1873. 

18,000  (1,500 

)) 

)ld. 

August  10th  1874. 

2,040  (    170 

)) 

)  4d. 

May  18th,  1875. 

6,180  (    515 

» 

)ld. 

2,544  (    212 

»» 

)4d. 

May  1st,  1876. 

2,040  (    170 

)) 

)  4d. 

June  16th,  1876. 

■     1,008  (      84 

)J 

)ls. 

6,000  (    600 

>» 

)ld. 

December  13th,  1876. 

24,000  (2,000 

» 

)  Id. 

3,000  (    250 

J) 

)4d. 

1,000  (    83j.\ 

11 

)ls. 

February  15th,  1878. 

12,000  (1,000 

11 

)  4d. 

1,200  (    100 

11 

)  ed. 

12,000  (1,000 

11 

)ld. 

1,200  (    100 

11 

)ls. 

November  21st,  1878. 

2,004  (    167 

11 

)ls. 

1,200  (    100 

11 

)ld. 

Erom  information  received  by  Mr.  Maycoek,  it  appears  that  the  stamps,  down 
to  the  consignment  sent  out  in  February,  1878,  were  aU  printed  direct  from  the 
plates,  with  the  exception  of  some  of  the  later  supplies  of  the  one  penny,  which 
were   printed   from   lithographic   transfers   taken   from    the    plate.       The    stamps 


NEVIS.  Ill 

forwarded  in  February  and  November,  1878,  were,  on  tbe  otber  band,  all  printed  by 
the  litbograpMc  process  I  bave  just  mentioned.  It  bas  generally  been  tbougbt  tbat 
tbese  stamps  in  use  since  1878  were  litbograpbs,  but  it  bas  not  been  known  for 
certain  wbetber  or  not  tbis  was  really  tbe  case.  Tbe  information  Mr.  Maycock  bas 
been  able  to  obtain,  however,  upon  tbis  point  is  most  conclusive,  and  tbere  can  now 
be  no  furtber  doubt  upon  tbe  question.  Tbe  lithograpbed  sis  pence  will  probably 
become  a  scarce  stamp,  as  only  1,200  of  tbis  varietj'  were  ever  printed. 


REFEREiS^CE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    1861. 

,  Four  values.  Engraved  and  printed  in  taille-douce  by  Messrs.  Nissen  and 
Parker,  London,  on  stout  grejasb-wbite  wove  unwatermarked  paper  ;  wbite  and 
brown  gum,  macbine  perforated  13.  Designs  :  one  penkt. — Central  vignette,  repre- 
senting a  stream  of  water  issuing  from  a  rock.  In  tbe  foreground  are  tbree  female 
figures,  one  is  reclining  on  tbe  ground,  supported  by  a  second,  wbo  is  kneeling,  wbilst 
tbe  tbird  is  pouring  water  from  a  pitcber  into  a  cup  ;  tbe  wbole  baving  reference  to 
a  medicinal  spring  in  tbe  Island.  Tbe  border  of  tbe  stamp  is  a  rougb  imitation  of 
that  of  tbe  first  issue  of  Great  Britain :  straight  coloured  labels  at  top  and  bottom 
inscribed  with  wbite  Roman  capitals,  blocks  in  tbe  four  corners  with  star-shaped 
ornaments,  and  side  borders  of  wavy  reticulated  lines,  botje  pence. — Similar  vignette 
within  a  double-lined  circle,  which  extends  over  the  side  borders  of  tbe  stamp.  Above 
and  below  tbe  circle  are  curved  coloured  labels,  with  straight  ends,  inscribed  in  white 
Roman  capitals.  The  spandrels  are  flUed  in  with  network,  tbe  borders  are  formed  of 
alternate  thin  white  and  thicker  coloured  lines,  and  there  is  a  small  square  chequered 
ornament  in  each  corner.  A  single  outer  line  of  colour  completes  tbe  design,  six 
PENCE. — Yignette  in  a  circle,  as  on  the  eoue  pence.  Straight  wbite  labels,  with 
rounded  ends,  above  and  below,  inscribed  in  coloured  block  letters.  Tbe  inner 
rectangle  bas  the  corners  rounded,  and  the  spandrels  are  filled  in  with  reticulations ; 
tbe  side  frames  are  shaded  with  vertical  wavy  lines  and  rounded  at  top  and  bottom ; 
tbere  is  a  foliate  ornament  in  each  corner,  and  tbe  design  is  completed  by  a  frame  of 
two  coloured  lines,  one  shilling. — The  vignette  is  enclosed  in  an  oval  frame,  wbicb 
touches  the  outer  line  of  tbe  stamp  at  top,  bottom,  and  sides.  Tbe  upper  and  lower 
curves  of  tbe  frame  form  coloured  labels  with  rounded  ends,  inscribed  in  wbite  block 
letters.  The  sides  of  the  oval  are  flUed  with  a  band  of  reticulations  between  two 
wbite  lines.  The  spandrels  are  netted  also,  and  tbe  outer  border  is  formed  by  two 
coloured  lines.  Shape,  upright  rectangular.  With  the  exception  of  tbe  centre  the 
designs  of  tbe  tbree  higher  values  are  evidently  copied  from  tbe  surface-printed 
stamps  of  Great  Britain,  of  1855-56.     (Illustrations  219,  220,  221,  222.J 

I.    "  NEVIS."       B.    "  ONE  PENNY."       "  POTTE  PENCE."       "  SIX  PENCE."       "  ONE  SHILLING." 

A. — On  blued  paper. 

Id.,  duU  lake. 

4d.,  dull  rose. 

6d.,  grey. 

Is.,  green. 
B. — On  white  or  grej'ish  paper. 

Id.,  dull  and  bro^vnish-lake    (shades). 
4d.,  dull  rose  (     !!       ) 

6d.,  grey  and  brownisb-grey  (     „       ) 
Is.,  green  (     „      ) 


112  NEVIS. 

Bemarls. — The  blue  tinge  in  the  imper  is  owing  to  the  chemical  action  of  some 
of  the  inks  employed.  All  the  values  were  printed  in  sheets  of  12,  foiir  horizontal 
rows  of  three  stamps.  Each  stamp  was  separatel}-  engraved,  and  there  are  con- 
sequentlj'  as  manj'  varieties  of  t5'pe  as  there  are  stamps  on  the  sheet.  The 
illustrations  are  from  entire  sheets,  the  varieties  therefore  appear  in  their  correct 
order.  Proofs  of  ;ill  the  values  exist  on  thick  white  card,  in  hlack,  ^>?«yZ6,  idtra- 
manne,  hlue-green,  carmine,  orange,  and  darV  blue. 

Issue  II.   1867. 

TJiree  vahies.  Being  three  of  those  of  the  previous  issue,  printed  on  stout  white 
wove  unwatermarked  paper  ;  white  gum,  machine  perforated  15,  (Ilhisiraiions  219, 
220,  222.) 

Id.,  brick-reel  (shades). 

4d.,  orange-yellow  (     u       ) 

Is.,  green,  yellow-green  (     „      ) 
Vaiieti/.     On  thick  white,  vertically  laid  paper. 

Is.,  bright  yellow-green. 
Semarls. — The  only  specimen  of  the  one  shilling  on  laid  paper  known  to  the 
Society,  is  that  in  the  late  Mr.  Tapling's  collection. 

Issue  III.   1879. 

Fovr  vahies.  The  designs  are  those  of  the  preceding  issues.  Printed  on  stout 
white  wove  unwatermarked  paper  ;  white  and  yellowish  gum,  machine  perforated. 
These  stamps  may  be  distinguished  from  those  already  described  by  their  coarser 
appearance,  which  is  accounted  for  by  their  being  printed  from  lithographic  transfers 
taken  from  the  original  plates.     {Illustrations  223,  224,  225,  226.) 

A.—Perf.  15. 
Id.,  dull  rose-red,. vermilion  (shades). 
4d.,  orange-yellow  (shades). 
6d.,  brownish  grey  (     „      ) 
Is.,  pale  green,  yellow-green  (shades). 

B.—Perf.  11|. 
Id.,  vermilion  (shades). 
Varieties.     Id.,  vermilion,  imperforate. 
4d.,  orange-yellow     „ 

Is.,  yellow -green,  imperf.  vertically,  pcrf.  15  horizontally. 
liemarl-s. — The  four  pence,  imperforate,  is  catalogued  by  M.  Moens,  it  has  not 
been  seen  by  the  Society. 

Issue  IV.   1879-1880. 

Two  vahies.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eiie  and  Co.,  of 
London,  on  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C,  white  gum,  machine 
perforated  14.  Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left,  on  ground  of 
horizontal  lines,  within  a  single-lined  octagon.  Straight  white  labels  at  top  and 
bottom,  inscribed  in  coloured  block  letters.  Coloured  side  frames,  with  a  row  of 
white  diamonds  down  the  centre  of  each.  Triangular  ornaments  fill  the  spandrels, 
and  the  whole  is  enclosed  by  a  single  outer  line  of  colour.  Shape,  upright  rectangular. 
(Illustratioiis  209,  210.) 

I.    "  NEVIS."       B.    "  ONE  PENNY. "       "  2|  PENNT." 

(1880)  Id.,  bright  lUac  (shades). 
(1870)  i>.jd.,  red-brown  (     „     ) 


NEVIS.  113 

Bemarhs. — In  the  j'ear  1882,  several  values  of  the  fiscal  stamps  were  used  to 
defray  postage.  According  to  precedent,  no  list  of  these  varieties  is  given  by  the 
Society.  The  oije  pennt  of  both  types  is  kno-wn  divided  in  half,  and  the  halves  used 
as  halfpenny  stamps. 

Issue  V.    1882. 

Three  values.     Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  on 
white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  white  gum,  machine  perforated 
14.     The  design  is  that  of  the  last  issue,  the  additional  value  being  inscribed  fotje 
PENCE  below  in  coloured  block  letters.     (Illustrations  209,  210.) 
Id.,   bright  lilac  (slight  variations  in  shade). 
2id.,  red-brown     (  „  u         ) 

4d.,   blue  (  ,,  „  ) 

Issue  VI.     September,  1883. 

One  vahie.  In  the  month  of  September,  1883,  a  provisional  halppennt  stamp 
was  formed  by  dividing  the  current  one  penny,  lilac,  vertically,  and  surcharging  each 
half  with  the  word  "  nevis"'  in  Roman  capitals  and  "  gd.",  in  black  or  purple  aniline 
ink ;  the  surcharge  measures  12|  mm.  in  length,  and  is  found  reading  upwards  or 
downwards.     (Illustration  211.) 

|d.,    black  surcharge,  on  right  half  of  Id.,  Ulac. 

Jd.,    purple       „  „  right    „     „   Id.,     „ 

3^i-}_  )j  JJ  JJ      i6lt  ,,        ,,      ICl.,        ,, 

RemarTcs. — Varieties  are  found  with  the  surcharge  printed  twice  on  the  same 
half  stamp ;  and  the  surcharge  is  also  known  on  halves  of  the  one  penny,  lilac, 
overprinted  ebventte,  postaUy  used. 

Issue  VII.    1883-1884. 

Five  values.  Design,  &c.,  of  Issue  V.,  but  with  the  colours  changed,  and  two 
new  values  added,  inscribed  below  uALEPEiraT  and  six  pence,  in  coloured  block 
letters,  respectively.     White  and  yellowish  g-um.     {Illustrations  209,  210.) 

(1883)  Jd.,  dull  green      (slight  variations  in   shade). 
6d.,  gi-een  (  ,j  j>  ) 

(1884)  Id.,  rose  (  j,  „  ) 
25d.,  ultramarine  (            „                    „            ) 

4d.,  grey  (  „  „  ) 

Issue  VIII.    1886. 

One  value.  Design,  &'c.,  of  the  preceding  issue,  the  colour  only  being  changed. 
{Illustration  209.) 

6d.j  red-brown. 

Issue  IX.   1890. 

One  value.  Design,  &c.,  as  in  the  last  issue;  additional  value,  inscribed  one 
SHILLING  below  in  coloured  block  letters.     (Illustration  209.) 

Is.,  purple. 
Q. 


114  NEVIS. 


POSTCARDS. 


Issue  I.    End  of  1879. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  ilessrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size  121x87  mm.,  or  4ix3|  inches.  The  card  is  similar  in  every 
way  to  that  of  the  first  issue  of  Antigua,  but  the  second  line  of  the  inscription  reads 
NEVIS,  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top  of  the  stamp  is  changed.  (Illustration 
234.) 

lid.,  light  brown  (shades). 

Issue  II.    1886. 

One  value.     Precisely  similar  to  the  previous  issue,  but  the  design  is  printed  upon 

stout   straw   card,    and   the   size  is   increased  to  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches. 

(Illustration  234.) 

IJd.,  light  brown  (slight  shades). 

Issue  III.   1886-1887. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
stout  straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  5ix3|  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as 
that  of  the  second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  except  for  the  modification  of  the  name 
of  the  Colony  in  the  second  line  of  the  inscription,  and  at  the  top  of  the  stamp. 

(Tlhistration  235.) 

Id.,  carmine        (slight  shades). 
(1887)  l^d.,  dark  brown  (     „  „      ). 


REPLY   PAID   CARDS. 

Issue  I.  May  (1),  1886. 
Tivo  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la.  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  5|x3i  inches.  The  cards  are  similar  to  the  single 
ones  of  Issue  III.,  but  each  half  has  the  usual  additional  inscription  like  the  reply 
cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  perforated  4|,  and  the 
design  is  impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.  (Illustration  235.) 
Id.  +  ld.,  carmine  (slight  shades). 

Ijd.+ljd.,  dark  brown  (     „        „       ). 

RemarTcs. — The  postal  emissions  of  this  Colony  became  obsolete  at  the  end  of 
October,  1890,  when  a  uniform  sot  for  all  the  various  Islands  composing  the  Leeward 
Group,  took  their  place. 


ROYAL  MAIL  STEAM  PACKET  COMPANY. 

By  E.    B.    BACON. 


It  seems  only  right,  that  in  a  work  dealing  with  the  history  of  the  stamps  of  the 
British  West  Indies,  notice  should  be  taken  of  a  private  postage  label  employed  in 
that  part  of  the  -world,  by  an  English  Company,  viz : — The  Eoyal  Mail  Steam  Packet 
Company.  The  Secretary  of  the  Company  informs  me  that  the  stamp  was  prepared  in 
March,  1875,  and  issued  to  certain  places  in  the  West  Indies,  say  Curagao,  Surinam, 
St.  Domingo,  Porto  Plata,  and  Puerto  Cabello,  but  the  use  of  the  stamp  gradually 
ceased,  till  about  the  end  of  1880,  when  it  was  done  away  with  altogether.  It 
originated  in  the  Company's  vessels  calling  at  certain  places  for  which  the  Company 
was  not  subsidised  by  the  British  or  any  other  Grovernmeut,  and  it  was  thought  that 
the  public  at  those  places  would  be  glad  to  send  letters  by  such  non-contract  vessels, 
purchasing  the  stamps  from  the  Company's  Agents  to  whom  they  were  issued  from 
the  London  Office.  The  system,  however,  met  with  opposition  from  local  Governments, 
and  the  British  Post  Office,  and  last  of  aU,  if  there  was  then  any  life  left  in  it,  was 
knocked  on  the  head  by  the  Postal  Union  arrangements.  The  stamp  prepaid  a  letter 
of  half  an  ounce  in  weight.  It  was  designed  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la 
Rue  and  Co.,  upon  medium  white  wove  uuwatermarked  paper,  machine  perforated  12|, 
and  the  entire  sheet  contains  thirty  specimens  arranged  in  five  horizontal  rows  of  six. 
The  design  consists  of  the  Flag  of  the  Company  turned  to  the  right,  upon  a  background 
of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  a  circular  band  of  solid  colour,  inscribed  with  the 
name  of  the  Company  in  small  white  block  letters  with  a  white  ornament  at  the  lower 
part.  Broad,  straight  white  label  at  the  bottom  of  the  stamp  inscribed  with  the 
value  in  words  in  coloured  block  letters.  Conventional  ornaments  in  the  spandrels, 
and  a  thick  outer  line  of  colour  completes  the  design.  Shape,  upright  rectangular. 
{Illustration  212.) 

10  cents,  rose. 

Bemarls. — M.  Moens  chronicles  the  stamp  with  a  query  as  printed  also  in  blue. 
I  am  assured  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Company,  it  was  never  issued  in  any  other  colour 
but  rose,  neither  was  a  stamp  of  any  other  design  ever  used  by  the  Company. 


ST.    CHRISTOPHER. 


PEELIMINARY   NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

The  Ojjicial  Gazelle  of  iSaiiU  Christopher  was  first  published  in  Jaiiuarj",  1879,  and 
was  discontinued  in  August,  1882.  It  contains  but  few  notices  of  a  postal  nature, 
and  I  have  found  no  mention  of  the  issue  of  new  stamps,  or  postcards. 

A  notice  appeared  at  the  end  of  June,  1879,  stating  that  St.  Christopher,  like 
the  other  Leeward  Islands,  would  be  admitted  into  the  Postal  Union  on  the  1st  July 
following.  A  list  of  the  reduced  rates  that  would  then  come  into  operation  was  given, 
and  the  rate  for  postcards  was  fixed  at  three  halfpence.  The  two  pence  haU'pennj-, 
and  four  penny  adhesives,  and  the  three  halfpenny  card  would,  therefore,  be  issued 
on  or  soon  after  the  1st  July,  1879,  as  the  two  new  value  stamps,  and  the  card 
woidd  be  required  to  prepay  the  fresh  rates.  As  we  see  from  the  following  notice  in 
The  Gazelle  of  March  11th,  1882,  the  rates  to  certain  Islands  were  still  further 
reduced  at  this  date. 

POST  OFFICE  NOTICE. 
"  After  this  date  the  Postage  to  the  under-mentioned  places  will  be 
reduced  to — 

Letters  per  ^  oz.,  2|d. — Post  Cards,  each  Id. 
Newspapers,  Printed  Papers,  Books,  &c.,  per  2  oz.  |d. 
"  Commercial  papers  same  as  printed  papers,  except  that  the  lowest 
charge  for  each  packet  is  i.Jd. 

"  Patterns  same  as  printed  papers,  except  that  the  lowest  charge  for 
each  packet  is  Id. 

Names  of  the  Places. 
"  Antigua,  Dominica,  Saint  Lucia,  Montserrat,  Nevis,  Tortola,  Mar- 
tinique, Guadeloupe,  Saint  Martin's,  Saint  Thomas,  St.  Croix,  Crab  Island, 
Porto  Rico. 
"  March  llth,  1882." 
We  may  conclude  from  the  above  notice,  that  the  one  penny  card  was  issued  on 
or  about  March  llth,  1882. 

Mr.  W.  P.  Pearce,  the  clerk  in  charge  of  the  Post  Office  at  Basseterre,  St.  Kitts, 
writes  to  me  under  date  December  9th,  1890,  saying  that  the  provisional  stamps  were 
generally  surcharged  at  the  printing  office  of  The  Advertiser,  but  the  surcharge 
"  Halfpenny  "  on  half  of  the  one  penny  carmine,  was  applied  at  the  Post  Office.  He 
further  states  that  Revenue  stamps  have  never  been  authorised  to  prepay  postage, 
and  that  they  have  never  been  used  for  that  purpose.  He  adds,  "  Postage  and 
Revenue  stamps  combined  were  issued  for  sale  in  the  Leeward  Islands  on  the  1st  of 
last  month  (November),  and  all  the  former  issues  of  postage  and  revenue  stamps 
called  in  on  that  date." 


ST.    GHEISTOPHEB.  117 

REFEEENCE  LIST  OP  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON". 

Issue  I.   AprU  1st,  1870. 

Tivo  values.  Engraved  and  surf  ace-printed  by  Messrs.  Dela  Rue  and  Co.,  on  white 
wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C,  wliite  gum ;  machine  perforated.  Design  : 
Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on  a  ground  of  horizontal  Hnes,  enclosed  in 
a  coloured  circular  band,  touching  the  top  and  sides  of  the  stamp,  inscribed  in  small 
white  block  letters ;  a  small  ornament  on  each  side  separates  the  two  portions  of  the 
inscription.  The  value  is  in  coloured  block  letters  on  a  straight  white  label  below 
the  circular  band.  The  spandrels  are  filled  in  with  arabesques,  and  the  whole  is 
surrounded  by  a  single  coloured  line.  Shape,  upright  rectangular.  {Illustration 
213.) 

T.    "  SAINT  CHEISIOPHBE."       B.    "  POSTAGE."       "  ONE  PENNY."       "  SIX  PENCE." 

A.—Perf.  12|. 
Id.,  rose,  violet-rose  (shades). 

6d.,  green  to  yelLow-green  (      „      ) 

B.—Ferf.  14. 
Id.,  violet-rose  (shades). 

6d.,  green  to  yeUow-green  (     „     ) 

Variety.     Imperforate  vertically. 

6d.,  green. 

Issue  II.   November,  1879. 

Two  values.  Design,  &c.,  as  in  Issue  I.,  inscribed  2|  penny  and  foue  pence 
respectively,  iu  coloured  block  letters,  perf.  14.     {Illustrations  213,  214.) 

2id.,  red-brown    (shades). 
4d.,  blue  (     ))      ) 

Issue  III.    1882. 

Four  values.  The  design,  perforation,  &c.,  are  the  same  as  those  of  the  pre- 
ceding issue,  but  the  watermark  is  changed  to  Crown  C.A.  White  and  yellowish 
gum.  A  new  value  is  added,  inscribed  halspenity  below  in  coloured  block  letters. 
(Illustrations  213,  214.) 

Jd.,  dtiU  green  (slight  variations  in  shade). 

Id.,  rose,  violet-rose    (     „  „  >»        ) 

2id.,  red-brown  (     „  „  „        ) 

4d.,  blue  (     „  „  „        ) 

Remarks. — Some  of  the  stamps  of  this  issue  are  found  on  paper  with  lines  in  it 
resembling  the  lines  in  laid  paper.  This  peculiarity  appears  to  be  due  to  some  unin- 
tentional variation  in  the  manufacture.  ' 

In  1883,  the  one  penny  stamps  were  cut  in  half,  and  the  halves  used  as  half- 
penny stamps ;  and  about  the  same  time  several  varieties  of  the  fiscal  stamps  appear 
to  have  been  used  to  defray  postage. 

Issue  IV.    1884. 

Tivo  values.     Design,  watermark  and  perforation  as  in  the  preceding  issue,  the 
colours  only  being  changed.     White  and  yellowish  gum.     {Illustrations  213,  214.) 
2^d.,  ultramarine    (shght  variations  in  shade). 
'      4d.,  grey  (        „  ,,         ) 


118  ST.    CHRISTOPHER. 

Issue  V.    March,  1885. 

Two  values.  In  March,  1885,  two  provisional  stamps  were  issued,  namely,  the 
one  penny  of  Issue  III.,  divided  in  half  diagonally,  and  each  half  surcharged  in  lower 
case  Uoman  type  with  the  word  "  Halfpenny,"  varying  in  length  from  14  to  15  mm., 
and  the  sixpence  of  Issue  I.,  perf.  14,  surcharged  EOtni — pence  in  two  Lines  of  Uoman 
capitals  2  mm.  in  height.  The  surcharge  on  the  former  is  printed  irregularly,  being 
found  sometimes  reading  downwards  and  sometimes  reading  upwards.     {Illustratio'iis 

215,  216.)  •       • 

gd.,  black  surcharge,  on  upper  lialf  of  Id.,  rose  ;  watermarked  Crown  C.A. 
id.,     „  „  „     lower    .,  Id.,     „  „  „  „ 

4d.,     „  „  „     6d.,  gi'een  ;  watermarked  Crown  C.C. 

Issue  VI.    June,  1886. 

Two  values.  In  June,  1886,  two  new  provisional  stamps  of  one  penny  and  four 
pence  were  issued,  produced  by  surcharging  the  six  pence  green.  The  former 
surcliarge  consists  of  the  words  one  penny  in  two  lines  of  Roman  capitals,  2  mm.  in 
height,  and  the  latter  consists  of  a  numeral  "  4,"  6  mm.,  and  a  letter  "  d  "  4  mm.  in 
height,  with  the  original  value  cancelled  by  a  bar.  Watermark  Crown  CO.,  perf. 
14.     (llhistratiom  217,  218.) 

Id.,  black  surcliarge,  on  6d.,  green. 
4d.,     „  „  „  6d.,     „ 

Varieties.  The  four  pence  is  found  witliout  the  period  after  the  letter  "  d,"  and 
also  with  the  period  at  some  distance  from  the  letter. 

Issue  VII.    February,  1887. 

One  value.     Design  as  before ;  watermark  Crown  C.A.,  machine  perforated  14 

{Illustration  213.) 

Is.  lilac. 

Issue  VIII.    May,  1887. 

One  value.     In  May,  1887,  the  halfpenny  stamp  of  Issue  III.  was  converted 
into  a  one  penny  by  a  surcharge  consisting  of  the  words  one  penny  in  black,  in 
two  lines  of  Roman  capitals  2  mm.  in  height,  with  a  bar  across  the  original  value. 
Watermark  Crown  C.A.,  perforated  14.     (Illustration  227.) 
Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  jd.,  green. 

Issue  IX.    May,  1888. 

One  value.  In  May,  1888,  the  two  pence  halfpenny  of  Issue  IV.  was  surcharged 
in  black  with  the  words  one  penny  in  two  lines  of  Roman  capitals  as  before. 
There  are  two  varieties  of  the  surcharge,  the  first  in  letters  3  mm.  in  height,  and 
•with  a  bar  across  the  original  value,  the  second  in  letters  2  mm.  in  height,  without 
the  bar.     (Illustration  228.) 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  3  mm.  high,  on  2|d.,  nltramavino. 

Ill  '^  2id 

Variety.     Surcharge  inverted. 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  3  mm.  high,  on  2|d.,  ultramarine. 

Issue  X.    Febi-uary,  1890. 

One  value.  The  one  penny  of  Antigua,  Issue  YI.,  used  provisionaUy  in  St. 
Christopher.     Watermark  Crown  C.A.,  perforated  14.     (Illustration  1.) 

Id.,  rose-red. 


ST.    CHRISTOPHER.  119 

Remarks. — A  immber  of  the  one  penny  stamps  was  borrowed  from  Antigua, 
pending  the  arrival  of  a  fresh  supply  from  England.  This  provisional  can  be 
recognised  by  its  bearing  the  postmark  "  A  12,"  the  number  peculiar  to  St. 
Christopher. 

Issue  XI.    May  (?),  1890. 

One  value.  Design  of  the  previous  issues  ;  watermark  Crown  C.A.,  perforated 
14.     (Illustration  213.) 

6d.,  greenish-grey. 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.   November  18th,  1879. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
light  buffi  card.  Size,  121x87  mm.,  or  44x3f  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as 
that  of  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  of  the  inscription 
is  replaced  by  si.  cheistophbr  (st.  cheistophb),  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the 
top  of  the  stamp  is  changed.     (Illustration  236.) 

IJd.,  light  brown  (shades). 

Issue  II.    July,  1882. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size  121x87  mm.,  or  44x3-|  inches.  The  design  is  precisely  the 
same  as  that  of  the  last  issue,  except  that  the  value  at  the  bottom  of  the  stamp  is 
altered  to  one  penny.     (Illustration  236.) 

Id.,  rose  (shades). 

RemarJcs. — In  February,  1883,  the  supply  of  the  three  halfpenny  card  was 
exhausted,  and  the  one  penny  was  issued  temporarily  with  half  a  one  penny  violet- 
rose,  or  a  halfpenny  green  adhesive  attached  to  it,  until  a  fresh  consignment  of  three 
halfpenny  cards  was  received  from  England. 

Issue  III.    1887. 

Ttvo  values.      Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.     Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5Jx3|  inches.     The  design  is  the  same  as  that  of 
the  second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  except  for  the  modification  of  the  name  of  the 
Colony  mentioned  above  for  Issue  I.     (Illustration  237.) 
Id.,  carmine        (slight  shades), 
lid,,  dark  brown  (     „  „      ) 

REPLY  PAID     CARDS. 

Issue  I.    1887. 

Tivo  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  design  is  similar  to  the 
single  cards  of  Issue  III.,  with  the  usual  additional  inscriptions,  similar  to  those 
found  on  the  reply  paid  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top, 
perforated   4|,   and   the   design   is   impressed    upon    the    first    and    third   pages. 

(Illustration  237.) 

Id.+ld.,  carmine  (slight  shades). 

lid.+lid.,  dark  brown  (      „        >,       ) 
Remarks. — The  postal  emissions  of  this   Colony  became  obsolete  at  the  end  of 
October,  1890,  when  a  uniform  set  for  all  the  various  Islands  composing  the  Leeward 
Group,  took  their  place. 


ST.   LUCIA, 


PRELIMINARY    NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

Bepoke  tlio  introduction  of  distinctive  stamps  in  St.  Lucia,  British  Postage  Stamps 
were  emploj'ed  for  the  prepayment  of  correspondence.  The  notice,  from  whicli  T 
have  gathered  "this  information,  was  jniblished  in  tlie  Si.  Lucia  (ktzetti'  of  Iho  19lh 
May,  1858.     It  reads  as  follows: — 

"  Post  Office, 
"  St.  Lucia,  Uth  May,  I808. 
"  The  following  Circular,   from  Her  Majesty's   Postmaster  General, 
is  published  for  general  information. 

"  (Signed)  0.  Latfittb, 

"  Deputy  Postmaster  General." 


(Circular.) 

"  General  Post  Office,  \Qth  April,  1858. 

"  Sib, — I  am  directed  by  the  Postmaster  General  to  acquaint  you  that 
the  Lords  of  Her  Majesty's  Treasury  have  authorised  British  Postage 
Stamps  to  be  used  in  payment  of  the  Packet  Postage  of  Letters  and 
Newspapers  posted  in  St.  Lucia  ;  and  I  am  to  request  that  you  will  cause 
this  regulation  to  be  made  known  throughout  the  Colony,  by  advertising 
it  in  the  local  journals  and  by  affixing  a  notice  in  your  Office  Window. 

"  2.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  arrangement  will  greatly  facilitate  the 
carrying  out  of  the  recent  regulation  for  the  compulsory  prepayment  of 
Letters  posted  in  the  Colony  addressed  to  the  United  Kingdom. 

"  3.  The  following  descriptions  of  British  Postage  Stamps  must  hence- 
forth be  kept  at  your  Office  for  sale  to  the  Public,  viz : — 

Sixpenny, 
Fourpenny, 

and 
Penny  Stamps. 

"  4.  The  Postmaster  General  has  directed  that  a  supply  of  the  above 
Stamps  to  the  amount  of  £oO,  may  l)e  forwarded  to  you  by  the  present 
mail.  Tliis  stock  of  Stamps  is  calcidated  to  be  sufficient  for  two  months' 
consumption,  and  it  is  intended  to  send  you  a  supply  of  equal  value  by  the 
mail  of  the  17th  of  May. 

"  10.  All  Postage  Stamps  affixed  to  letters  posted  at  your  Office,  must 
be  carefully  cancelled  by  means  of  the  obhterating  stamp  sent  to  you  here- 
with. Some  black  composition  will  also  be  forwarded  to  you  for  this 
purpose,  the  use  of  which  must  be  limited  to  the  obliteration  of  Postage 
Stamps,  and  your  stock  of  this  composition  must  never  be  allowed  to 
become  low.     Tire  surveyor  will  furnish  a  fresh  supply  when  necessary. 


ST.   LUCIA.  121 

"  11.  It  is  important  that  the  distinguishing  number  and  letter 
introduced  into  the  obliterating  Stamp  to  be  used  at  your  Office  should  be 
legibly  impressed. 

"12. 

"13 

"  (Signed)  Rowland  Hilt,, 

"  Secretary." 
I  find  from  a  Post  Office  notice  in  The  Gazette  of  February  17th,  1858,  that 
letters  for  the  United  Kingdom  had  to  be  prepaid  from  and  after  A.pril  1st  of  that 
year.  We  see,  on  reference  to  my  paper  on  British  Guiana  {page  40),  that  a  similar 
course  was  adopted  at  the  same  date,  and  British  Postage  Stamps  were  issued  in 
the  latter  Colony  on  May  11th,  1858.  Jamaica  issued  British  Postage  Stamps  for 
Packet  Service  on  May  8th,  1858,  as  may  be  seen  from  my  paper  on  that  Colony 
{page  89)  ;  and  I  have  no  doubt,  that  the  same  arrangements  were  made  with  some, 
if  not  all  the  other  Islands  of  the  West  Indies  and  Colonies,  previous  to  the 
transfer  of  the  Post  Offices  to  the  local  Governments.  We  learn  from  the  next 
notice,  taken  from  The  Gazette  of  the  25th  April,  1860,  that  when  the  Colonial 
Government  took  over  the  control  of  its  own  Postal  affairs,  British  stamps  were  no 
longer  allowed  to  be  used. 

NOTICE. 

"Post  Ofpice,  St.  Luoia, 

\8th  April,  1860. 
"  British  Postage  Stamps  will  not  be  available  for  the  prepayment  of 
Postage  upon  letters  posted  in  the  West  Indies,  after  the  transfer  of  the 
Post  Office  to  the  Colonial  Government  on  the  1st  _  May  next ;  such  pre- 
payment must  thenceforth  be  made  in  money,  as  formerly,  unless  the 
Colonial  Government  shall  deem  it  advisable  to  issue  Postage  Stamps  for 
the  pui'poses  of  its  own  Post  Office. 

"(Signed)  O.  Laffitte, 

"  Deputy  Postmaster  General." 
Immediately  on  taking  over  the  Post  Office,  the  Local  Government  authorised 
the  collection  of  an  inland  rate  of  one  penny  for  half  ounce  letters,  as  the  following 
notice  taken  from  The  Gazette  of  May  9th,  1860,  shows  : — 

NOTICE. 

"  Post  Office,  St.  Lucia. 

"  9th  May,  1860. 
"By  Ordinance  No.  1— 7th  March,  1860— which  transfers  to  the 
Local  Government  the  control  of  the  Post  Office  in  this  Island,  from  and 
after  the  1st  May,  1860,  an  inland  rate  of  one  penny  on  every  letter  of  half 
an  ounce  weight  or  under,  and  one  penny  additional  for  every  half  ounce 
or  part  thereof,  over  and  above  the  first  half  ounce,  is  charged  on  all 
letters  arriving  in  this  Island  from  any  place  except  from,  or  coming 
through,  the  United  Kingdom,  and  on  all  letters  posted  in  this  Island  for 
transmission  to  any  place,  except  to  or  through  the  United  Kingdom. 
The  above  rates  are  chargeable  in  addition  to  the  postage  payable  to  Her 
Majesty  on  every  such  letter. 

"  Letters  hable  to  the  inland  rates  above  mentioned,  which  may  be 
posted  without  payment  of  the  said  rates,  wiU  not  be  forwarded,  but  will 
be  detained  at  this  Office  until  the  payment  be  made.  A  hst  of  such 
letters  so  detained  will  be  published  monthly  in  the  Official  Gazette  of  this 
Island. 

"(Signed)  O,  Laffitte, 

"  Proi'l.   Col.  Postmaster." 


122  Sy.   LUCIA. 

The  date  of  the  first  issue  of  postage  stamps  for  St.  Lucia  is  given  in  the  earliest 
catalogues,  and  in  the  most  recently  published  ones  also,  as  1859.  We  see  from  the 
following  notice,  taken  from  TU  Gazette  of  December  19th,  1860,  that  the  issue  did 
not  take  place  until  quite  the  end  of  the  latter  year. 

NOTICE. 

"Post  Office,  St.  Lccia, 

"  l^tk  December,  1860. 
"  Postage  Stamps  for  the  prepayment  of  Letters  may  be  obtained  at 
tliis  office  at  the  following  rates,  viz.  : — 

Stamps  of  a  red  colour  at  one  penny. 
Do.     do.     Blue         at  four  pence. 
Do.     do.     Green      at  six  pence. 
"  These  Stamps  are  applicable  to  St.  Lucia  only. 

"  The  Inland  rate  of  one  penny  per  half  ounce  on  Letters  posted  at 
this  office  which  are  subject  thereto  under  the  Ordinance,  No.  1  of  7th 
March,  1860,  according  to  a  Notice  in  the  Official  Gazette  of  9th  May,  1860, 
must  be  paid  in  Stamps. 

"  (Signed)  0.  Laffitte, 

"  Colonial  Postmaster." 

Besides  the  date  of  issue  the  above  establishes  the  postal  value  of  each  of  the 
three  stamps.  These  values  are  correctly  given  in  the  catalogues,  but  as  the  stamps 
bore  none  on  their  face,  it  is  only  by  a  document  of  this  kind  that  the  true  denomi- 
nations can  be  determined.  All  the  stamps  were  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.  from  one  plate,  of  their  own  construction,  which  was  of  steel,  and  contained 
24(  I  labels  in  twenty  horizontal  rows  of  twelve.  The  plate  was  handed  over  to  the 
Crown  agents  on  the  28th  January,  1862,  and  was  afterwards  given  by  them  to 
Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  who  printed  aU  future  supplies  of  stamps  for  the  Colony. 
Proof  impressions  in  black,  of  the  engraved  die,  upon  white  card  are  known. 

On  April  1st,  1863,  the  packet  rate  to  England  was  increased  from  6d.  to  Is.,  as 
the  following,  taken  from  The  Gazette  of  January  28th,  1863,  proves  : — 

"  Government  Office, 

"  ^Sth  January,  1863. 
"  The  Administrator  notifies  for  general  information  that  on  and  after 
the  1st  April  next  the  single  rate  of  postage  on  letters  conveyed  by  Packet 
between  the  United  Kingdom  and  the  West  Indies  ^vill  be  increased  from 
6d.  to  Is.  and  by  private  sliip  will  be  reduced  from  6d.  to  3d.  It  is  proposed 
to  introduce  an  improved  ascending  scale  of  Postage  simultaneously  with 
these  alterations  in  which  half  an  ounce  will  be  taken  as  the  unit  of  weight, 
increasing  by  single  rates  for  eacli  additional  half  ounce.  Under  this 
system  the  following  will  be  the  charges  :  — 

Letters  not  exceeding  5  an  ounce      

Do,     above  5  oz.  and  not  exceeding  1  oz.  ... 
Do.     above  1  oz.  and  not  exceeding  I5  oz.... 
Do.     above  I5  oz.  and  not  exceeding  2  oz. 
&c.  &c. 

"(Signed)  J.  M.  Geant, 

"  Administrator." 
The  postage  on  all  correspondence  to  the  United  Kingdom  had  since  April  1st, 
1858  (as  I  have  already  shown),  to  be  prepaid  :  and  in  February,   1863,  and  at 
intervals  afterwards  (as  arrangements  were  made  with  the  various  Colonies),  pre- 
payment of  postal  rates  was  made  compulsory  to  all  parts  of  the  Empire. 


By 

ickets 
Is. 

By 

.     Private  Ships. 
3d. 

2s. 

6d. 

3s. 

9d. 

4s. 

Is. 

&c. 

etc. 

ST.   LUCIA.  123 

After  the  second  issue  of  the  three  first  stamps,  with  the  watermark  changed  to 
Crown  CO.,  of  which  no  notice  is  naturallj'  taken  in  The  Gazette,  we  find  that  the 
third  set  was  issued  on  November  19th,  1864.     The  notification  of  this  issue  was 
published  in  Tlie  Gazette  of  November  23rd  of  that  year. 

"  Government  Office, 

"  I9th  November,  1864. 
"  KoTiCE  is  hereby  given  that,  on  and  after  this  day,  Postage  Stamps 
of  the  colours  and  denominations  vmdermentioned  may  be  obtained  at  the 
Post  Office,  and  that  the  issue  of  those  hitherto  used  has  been  stopped. 
Orange-red     ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         One  Shilling. 

Lilac    ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         8i.x  Pence. 

Light  yellow  ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         Four  Pence. 

Black  ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         ...         One  Penny. 

"  Persons,  however,  who  have  any  of  the  old  stamps  in  their  possession 
are  informed  that,  for  the  present  they  mil  continue  to  be  received  on 

letters,  &c. 

'  (Signed)  J.  M    Grant, 

"  Administrator.^' 

These  stamps  were  all  similar  in  type  to  those  first  issued,  and  bore  no  value 
upon  their  face.  Here,  again,  the  notice  is  important  as  fixing  the  true  postal 
denomination  of  each  colour. 

On  the  admission  of  St.  Lucia  into  the  Postal  Union  on  January  1st,  1881,  new 
stamps  of  the  values  of  a  halfpenny,  and  two  pence  halfpenny,  with  a  three  half- 
penny postcard,  were  required  and  should  have  been  issued.  The  two  adhesives  were 
printed  in  new  colours  from  the  old  plate  used  for  the  previous  issues,  the  former  in 
bright  green,  the  latter  in  red-vermilion.  Both  these  stamps  had  the  value  sur- 
charged in  black  in  a  straight  line  across  the  lower  part.  As  neither  of  the  two 
stamps  nor  the  card  appear  to  have  been  chronicled  before  October,  1881,  it  is 
probable  they  were  not  ready  for  issue  at  the  time  the'  new  rates  came  into  force. 
No  mention,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  discover,  is  made  in  The  Gazette  as  to  the 
date  when  they  were  first  brought  into  use.  According  to  the  terms  of  the  following 
notice  found  in  The  Gazette  of  December  14th,  1881,  the  rates  to  certain  places  in 
the  Postal  Union  were  reduced  at  this  time. 

NOTICE.  i, 

"  In  future  the  following  rates  of  Postage  vidU  be  charged  upon  letters, 
&c.,  to  places  in  the  Postal  Union  within  three  hundred  miles. 

"  (Signed)  Amelie  Richard, 

"  Postmistress. 
"  Post  Office,  St.  Lucia, 

"Utk  December,  188\. 


i' 


Letters       ...         ...         ...         ...     S^d.  per  ^  oz. 

*Post  Cards ...         ...     Id.  each. 

Newspapers  ...         ...     Jd.     „ 

Books,  and  other  printed  matter         ...         ...     |d.  per  2  ozs. 

Increasing  by  ^d.  for  every  2  oz.  additional. 
Commercial  Documents  (initial  charge)       ...     22d.  per  10  ozs. 

Increasing  |d.  for  every  2  oz.  additional. 
Samples  and  Patterns  (initial  charge)  ...     Id.  per  4  oz. 

Increasing  |d.  for  every  2  oz.  additional. 
•Pending  the  arrival  of  a  supply  of  Post  Cards  at  Id.,  the  present 
rate — Ijd. — will  contmue  to  be  charged. 

"  (Signed)  A.  E," 


124  ST.    LUCIA. 

I  have  found  no  mention  in  The  Gazette  of  the  date  when  the  one  penny  card 
was  issiicd,  but  if  we  may  take  the  journals  as  a  guide,  it  was  not  till  nearly  two 
years  after  the  above  notice,  as  the  earliest  description  of  it  was  given  in  The  Philatelic 
Record  for  November,  1883.  The  following  was  published  in  The  Gazette  of  March 
29th,  1882  :— 

"  GOVEUNMENT   OFFICE, 

"  2-2>i<l  March,  1882. 
"  With  reference  to  the  Government  Notices  dated  the  16th 
November,  1881,  and  the  3rd  February,  1882,  and  published  in  The  Gazette 
of  the  16th  November,  1881,  and  the  8th  February,  1882,  the  Govern or-in- 
Council  has  resolved  that  the  Postage  Stamps  therein  mentioned  to  be 
used  as  Inland  Revenue  Stamps  may  bear  either  the  word  '  Stamp '  or 
'  Revenue '  overprinted  under  the  value.  The  Govornor-in-Council  has 
further  resolved  that  the  Postage  Stamps  of  the  following  colours  and 
values  may  be  used  as  Inland  Revenue  Stamps  : — 

"Liglit    Blue — Two    pence — over-printed   in   blfick   with    the    words 
'  Two  Pence  Revenue.' 

"  Dark  Blue— Three  pence— over-printed  in  red  wath  tlie  words  '  Three 
Pence  Revenue.' 

"(Signed)  Charles  J.  M'Leod, 

"  Clerk  of  Councils.'^ 
This  notice' and  the  two  notices  referred  to  in  it,  authorise  postage  stamps  to  be 
surcharged  for  fiscal  purposes,  and  in  a  paper  professedl)'  dealing  with  postal  issues 
alone,  there  is  no  object  in  giving  copies  of  the  two  former.  With  the  one  given, 
however,  the  case  is  different,  for  it  speaks  of  a  postage  stamp,  which,  so  far  as  I 
know,  is  to  be  found  in  no  collection  or  catalogue,  i.e.,  the  two  pence.  Copies  of  the 
three  pence  are  known  without  the  word  "  Revenue,''  and  the  stamp  also  exists 
without  any  surcharge  whatever.  I  have  always  looked  upon  these  two  last  varieties 
as  having  the  overprinted  words  discharged  by  some  chemical  agency,  and  even  in 
face  of  the  above  notice  I  stiU  adhere  to  this  belief.  Stamps  of  two  pence  and  three 
pence  were  not  required  for  the  postal  service,  and  my  own  opinion  is  that  they  were 
only  issued  bearing  the  word  "  Revenue  "  for  fiscal  purposes.  The  notice  is  couched 
in  similar  form  to  the  previous  ones  dealing  with  fiscals,  and  in  the  case  of  these  two 
stamps  I  think  it  is  most  probably  carelessly  worded,  and  what  should  have  been 
stated  was  that  the  stamps  were  of  the  same  design  as  those  used  for  postage.  On 
the  other  hand,  I  think  it  is  only  right  to  give  a  copy  of  the  notice,  and  I  hope  by 
drawing  attention  to  it  that  some  writer  will  shortlj'  decide  this  knotty  point. 

The  next  notice,  which  is  found  in  The  Gazette  of  March  21st,  1883,  gives  us 
the  date  of  issue  of  the  reply  three  halfpenny  post  card. 

NOTICE. 
"  Reply  paid  Post  Cards  are  now  in  use  between  this  Island  and  other 
Offices  of  the  Postal  Union,  and  may  be  had  at  tliis  Office. 

"  (Signed)  A.  Richard, 

"  Postmistress. 
"  Post  Ofpice,  I9th  March,  1883." 
The  first  issue  of  adhesives  of  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.'s  design  took  place  on 
July  6th,  1883.     The  notice  is  taken  horn.  The  Gazette  Extraordlnar>j  of  that  date. 

"Government  Office, 

"  Qth  July,  1883. 

"  Notice  is  hereby  given  that  on  and  after  this  day,  Postage  Stamps  of 

the  colours  and  denominations  undermentioned  may  be  obtained  at  the 


ST.   LUCIA.  125 

Post  Office,  and  that  the  issue  of  those  of  the  same  values,  hitherto  used, 
lias  been  stopped. 

Light  Red       One  Penny. 

Do.    Blue      Two  Pence  Haif  Penny. 

Do.    Green Half  Penny. 

Persons,  however,  who  have  any  of  tlie  old  Stamps  in  their  possession,  are 
informed  that,  for  the  present,  they  wiU  continue  to  be  received  on 
letters,  &c. 

'■'  (Signed)  Maonailara  Dix, 

"  Administering  the  Government." 

In  April,  1885,  Revenue  and  Postal  stamps  were  allowed  to  be  used  indis- 
criminately for  either  service.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  Government 
authorisation,  published  in  The  Gazette  of  April  22nd  of  that  year. 

"  Government^Office, 

"  Uth  April,  1885. 

"  The  following  Rule  passed  by  the  Governor-in-CouncD.  by  virtue  and 

under  the  authority  of  the  Stamp  Duty  Ordinance,  1881,  and  of  the  Post 

Office  Ordinance,  1881,  is  published  for  general  information.     '  In  future 

Revenue  Stamps  may  be  used  for  Postage  Stamps  and  vice  versa.' 

"  By  order, 

"  (Signed)  J.  B.  Cropper, 

"  Acting  Cleric  of  Councils." 
The  notice,  giving  the  date  of  issue  of  the  registration  envelopes  and  newspaper 
wrappers,  is  found  in  The  Gazette  for  December  23rd,  1887. 

POST  orncE  kotice. 

"  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  on  and  after  the  20th  instant  the  fee 
chargeable  for  registering  letters,  &c.,  to  places  in  the  Postal  Union  will  be 

TWO  PENCE. 

"  Registered  Letter  Envelopes  bearing  a  two  penny  stamp  embossed 

on  the  flap  for  the  payment  of  the  registration  fee  are  of  two  sizes,  and 

can  be  purchased  at  the  following  prices,  viz. : — 

Size. 

G.— 6  in.  by  3|  in.,  2id.  each,  or  2s.  6d.  per  packet  of  12. 

H. — 8  in.  by  .5  in.,  3d.  each,  or  3s.  per  packet  of  12. 

"  Newspaper  Wrappers  with  impressed  halfpenny  and  penny  postage 

stamps,  are  also  obtainable. 

"  (Signed)  F.  S.  Reeve, 

"  Colonial  Postmaster. 
"  General  Post  Office, 

« 19th  December,  1887." 


REFEREIS^CE  LIST  OF  TKE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    December  ISth,  I860. 

Three  valves.  Engraved  in  taiUe-douce,  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.,  London,  on  medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star, 
yeUowdsh  gum,  machine  perforated  I3|  to  16  compound.  Design  :  Diademed  profile 
of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on  an  engine-turned  background,  within  a  white  oval  band, 
inscribed  in  coloured  Roman  capitals  with  the  words  si.  luoia  above  and  postage 
below,  the  two  inscriptions  being  separated  by  an  elongated  ornament  on  each  side. 
The  spandrels  are  filled  in  with  reticulations,  and  a  single  outer  line  encloses  the 


126  ST.   LUCIA. 

stamp.     It  is  to  be  observed  that  it  bears  no  indication  of  the  value.     Shape,  upright 
rectangular.     {lUiistration  229.) 

(Id.)  brick-red        (shades). 

(4d.)  deep-blue        (      »     ) 

(6d.)  yellow-green  (      „     ) 

Issue  II.    1863. 

Three  valves.  The  same  stamps,  printed  from  the  same  plate  by  Messrs.  Dc  la 
Rue  and  Co.,  London,  on  slightlj'  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crowii  C.C,  wliite 
gum,  machine  perforated  12|.     {Illustration  229). 

(Id.)  brownish-lake  (shades). 
(4d.)  indigo-blue       (      „      ) 
(6d.)  emerald-green  (      „     ) 
Varieties.     Imperforate. 

(4d  )  indigo-blue. 
(6d.)  emerald-green. 

Bemarhs.  The  hive  and  rp-een  stamps  of  this  issue  are  known  surcharged  "  Six 
pence  "  and  "  Halfpenn}-  "  respectively,  in  two  lines  of  lower  case  Roman  type,  but  the 
authenticity  of  these  surcharges  has  never  lieen  established.    (Illustrations  230,  231.) 

Issue  III.     November  IStli,  1864. 

Four  values.  Printed  from  the  same  plate  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon 
the  same  paper  and  with  the  same  watermark  as  Issue  II.     {Illustration  229.) 

A.— Per/.  12i. 
(Id.)  black     (shades). 
(4d.)  yellow  (     „       ),  straw. 
(6d.)  lilac-mauve  (slight  shades). 
(Is.)    orange-yellow,  orange,  orange-red  (shades). 

K—Perf.  14. 
(Id.)  black  (slight  shades). 

(4d.)  yellow  (     „  „     ) 

(6d.)  lilac-mauve   (     „  ,,     ) 

(Is.)    orange  (     „  „     ) 

Issue  IV.    September,  1881. 

Two  values.  Printed  from  the  same  plate  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  and 
surcharged  with  the  value  across  the  stamps  in  black  block  letters  3  mm.  high — 
HALFPENNY  14  mm.  iu  length,  and  2i  pence  15i  mm.  in  length.  Watermark  Crown 
C.C,  machine  perforated  14.     {Illustrations  232,  238.) 

^d.,  black  surcharge,  on  green        (shades). 
2Jd.,     „  „  on  vermiUon  (     „       ) 

Issue  V.    April,  1882. 

One  value.     Printed  in  the  same  manner  as  the  last,  and  with  value,  one  penny 
surcharged   across   it   in   carmine   block   letters,  3  mm.  high,   14  mm.   in  length. 
Watermark  Crown  C.C,  perforated  14.     {Illustration  232.) 
Id.,  carmine  surcharge,  on  black. 
Remarhs. — This  value  is  known  divided  in  lialf,  and  the  halves  employed  as 
halfpenny  stamps. 

Issue  VI.    1883. 
One  value.     In  1883  the  black  stamp  of  1864,  perforated  14,  was  surcharged, 
by  hand,  "  Id."  in  the  centre  and  a  numeral  "  1 "  in  the  four  corners  in  violet  aniline 


ST.  LUOIA.  127 

ink,  and  was  used  to   supply  a  temporary  deficiency  of   the  stamps  of   Issue  V. 
(^Illustration  239.) 

Id.,  violet  surcharge,  on  black. 

Variety.     Without  the  numeral  1  in  the  four  corners  of  the  stamp. 

iJ«»iarA.-s.— Various  fiscal  stamps  are  known  to  have  been  used  postaUy  about 
this  time  and  subsequently. 

Issue  VII.   1883-1884. 

Six  values.  Similar  to  the  stamps  of  Issues  IV  and  V.  Printed  on  medium 
white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  machine  perforated.  The 
surcharge  on  the  theee  pence  measures  15|  mm.  by  2|  mm.,  that  on  the  foite  pence 
16  mm.  by  3  mm.,  and  that  oa  the  one  shilling  16  mm.  by  2|  mm.  (Illustrations 
232,  229.) 

A.—Perf.  14. 
(April,  1883)  jd.,  black  surcharge,  on  green. 
(1884)  Id.,  carmine      „        on  black. 
(   „    )  3d.,        „  „        on  dark  blue. 

(    „    )  4d.,  black  „        on  yeUow. 

(   „   )  6d.,     „  „        on  mauve. 

(    „    )  Is.,      „  „        on  orange. 

Varieties.     Onee  penny,  carmine  surcharge,  on  black. 
(3d.)  no  surcharge,  deep  blue. 
(6d.)  „  mauve. 

B.—Perf.  12. 
4d.,  black  surcharge,  on  yellow. 

Bemarhs. — Halves  of  the  (4d.)  yellow  stamp,  ivitliout  surcharge,  are  known  to 
have  passed  the  post  in  December,  1883,  apparently  doing  duty  as  two  penny  stamps. 

Issue  VIII.    July  6tli,  1883. 

Three  values.  Engraved  and  surface  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  on 
white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  machine  perforated  14. 
Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines, 
within  a  single-lined  octagon.  Straight  white  labels  at  top  and  bottom  inscribed  in 
coloured  block  letters.  The  side  frames  contain  rows  of  white  diamonds  on  a 
coloured  ground,  ornaments  in  triangular  frames  fiU  the  spandrels,  and  the  design  is 
completed  by  a  single  outer  line  of  colour.  Shape,  upright  rectangular.  (Illustra- 
tions 240,  241.) 

T.    "  SI.  LUOIA."       B.    "  HALEPENNT."       "  ONE    PENNY."       "  2|  PENNY." 

Jd.,  pale  sea-green  (shades). 

Id.,  rose  (     „       ) 

Sjd.,  ultramarine       (     »      ) 

Issue  IX.    1885. 

Tivo  values.  The  same  design,  paper,  watermark  and  perforation  as  Issue  VIII. 
(Illustration  240.) 

T,    "  SX.  LUCIA."       B.    "  POUE  PENCE."       "  ONE  SHILLING." 

(March)  4d,,  brown  (shades). 

(September)    Is.,   duU  orange-red  (shades). 

Issue  X.    1886-1887. 

Four  values.  Design,  &c.,  of  the  preceding  issue ;  the  two  new  values  are 
inscribed  theee  pence  and  six  pence  respectively.     The  name  of  the  Colony  and  the 


128  ST.   LUCIA. 

value  on  the  three  pence  and  one  shilling  arc  printed  in  different  colours  from  the 
rest  of  the  impression,     ((i  llnstration  240.) 

(1886)  Id.,  lilac. 

(  „     )     3d.,     „    imcnptions  in  green. 

(1887)  6d.,  mauve. 

(  „     )     ls.,VAa,c,inscnptions  in  carmine. 

Eanarls. — A  six  pence  lilac,  with  inscription  in  hlue,  is  catalogued  by  M.  Moens, 
but  is  not  known  to  the  Society. 

REGISTRATION     ENVELOPES. 

Issue  I.     December  20th,  1887. 

One  value.  Bag-shaped  envelopes  of  wliite  wove  linen-lined  paper,  with  flap  to 
right ;  inscriptions,  &c.,  in  blue,  as  on  the  Barbados  envelopes.  Issue  II.,  with  large 
"  II "  in  an  upright  oval  frame.  The  stamp  is  embossed  in  colour  on  the  flap. 
Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left,  in  plain  relief  on  a  solid  ground 
of  colour,  enclosed  within  a  circidar  band,  bearing  inscriptions  in  coloured  block  letters 
on  a  reticulated  ground.     (Illustrations  28,  243.) 

T.    "  SAINT  LTJCIA  EEGISTKAIION."      B.    "  TWO  PENCE." 

2d.,  blue  ;  size  G. 
2d.,     „         „     H. 
Remarhs.—The  inscription  under  the  flap  is  "  Thos.  De  La  Hue  &  Co.  Patent," 
in  hlue. 

WRAPPERS. 

Issue  I.    December  19th,  1887. 

Two  values.  Similar  to  the  wrappers  of  Barbadoes,  but  with  stamp  of  the 
following  design.  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  in  a  circle,  enclosed 
within  a  rectangular  frame,  with  inscriptions  in  uncoloured  block  letters  on  straight 
labels  of  solid  colour  at  top  and  bottom,  foliate  ornaments  in  the  spandrels,  all  on  a 
solid  ground  of  colour.     Shape,  upright  reotangvdar.     (i  Uustration  244.) 

T.    "  ST.  LUCIA."       D.    "  halfpenny."       "  ONE    PENNY." 

^d.,  deep  green. 

Id.,  carmine.  • 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.  ■  1881. 
One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size,  121x87  mm.,  or  44x33- inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as 
that  of  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  is  altered  to 
ST.  LTJCIA  (sTE.  ltjcie),  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top  of  the  stamp  is 
changed.     (Illustration  245.) 

Ijd.,  light  bro\\^l  (sliades). 

Issue  II.    July,  1883. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Hue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size,  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3i  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that 
of  the  preceding  issue,  except  for  the  value  at  the  bottom  of  the  stamp,  which  is 
altered  to  one  penny.     (Illustration  245.) 

Id.,  rose  (shades). 


ST.   LUGIA.  129 

Issue  III.    1889. 

One  value.      Precisely  similar  to  the  first  issue,  but  the  design  is  printed  upon 

stout  straw    card,  and  the   size  is    increased  to  139x88  mm.,  or   5ix3|    inches. 

{Uhistration  245.) 

l^d.,  light  brown  (slight  shades). 

REPLY     PAID     CARD. 

Issue  I.    March  19th,  1883. 

One  valve.  Designed  and  printed  bj'  Messrs.  De  la  Kue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size,  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that 
for  the  single  card  of  Issue  I.,  but  each  half  has  additional  inscriptions  similar  to 
the  replj'  paid  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  perforated  4|, 
and  the  design  is  printed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.  {Illustration  24.5.) 
l|d.  +  l|d.,  light  brown  (slight  shades). 

THE   ST,  LUCIA   STEAM   CONVEYANCE   CO.,  LIMITED. 

Issue  1873. 

Three  values.  Lithographed  upon  stout  white  wove  surfaced  paper.  White 
gum,  imperforate.  Design  :  Ship  sailing  to  left,  within  a  white  transverse  oval  band 
inscribed  st.  itjcia  steam  conveyance  ct.  limited,  in  smaU  coloured  block  letters. 
The  spandrels  are  of  solid  colour,  and  contain  white  conventional  ornaments.  There 
is  a  border  of  a  fancj^  pattern,  which  is  broken  at  the  bottom  by  a  white  label,  which 
slightly  impinges  upon  the  oval  band.  The  label  contains  a  coloured  Arabic  numera 
of  value.  The  design  is  completed  by  a  plain  outer  line  of  colour.  Shape,  small 
oblong  rectangular.     {Illustration  242.) 

1  (d.)  ultramarine. 

.3  (d.)  lilac-rose. 

6  (d.)  violet. 
Bemarhs. — These  stamps  are  said  to  have  been  used  by  the  Company  for  the 
conveyance  of  letters  between  certain  Ports  in  the  Island  where  the  Steamers  called. 
The  values  are,  no  doubt,  as  given  above,  but,  as  the  illustration  shows,  the  stamps 
rfinly  bear  a  numeral. 


ST.  VINCENT. 

PRELIMINARY     NOTES, 

By  E.   I).   BACON. 

Postage  Stamps  are  said  to  have  been  first  issued  in  this  Ishmd  in  1861,  but  as  the 
Saint  Vincent  Government  Gazette  only  commenced  publication  in  1868,  I  am  unable 
to  say  from  that  source,  whether  the  date  usuall)'  given  is  the  correct  one.  There  is 
but  little  doubt,  however,  that  the  issue  took  place  in  the  year  mentioned,  as  Messrs. 
Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  inform  me  that  the  first  supply  of  stamps,  which  consisted  of 
one  penny  red  and  six  pence  dark  green,  was  sent  out  by  them  to  the  Colony  on 
March  27th,  1861.  The  plates  of  the  one  penny  and  six  pence,  and  that  of  the  half- 
penny value  which  was  not  issued  until  December,  1881,  each  contained  60  stamps 
in  six  horizontal  rows  of  ten,  the  four  pence  and  one  shilling  plates  contained  30  labels 
in  three  horizontal  rows  of  ten,  while  the  plate  of  the  five  shillings  only  contained  20 
specimens,  probably  in  four  horizontal  rows  of  five.  The  halfpenny  plate  was  finished 
in  October,  1881,  the  four  pence  on  Jxdy  9th,  1866,  and  the  one  shilling  on  July  5th, 
1866.  I  am  unable  to  give  the  dates  of  construction  of  the  plates  of  the  one  penny, 
six  pence  and  five  shillings.  Proof  impressions  in  black,  struck  from  the  plates,  upon 
plain  white  paper,  of  all  the  above  values  except  the  five  shillings  are  known ;  as  well 
as  proofs  in  black  upon  white  card  from  the  engraved  dies.  The  plates  were  all 
handed  over  to  the  Crown  Agents  on  the  25th  February,  1882,  and  afterwards  by 
them  to  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  who  have  since  printed  all  further  supplies  of 
stamps  required  by  the  Colony.  The  following  dates  of  printings  are  taken  from  one 
of  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.'s  books,  to  which  specimens  are  attached.  The 
stamps  are  all  upon  "  star  "  watermarked  paper. 

One  shilling,  duU  red.     1872. 
„  „        \dolet^rose.     1873. 

Six  pence,  pale  green  ;  one  shilling,  vermilion.     December,  1876. 

One  penny,  pale  green  ;  six  pence,  bright  yellow-green  ;  five  shillings,  rose- 
red,     April,  1880. 

Halfpenny,  orange ;    one   penny,   grey ;    four   pence,  bright  ultramarine. 
October,  1881. 

The  volumes  of  The  Gazette  I  have  searched  give  no  notices  of  the  issue  of  postage 
stamps  or  cards,  and  I  have  been  unable  to  find  any  reference  to  the  various  provisional 
postage  stamps  issued  at  different  times. 

The  Island  joined  the  Postal  Union  on  Sept.  1st,  1881,  so  the  first  three  halfpenny 
postcard  was  probably  issued  on,  or  soon  after,  this  date.  The  postal  rates  to  certain 
Islands  were  reduced  early  in  March,  1882,  according  to  the  following  notice  taken 
from  The  Gazette  of  Marcli  9th  of  that  vcar. 


ST.    VINCENT.  131 

"  General  Post  Office, 

"  Saint  Vincent,  Qth  Mavcli,  1883. 
"  From  this  date  the  Rates  of  Postage  to  Barbados,  Grenada,  St.  Lucia, 
Tobago,  and  Trinidad  will  be  as  follows  : — 
Letters, — per  h  oz.,  2|d. 
Postcards, — each.  Id. 

Newspapers,  Printed  Papers,  Books,  &c., — Jd.  per  2  ozs. 
Commercial  Papers,  3|d.  per  2  ozs.,  and  ^d.  for  each  additional  2  ozs. 
Patterns,— Id.  for  each  packet  not  exceeding  2  ozs.  and  id.  for  each 
.   additional  2  ozs. 

"  (Signed)  Newton  Browne, 

"  Colonial  Postmaster." 
A  one  penny  postcard  should  therefore  have  been  issued  in  March,  1882,  but 
according  to  the  information  I  hare  received  from  Mr.  Griffith,  late  Acting  Colonial 
Postmaster,  no  card  of  this  value  was  available  before  February,  1884. 

The  following  is  found  in  the  Sxipplement  to  the  Government  Gazette,  No.  39,  of 
14<7i  September,  1882. 

"  Government  Office, 

"  Saint  Vincent,  loth  September,  1882. 

"  Under  the  provisions  of  '  The  Stamp  Ordmance,  1883,'  the  Governor- 

in-Oouncil  directs  that  Postage  Stamps  of  this  Colony,  over-stamped  with 

the  word  '  Revenue,'  and  none  other,  shall  be  used  as  the  '  Stamps '  for 

carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance. 

"  As  it  is  expedient  to  provide  one  £.50  stamp,  the  Governor-in-CouncU 
directs  that  one  of  the  existing  five  shilling  Postage  Stamps  shall  be  over- 
stamped  Fifty  Pounds — Pevenue,  and  be  used  as  a  Revenue  Stamp  of  that 
value  ;  the  said  stamp  shall,  before  being  affixed  to  any  document,  be 
initialled  by  the  Governor  and  the  Treasurer 

"  There  not  being  a  postage  stamp  of  the  value  of  three  pence  which 
can  be  utUised  as  a  revenue  stamp,  the  Governor-in-Council  directs  that 
the  present  six  penny  postage  stamp  may  be  cut  diagonally  in  half — each 
half  to  be  over-stamped  3d.  Pevenue,  and  be  used  as  a  revenue  stamp  of 
of  that  value. 

"  By  Command, 
"..(Signed)  Newton  Bkowne, 

"  Confidential  Clerk." 
The  Ordinance  to  impose  Stamp  Duties  was  proclaimed  in  Kingstown,  the 
capital  of  the  Island,  on  September  15th,  1882,  the  date  of  the  above  communication. 
The  notice  is  principally  of  importance  to  collectors  of  fiscal  stamps,  as  it  gives 
the  date  of  t]iQ  first  issue  of  Revenue  Stamps  in  the  Island,  and  it  speaks  of  a  stamp 
that  has  never  been  previously  catalogued,  viz.,  the  high  value  of  .£50.  It  is  also 
interesting  to  collectors  of  postage  stamps,  as  it  establishes  the  true  use  of  the  five 
shilling  stamp.  It  is  for  this  reason  I  reproduce  it  in  a  work  dealing  exclusively 
with  postal  issues.  The  stamp,  like  the  other  values,  does  not  bear  the  word 
"  Postage,"  and  at  the  time  it  first  appeared  in  this  country,  August,  1880,  it  was 
mentioned  in  The  Philatelic  Eicord  as  a  fiscal  used  postaUy,  and  it  is  so  described  in 
M.  Moens'  Catalogue,  whereas  it  is  a  jjostage  stamp,  and  was  not  used  for  fiscal  pur- 
poses until  two  j'ears  later,  and  then  ouljr  with  the  surcharge  ebvenue  struck  across 
the  centre  in  black  Roman  capitals.  Mr.  Prank  W.  Griffith,  late  Acting  Colonial 
Postmaster,  informs  me  the  design  on  the  five  shilling  stamp  represents  the  Arms  of 
the  Government  of  St.  Vincent,  and  describes  it  as  "  Justice  pouring  out  a  libation 
to  Peace."     He  corroborates  the  date  of  the  first  issue   as  1861 ;  and  adds,  the  four 


132  Sr.    VINCENT. 

pence  blue  and  one  shilling  slate  came  into  use  in  August,  1866,  tlie  four  pence 
yellow  and  one  shilling  brown  in  1869,  one  penny  black  in  1871,  one  sliilling  pink  in 
1872,  the  halfpenny  yellow  in  December,  1881,  and  the  one  penny  carmine  and  three 
halfpenny  brown  postcards  in  February,  ISS-t.  He  further  states  the  provisional 
stamps  were  issued  as  follows,  and  gives  the  number  of  each  variety. 


Description  and 

Number 

Bate. 

former  value. 

New  value. 

issued. 

May,  1880      

.     6d.,  dark  green  . 

..     Id.  on  each  halt. 

1800. 

Sept.,  1881     

.     6d.,  light  green  . 

1440. 

Nov.  &  Dec,  1881    ., 

,.     Is.,  red    ... 

...     Id. 

630. 

»                         >)                 J) 

..     6d.,  light  gi-een . 

..    Id.  (one  penny). 

1620. 

March,  1885  ... 

..  '2id.,  carmine 

,..     Id. 

12,060.* 

Aug.,  1890      ... 

..     4d.,  chocolate 

...            WjU. 

loOO. 

*  Of  these,  five  sheets  (300)  were  spoi 

iled  whOst  being  printed,  and  conse- 

quently  destroyed. 

REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 
Issue  I.  May  (?),  1861. 
Two  values.  Engraved  and  printed  in  taille-douce  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and 
Co.,  of  London,  on  white  wove  uuwatermarked  paper,  varying  considerably  in  sub- 
stance. Yellowish  gum.  Imperforate  and  machine  punctured  perforation,  measuring 
14,  14|,  15,  15i  compound.  Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Yictoria  to  left,  on 
engine-turned  background,  within  an  oval  of  open  network  broken  at  the  top  and 
bottom  by  labels  of  solid  colour  inscribed  with  white  block  letters.  In  each  corner  is 
a  white  ornamented  Maltese  cross,  and  the  spandrels  are  fiUed  in  with  reticulations. 
A  plain  outer  coloured  Hue  completes  the  design.  Shape,  upright  rectangular. 
{Illustration  248.) 

T.    "  ST.  VINCENT."       B.    '"  ONE  TENNY."       "  SIX  TENCE." 

A. — Imjjerforaie. 

Id.,  dull  rose. 
6d.,  dark  green. 
B. — Perforated  14  to  loi  compound. 
]d.,'dull  rose-red  (shades). 
6d.,  yellow-green  to  dark  green  (shades). 
Meiitarks. — An  imperforate  pair  of  the  one  penny,  and  also  of  the  sis  pence,  exist 
in  the  collection  of  the  late  Mr.  T.  K.  Tapling. 

Issue  II.    August,  1866. 

Two  values.  Exactlj'  similar  in  design  to  the  preceding  issue,  except  for  the 
alteration  of  the  values.  The  stamps  are  also  printed  upon  the  same  paper.  The 
one  shilling  is  found  with  a  machine  punctured  perforation  of  14  to  15^  compound, 
a  clean  cut  perforation  of  111-,  and  punctured  at  the  sides  and  clean  cut  11|  at  the 
top  and  bottom.  The  four  pence  is  oidy  found  with  the  clean  cut  perforation  of  11^. 
Shape,  upright  rectangular.     (Illustration  248.) 

T.    "  ST.    VINCENT."       B.    "  POUR    PENCE."       "  ONE    SHILLING." 

A. — Perforated  11^  clean  cut. 

4(1 ,  blue  (shades). 

Is.,  slate  (  „  ) 
B. — Perforated  114  clean  cut  top  and  bottom,  and  punctured  14  to  15j  at  sides. 

Is.,  slate  (shades). 
C, — Perforated  14  to  15i  compound. 

Is.,  slate. 


ST.    7INCEJST.  133 

Issue  III.   1869. 
Four  values.     Similar  in  design  to  the  previous  issues,  and  printed  upon  the 
same  paper,  the  only  differences  being  in  the  colours  and  perforations,  the  latter  now 
being  clean  cut.     {Illustration  248.) 

A. — Perforated  11|. 

Id.,  dull  rose-red    (shades). 

4d.,  orange-yellow  (     „ 

6d.,  yeUow-green    (     „ 

Is.,  indigo  (     „ 

Is.,  brown  (      , 

'&.— Perforated  12|. 

Is.,  indigo 

Issue  IV.    1871-1876. 

Four  values.  Precisely  similar  in  design  to  the  last,  but  the  stamps  are  printed 
upon  white  wove  paper  varying  in  thickness,  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star,  and 
the  colours  are  changed.  Machine  perforated  11|  to  15|  compound.  (IlhistratioH 
248.) 

(1871)  Id.,  black  (shades). 

(1876)  4d.,  dark  blue        (     „ 

(1871)  6d.,  dark  green      (     „ 

(1872)  Is.,  dvdl  rose-red   (     „ 

(1873)  Is.,  lilac-rose  (     „ 
Variety.     Imperforate  vertically. 

Id.,  black. 

Issue  V.    January,  1877. 

Two  values.  Changed  in  colour,  but  the  design  remains  as  before.  The  stamps 
are   watermarked   with   a  sis-rayed   star,  and  are  machine   perforated  11 1  to  15 

compound.     (Illustration  248.) 

6d.,  pale  green  (shades). 
Is.,  vermilion   (     „      ) 

Issue  VI.   1880. 

One  value.  Engraved  and  printed  in  taille-douce  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co., 
on  white  wove  star  watermarked  paper.  Yellowish  gum.  Machine  perforated  12. 
Design :  In  the  centre  of  the  stamp  on  an  engine-turned  backgrormd,  are  the  arms  of 
the  Island,  and  above  them  a  royal  crown  with  scroU  beneath  it,  with  the  motto,  pax 
EI  jusTiTiA,  in  small  coloured  block  letters.  The  central  vignettes  are  enframed  by  a 
white  oval  band  inscribed  in  coloured  block  letters,  an  ornament  at  either  side 
separating  the  two  inscriptions.  The  side  borders  are  reticulated  and  two  plain 
outer  coloured  lines  complete  the  design.  Shape,  large  upright  rectangular. 
(Illustration  250.) 

T.    "  ST.  VIKCENT."        B.    "  FIVE    SHILLINGS," 

5s.,  rose-red  (shades). 

Issue  VII.    May,  1880. 

One  value.  In  May,  1880,  owing  to  the  stock  of  one  penny  labels  being  exhausted, 
recourse  was  had  to  a  provisional,  which  was  formed  by  perforating  the  six  pence 
dark  green  of  1871  vertically  down  the  centre,  and  surcharging  each  half  f-  in 
vermilion,  the  numeral  being  8|  mm.  in  height.  The  central  perforation  is  clean  cut 
and  measures  12.     (Illustration  249.J 

Id,,  vermilion  surchai-ge,  on  right  half  of  6d.  dark  greeni 
Id.,  vermUiou  surcharge,  on  left  half  of  6d,  dark  green. 


134  ST.    VINCENT. 

Issue  VIII.   June,  1880. 

Two  vahies.  Of  the  design  of  the  first  issue  ijriuted  upon  star  watermarked 
paper;  machine  perforated  ll^.     {lUustraiion  2-18.) 

Id.,  pale  olive-green        (shades). 
6d.,  bright  yellow-green  (     „      ) 

Issue  IX.    September  to  December,  1881. 

Three  values.  In  1881,  St.  Yincent  joined  the  Postal  Union,  and  a  new  value 
was  required,  viz.  :  one  halfpenny  to  make  up  the  Inter-Island  rate  of  two  pence 
halfpennj',  whilst  the  disused  four  penny  value  again  became  necessary.  In  September, 
1881,  a  provisional  halfpenny  was  made  after  the  same  fashion  as  the  one  penny  of 
May,  1880,  by  perforating  the  six  pence  of  1880,  vertically  down  the  centre,  and 
.surcharging  each  half  f  in  vermilion  16^  mm.  in  height.  The  central  perforation 
measures  12.  Pending  the  arrival  of  new  four  penny  stamps  from  England,  a  few  of 
the  blue  labels  of  this  value  were  used.  The  small  stock  of  the  old  four  penny  stamps 
having  been  exhausted  before  the  new  ones  arrived,  a  provisionalfoTirpenny  was  made 
in  November,  1881,  by  surcharging  the  current  one  shiEing  vermilion  across  the  centre 
4d.  in  black,  both  numeral  and  letter  measuring  8^  mm.  in  height.  The  original 
value  is  obliterated  by  a  thick  black  bar. 

About  the  same  time,  the  olive-green  penny  stamps,  the  colour  of  which  it  had 
been  decided  to  change,  were  exhausted.  Prior  to  the  arrival  of  the  new  ones,  a 
provisional  stamp  of  this  value  was  formed  by  obliterating  the  original  value  of  the 
current  six  pence  with  a  black  bar  and  surcharging  it  above  in  black  block  letters 
2  mm.  in  height  one  penny,  the  surcharge  extending  174  mm.  across  the  stamp. 
(Ilhisiratiom  251,  252,  253.) 

(Sept.,  1881)  ^d.,  vermilion  surcharge,  on  right  half  of  6d.  bright  yelluw-green. 
■jtl.,        „  ,,  ,,    leit       ,,     ,,  Dcl.     ,,  ,,        ,, 

(Dec.,  1881)   Id.,  black  ,.  „     6d.  bright  yeUow-green. 

(Nov.,  1881)  4d.,     „  „  „     Is.  vermilion. 

Varietif.     The  numeral  1  on  the  halfpenny  is  sometimes  found  with  a  straight 
instead  of  a  curved  "  serif." 

Issue  X.    End  of  1881. 

Three  %>ahies.  Engraved  and  printed  in  taiUe-douce  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.,  on  white  wove  paper  watermarked  with  the  old  six-rayed  star  of  the  pre- 
ceding issues.  Yellowish  gum.  Machine  perforated  12  for  the  halfpenny,  llj  for 
the  other  two  values.  Designs  :  That  of  the  halfpenny  comprises  a  diademed  i)roiile 
of  Queen  Yictoria  to  left,  within  an  ornamental  engine-turned  oval,  cut  at  the  top 
and  bottom  by  straight  labels  of  solid  colour  inscribed  in  white  block  letters.  The 
corners  contain  white  square  blocks  with  star-like  ornaments,  and  the  remainder  of 
the  stamp  is  filled  in  with  reticulations.  Shape,  smaU  upright  rectangular.  The  one 
penny  and  four  pence  are  of  the  old  design.     (Ilhtsi rations  248,  254.) 

T.   "  SI.  VINCENT."       B.  "  HALFPENNY."       "  ONE  PENNY."       "  rOUE    PENCE." 

|d.,  orange  (shades). 
Id.,  drab  (  „  ) 
4d.,  bright  ultramarine  (shades). 

liemarls. — The  paper  used  for  the  halfpenny  was  the  same  as  that  employed  for 
the  other  values.'  The  stamp  being  smaller,  the  watermarks  are  found  irregularlj' 
disposed  in  respect  of  some  of  the  stamps. 


ST.    riNGENT.  135 

Issue  XI.  1883. 
Three  values.  Printed  bj'  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of  London,  from  the  plates 
constructed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  The  paper  is  slightly  surfaced  white 
wove,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  and  the  stamps  are  machine  perforated  14.  The  new 
value,  the  two  pence  halfpenny,  is  made  by  printing  a  stamp  from  the  old  one  penny 
plate  in  a  new  colour,  obliterating  the  value  by  a  black  bar,  and  adding  a  surcharge 
above  of  21  pence  in  black  block  letters,  3|  mm.  in  height  and  15|  mm.  in  length. 
{Illustrations  248,  255.) 

Id.,  drab  (shades). 
2Jd.,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  carmine-lake. 
4d.,  bright  ultramarine  (shades). 

Issue  XII.  End  1883  to  1884. 

Foxir  values.  Printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  from  the  plates  constructed 
by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  The  paper  is  slightly  surfaced  white  wove, 
watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  and  the  stamps  are  machine  perforated  12.  The  Half- 
penny was  not  issued  until  towards  the  end  of  1884.     {Illustrations  248,  254.) 

Id.,  green. 

4d.,  ultramarine,  dark  blue  (shades). 

6d.,  bright  yellow-green        (     ,,       ) 

Is.,  orange-vermiHon  (     „       ) 

Bemarl-s. — The  plate  of  the  halfpenny  did  not  fit  the  "  Ci'own  C.A."  paper  used 
by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  and  on  inspecting  an  entire  sheet  one  row  of  the 
stamps  wiU  be  found  watermarked  with  letters  forming  the  words  ceowjST  agents. 

Issue  XIII.    March,  1885. 

Orw  value.  Issued  provisional!}',  pending  a  fresh  supply  of  one  pennj'  labels. 
The  required  value  was  obtained  by  surcharging  the  2|  pence  of  Issue  XI.  Id  in 
black,  the  numeral  measuring  8|  mm.  in  height,  and  the  surcharge  2|  pence  being 
obliterated  by  two  narrow  black  bars.     (Illustration  256.J 

Id,,  black  surcharge,  on  2gd.,  on  Id.,  carmine-lake. 

Issue  XIV.    1885-1886. 

Three  values.  The  designs  are  those  of  the  previous  issues.  Printed  by  Messrs. 
De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  slightly  surfaced  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown 
C.A.     Machine  perforated  14.     {Illustrations  248,  254.) 

(1886)  id.,  green. 

(1885)  Id.,  carmine-red. 

(1886)  Id.,  pink. 

(1886)  4d.,  reddish-chocolate  (shades). 
(1886)  4d.,  dark  puce-brown    (     „      ) 

EemarJcs. — In  1887,  some  of  the  stamps  surcharged  "  Revenue  "  were  chronicled 
as  having  done  postal  duty.  Although  copies  are  known  purporting  to  bear  post- 
marks, the  obliterations  are  probably  fraudulent,  as  "  Revenue  "  stamps  have  never 
been  allowed  to  prepay  postage  in  this  Colony. 

Issue  XV.    1888-1889. 

Three  values.  Printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  similar  paper  to 
the  previous  issues,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  Machine  perforated  14.  The  five 
shillings  is  printed  from  the  plate  constructed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  and 


136  ST.    VINCENT. 

the  design  of  the  other  values  is  imchaiigefl.  The  two  pence  halfpennj-  is  produced 
from  the  one  penny  die,  in  the  same  way  as  the  corresponding  vahie  of  Issue  XI. 
{I Jhisi rations  248,  250,  255.) 

(1889)  2id.,  black  surcharge,'on  Id.  pale  blue. 

(1888)     6d.,  purple. 

(1888)    6s.,  deep  crimson. 

Issue  XVI.    August,  1890. 
One  value.     The  four  pence  dark  puce  brown  of  Issue  XIV.,  surcharged  in  the 
Colony,  for  provisional  use  as  two  pence  halfpenny.     The  surcharge  consists   of  the 
numerals  "2|,"  a  letter  "d"  in  lower  case  Roman  type,  and  a  black  bar  obliterating 
the  original  value  of  the  stamp.      (Ilhistration  257.) 

2^d.,  black  surcliarge,  on  4d.  dark  puce-bro^vn  (sliades). 
Memarks. — The  position  of  the  fractional  line  of  the   surcharge  "  |  "  varies  on 
different  stamps,  and  the  line  is  sometimes  found  omitted  altogether. 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.    January,  1882. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size,  121x87  mm.,  or  4ixll?  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as 
that  of  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  of  the  inscription 
reads  st.  vincent  (st.  vincent),  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top  of  the  stamp 
is  changed.     {Ilhistration  246.) 

l^d.,  liglit  browni  (shades). 

Issue  II.    February,  1884. 

Two  values.  Designed  and  printed  Ijy  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size,  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  design  is  similar  to  the 
second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  with  the  exception  of  tlie  modification  of  the  name  of 
the  Colonj',  mentioned  above.     (Ilhistration  247.) 

Id.,  carmine        (slight  shades). 
lid.,  dark  brown  (      „        »      ) 


TOBAGO. 


PEELIMINAKY   NOTES. 

By  E.  V.  BACON. 

The  first  stamps  issued  in  the  Island  of  Tobago  were  employed  for  fiscal  purposes, 
and  on  reference  to  The  Tobago  Gazette  for  June  6th,  1879,  we  shall  see  they  came 
into  use  on  the  1st  July  of  that  year. 

goveenmejstt  notice. 

STAMPS. 
"  Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  '  Stamp  Ordinance '  will  come  into 
operation  on  the  1st  day  of  Jvily  next. 

"  The  attention  of  the  Public  is  caUed  to  the  provisions  of  this  Law. 
"  Under  it  a  number  of  documents  will  be   invahd  unless  they  are 
properly  stamped. 

"  By  His  Excellency's  command, 

"  (Signed)  H.  L.  Btog, 

"  Col.  Secretary. 
"  CoiONiAi  Secretaky's  OrricE,  Zrd  June,  1879." 

These  stamps,  which  consisted  of  the  values  of  one  penny,  three  pence,  six 
pence,  one  shilling,  five  shillings,  and  one  pound,  were  shortly  afterwards  issued 
provisionally  for  postal  service  until  a  fresh  supply,  bearing  the  distinctive  mark  of 
"  Postage,"  could  be  obtained  from  England.  The  postal  issue  took  place  on  the  1st 
August,  1879,  in  accordance  with  the  following  notice  found  in  The  Gazette  of  July 
18th. 

GOVEENMENT  NOTICE. 
"  Post  Ofmce, 

"  ScAKBOKOUGH,  2nd  July,  1879. 
"Notice  is  hereby  given  that  from  and  after  the  1st  of  August  next, 
all  letters,  newspapers,  and  other  articles  transmissible  by  Post  must  be 
prepaid  by  having  Postage  Stamps  of  the  proper  value  affixed  thereto. 

"  Postage  Stamps  of  the  various  values  are  now  on  sale  at  the  Treasury, 
and  a  supply  will  in  future  be  kept  at  this  office. 

"  (Signed)  Kobt.  W.  McEachnie. 

"Acting  Postmaster.'" 
These  provisional  postage  stamps  continued  in  use  until  the  end  of  the  year,  1880, 
the  new  set  with  the  word  "  Postage  "  upon  them  being  issued  on  the  20th  December 
of  that  year,  as  the  notice  published  in  The  Gazette  of  November  6th,  1880,  shows. 

NOTICE 
"  Is  HEREBY  GIVEN  that   On   and   after  the   1st  January,   1881,  the. 
Stamps  now  in  use  in  this  Colony  are  to  be  applied  solely  to  the  purposes 
specified  in  the  Schedule  of  the  '  Stamp  Ordinance,  1879.' 

"  On  and  after  the  20th  December  next  Stamps  having  the  word 
'  Postage '  on  them  may  be  obtained  at  the  Post  Office,  Scarborough,  for 
postal   purposes ;    and  on  and    after  the   1st  January,  1881,  no  letters, 

T 


138  TOBAGO. 

papers,  books,  or  other  parcels,  will  be  considered  prepaid  if  stamped  with 
other  than  the  '  Postage  Stamps.' 

"  By  His  Honor's  command, 

"(Signed)  L.  G.  Hay, 

"  Treasurer. 
"  Treasurer's  Office,  5th  November,  1880." 
The  above  notice  clearly  proves  that  the  five  shillings  and  cue  pound  fiscal  stamps, 
watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  which  are  usually  catalogued  as  having  been  used  for  postage, 
were  not  available  for  the  latter  service.  This  is  further  borne  out  by  a  letter  I 
have  received  from  the  present  Postmaster  of  Tobago,  Mr.  A.  L.  Marshall,  who  writes, 
"  It  has  rarely  happened  that  some  of  the  peasantry,  through  ignorance,  have  applied 
fiscal  stamps  to  their  letters,  and  this  perhaps  may  account  for  the  belief  sometimes 
that  they  are  used  for  postal,  as  well  as  fiscal  purposes,  but  they  are  not."  In  face 
of  these  statements,  these  two  stamps  have  no  right  whatever  to  be  included  in  a 
catalogue  of  the  postage  labels,  and  ought  for  the  future  to  be  expunged  from  all  such 
lists.  Mr.  Marshall  further  informs  me  that  the  provisional  one  penny,  formed  of  half 
a  sixpenny  stamp  surcharged  by  hand  with  pen  and  ink,  issued  in  1880,  was  distinctly 
made  for  postal  use,  but  inasmuch  as  at  that  date  the  same  stamps  were  used  for  fiscal 
purposes,  this  provisional  was  probably  employed  for  both  branches  of  the  service. 
No  notice  appeared  in  The  Gazette  of  this,  or  of  any  of  the  other  provisionals  issued 
ill  after  years.  Mr.  Marshall  tells  me  the  later  provisionals  were  all  surcharged  at 
the  Government  Printing  Oflice  in  Scarborough,  and  he  thinks  that  not  more  than 
four  or  five  hundred,  if  so  many,  were  issued  of  any  one  variety. 

The  following  list  of  the  Inland  Postal  Hales  of  the  Island  is  found  in   The 
Gazette  of  November  5th,  1880, 

LETTERS. 

Not  exceeding  i  an  ounce  One  Penny. 

Exceeding  i  ounce  and  not  exceeding  1  ounce         ...     Two  Pence. 
And  for  every  additional  i  ounce         One  Penny. 

BOOK  PACKETS. 

For  every  2  ounces,  or  part  of  2  ounces  Two  Pence. 

And  for  every  additional  2  ounces  or  part  thereof   ...     Two  Pence. 

NEWSPAPERS. 

For  every  paper One  Penny. 

And  The  Gazette  for  December  10th,  1S8U,  contains  the  following  :— 
POST   OPFICE  NOTICE. 
"Arrangements  having  been  entered  into  for  the  adhesion  of  this 
Colony  to  the  International  Postal  Union  on  and  from  the  1st  January, 
1 881  ;  Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  following  rates  of  postage  will   bo 
payable  from  that  date  on  all  letters,  newspapers,  and  book  packets  posted 
to  any  of  the  Countries  ivitliin  the  Postal  Union  :— 
BY  ANY  ROUTE. 

Letters 4d.  per  j  ounce. 

Postcards         Ijd.  each. 

Newspapers       Id.  per  4  ounces. 

Printed  papers  and  patterns Id.  per  2  ounces. 

Commercial  papers — The  same  as  for  printed  papers,  but  with 

minimum  charge  of  25d. 
By  command, 
"(Signed)  S.  F.  Fitzck, 

„  "  Pustinaster. 

"  Post  Officb,  6th  December,  1880." 


TOBAGO.  139 

In  accordance  with  the  1  erms  of  the  latter  notice,  the  halfpenny  and  four  penny 
adhesives,  and  the  three  halfpenny  card,  should  have  been  issued  on  January  Ist^ 
1881,  but  it  is,  of  course,  possible  they  did  not  arrive  in  the  Island  until  shortly 
after  that  date. 

The  nest  notice  is  taken  from  The  Gazette  of  December  16th,  1881. 

POST  OFFICE  NOTICE. 
"  The  British  Islands  of  Barbados,  Saint  Vincent,  Grenada,  Trinidad, 
Saint  Lucia,  and  Dominica,  and  the  French  Islands  of  Martinique  and 
Guadeloupe  being  300  nautical  miles  of  this  Island,  the  Postage  on  Corre- 
spondence and  Mail  Matter  addressed  to  those  Islands  vJll  in  accord- 
ance mth  the  Postal  Union  Convention  be  as  under  : — 

Letters  2jd.  per  J  oz. 
Postcards,  Id.  each. 
Newspapers,  ^d.  each. 

"  (Signed)  S.  F.  Fitzck, 

"  Postmaster. 
"  General  Post  Office,  I5th  December,  1881." 
And  the  following  appeared  in  The  Gazette  of  March  10th,  1882. 

POST   OFFICE  NOTICE. 
"  In  accordance  with  the  Postal  Union  Convention,  the  Postage  on 
Correspondence  addressed  to  the  Island  of  Dominica  is  at  the  rate  of  4d. 
per  ^  oz.,  and  not  at  the  rate  of  1\A..  per  \  oz.,  as  stated  in  my  notice  of 
the  15th  December,  1881. 

"  (Signed)  S.  F.  Fitzck, 

"  Postmaster. 
"  General   Post  Office,  7th  March,  1882." 

From  the  first  of  these  two  notices,  we  see  that  postcards  of  one  penny  each 
should  have  been  issued,  but,  strange  to  say,  in  face  of  this  announcement,  no  card  of 
this  value  has  ever  been  brought  into  use. 

The  notification  of  the  issue  of  the  reply  three  halfpenny  post  card  may  be  found 
in  Tlie  Gazette  of  August  10th,  1883. 

POST  OFFICE  NOTICE. 

"  Reply   post   cards  available  for  Countries  included  in  the  Postal 

Union  may  now  be  obtained  at  the  Post  Cilice ;  the  cost  of  a  packet  of 

these  cards  is  Is.   8d. — each  packet  contains  6  Reply  Post  Cards.     The 

price  of  a  packet  containing  10  single  Post  Cards  has  been  reduced  to  Is.  4d. 

"  (Signed)  S.  F.  Fitzck, 

"  Postmaster. 
"  General  Post  Office,  Wth  August,  1883." 

The  price  of  the  single  three  halfpenny  cards  was  still  further  reduced  in  1886, 
as  the  following  "  Order,"  taken  from  The  Gazette  of  August  20th  of  that  year  proves. 

ORDER-IN-COUNCIL. 

"  It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  Order-in-Conncil  dated  the  10th  of 

August,  1883,  fixing  the  price  of  Post  Cards  at  one  shilling  and  four  pence 

per  packet  of  10  cards,  be  cancelled,  and  that  in  future  Post  Cards  be  sold 

singly  at  the  Post  Office  at  one  penny  halfpenny  a  piece  and  to  Stamp  ■ 

Vendors  at  one  shilling  and  three  pence  per  packet  of  ten. 

"  (Signed)  G.  C.  M.  Sealy, 

"  Acting  Clerk  to  the  Councils. 
"  letk  August,  1886." 


140  TOBAGO. 

REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  THILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    August  1st,  1879. 

Six  values.  Engraved  and  sui-face-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of 
London,  upon  medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  CO.  White 
gum,  machine  perforated  14.  Design:  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  loft 
upon  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  a  circular  band  of  solid  colour,  which 
touches  the  top,  right,  and  left  sides  of  the  stamp.  The  band  is  inscribed  at  the  top 
with  the  name  of  the  Colony,  in  white  block  letters,  the  lower  half  being  ornamented 
by  a  white  foliate  pattern.  Straight  white  label,  the  width  of  the  stamp,  below  the 
band,  inscribed  with  the  value  in  words  in  coloured  block  letters.  The  spandrels 
contain  conventional  ornaments,  and  a  plain  outer  line  of  colour  completes  the  design. 
Shape  upright  rectangular.     (Illustration  258.) 

T.    "TOBAGO."       B.     "  ONE    PENNY."       "  THREE    PENCE."       "  SIX    PENCE."       "ONE    SHILLINU." 
"  FIVE  SHILLINGS."       "  ONE  POUND." 

Id.,  rose  (shades). 

3d.,  blue  (     „      ) 

6d.,  duU  orange  (     „       ) 
Is.,  green  (     „       ) 

5s.,  grey-black   (     ,,       ) 
£1,  mauve  (     ?>       ) 

Bemarls. — These  stamps  were  prepared  for  fiscal  purposes,  but  pending  the 
arrival  of  distinctive  postage  labels,  were  issued  by  the  Post  Office  for  the  prepayment 
of  letters. 

Issue  II.    November,  1880. 

One  value.  Being  the  six  pence  of  Issue  I.  used  provisionally  as  a  one  penny 
value.  The  stamp  was  divided  vertically  down  the  centre,  and  each  half  surcharged 
"  Id.  "  with  pen  and  ink.     {Ilhistration  259.) 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  right  half  of  6d.,  duU  orange. 

Id.,     „  „        „     left      „     „    6d.,     „        „ 

Issue  III.    December  20th,  1880. 

Five  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon 
medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.  White  gum,  machine  perforated 
14.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that  of  Issue  I.,  but  the  word  postage  is  introduced 
into  the  lower  curve  of  the  circular  band  in  white  block  letters,  replacing  the  white 
foliate  pattern.  A  star-shaped  ornament  at  either  side  separates  the  word  postage 
from  the  name  of  the  Colony.     (Illustration  260.) 

T,  "  TOBAGO,"        B.   "  POSTAGE,  HALFPENNY."        "  ONE    PENNY."        "  FOTTE    PENCE." 
"  SIX    PENCE."  "  ONE    SHILLING." 

Jd.,  brown-lilac  (shades). 
Id.,  red-brown  (  „  ) 
4d.,  yellow-green  (  „  ) 
6d.,  stone-brown  (  „  ) 
Is.,  yellow-ochre  (     „      ) 


Variety,     Imperforate. 


Is.,  yellow-ochre. 


Issue  IV.    April,  1883. 
One  value.     The  six  pence  of  Issue  III.  surcharged  for  provisional  use  as  two 
pence  halfpenny.     The  surcharge  consists  of  "  2|  pence  "  in  a  straight  line  across 


TOBAGO.  141 

the  stamp,  measuring  16  mm.  iu  length.  The  chief  numeral  "2  "  is  4  mm.,  and  the 
letters  of  the  word  pence,  which  is  in  Roman  capitals,  2|  mm.  iu  height.  {1  Ihistration 
261.) 

2gd ,  black  surcharge,  on  6d.  stone-brown. 

Issue  V.    1882-1884. 

i'ii'g  vahies.  Engraved  and  surfaced-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co., 
upon  medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  Yellowish  and  white 
gum,  machine  perforated  14.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that  of  Issue  III.,  the  new 
value  of  two  pence  halfpenny  being  inscribed  "  2i  penny."     {Ilustrations  260,  262.) 

(1883)  Jd.,  brown-hlac    (shades). 
(May,  1882)     Id.,  red-brown      (     „ 
(End  1883)   2id.,  ultramarine  (     „ 

(1884)  4d.,  yeUow-green  (     „ 
(1884)  6d.,  stone-brown  (     „ 

Variety.     Imperforate. 

(1884)  6d.,  stone-brown. 

Remarlcs. — M.  Moens  states  in  the  Timhre-Poste  for  November,  1883,  that  one 
of  his  correspondents  has  the  one  penny  of  this  issue  postmarked.  May,  1882. 

Issue  VI.    May  1st,  1885. 

One  value.  The  four  pence  of  Issue  V.  changed  in  colour.  The  watermark  is 
Crown  C.A.,  and  the  perforation  14.     {Illustration  260.) 

4d.,  pearl-grey  (shades) 

Issue  VII.   1886. 

One  value.     The  sis  pence  and  two  pence  halfpenny  of  Issue  V.  surcharged  for 

provisional  use  as  halfpenny  stamps.     The  surcharge  consists  of  "  i  penny  "  in  a 

straight  line  across  the  stamp  measuring  13|   mm.  in  length.      The  letters  of   the 

word  PENNY,  which  is  in  Roman  capitals,  are  2^  mm.  in  height.     {Ilhistration  263.) 

(January,  1886)  |d.,  black  surcharge,  on  6d.,  stone-brown. 

(April,  1886)        ^d.,     „  „  „    2^d.,  ultramarine. 

Varieties,  a.     The  surcharge  is  found  inverted  on  the  six  pence. 

i.  ITnsevered  vertical  pairs  of  the  halfpenny  on  two  pence  halfpenny, 
are  found  without  the  surcharge  on  the  lower  stamp.  It  is  probable  that  some  if  not 
all  the  stamps  in  the  bottom  row  of  the  sheet  accidentally  failed  to  receive  the 
surcharge. 

Issue  VIII.   1886. 

Three  values.     The  same  as   the   stamps  of   Issue  V.,  but  with   the   colours 

changed.     The  watermark  is  Crown  C.A.,  and  the  perforation  14.     {Illustration  260.) 

(August,  1886)  id.,  green  (shades). 

(January,  1886)      Id.,  carmine-rose  (     „      ) 

(November,  1886)    6d ,  orange  ■(     „      ) 

Issue  IX.   1889. 

Two  values.  The  two  pence  halfpenny  and  six  pence  of  issues  V.  and  VIII., 
respectively,  surcharged  for  provisional  use.  The  surcharge  on  the  two  pence  half- 
penny consists  of  "  1  PENNY,"  in  a  straight  line  across  the  stamp,  measuring  13| 
mm.  in  length.  The  numeral  1  measures  4  mm.,  and  the  letters  of  the  word  penny, 
which  is  in  Roman  capitals  2^  mm.  in  height.  The  surcharge  on  the  six  pence  is  the 
same  as  that  for  Issue  VII.     {Illustrations  263,  264.) 

(July,  1889)  Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  2^d.,  ultramarine. 

(Oct.     „     )  |d.,     „  „  „   6d.,  orange. 


142  TOBAGO. 


POSTCARD. 


Issue  I.  January  1st  (?),  1881. 
One  valve.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Hue  and  Co.,  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size,  121x87  mm.,  or  4ix3f  inclies.  The  design  is  the  same  as 
that  for  the  first  issued  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  Une  of  the  inscription 
is  replaced  by  tobago  (tabagoJ,  and  the  name  of  the  Colon}'  at  the  top  of  the  stamp 
is  changed.     ( Illustration  290.) 

lid.,  light  brown  (shades). 

Remarlcs. — A  one  penny  card  was  chronicled  in  some  of  the  Magazines  early  in 
1886,  and  is  also  mentioned  in  certain  dealers'  price  lists ;  but  no  card  of  this  value 
is  known  to  members  of  the  Society,  and  there  is  but  little  doubt  that  it  was 
catalogued  in  error. 


REPLY    PAID    CARD. 

Issue  I.  August  10th,  1883. 
One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that 
for  the  single  card  of  Issue  I.,  except  that  both  halves  have  an  additional  inscription 
similar  to  the  reply  paid  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  per- 
forated 4,  and  the  design  is  printed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.  (Illustration 
290.) 

l^d.  +  l^d..  light  brown  (slight  shades). 


TRINIDAD. 


PRELIMINARY    NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

Some  Eemaeks  on  the  Eaelibe  Stajips  op  this  Coiont. 

(A  Paper  read  lefore  ilie  Philatelic  Society  of  London,  January  17th,  1890,  and  re- 
printed from  "  Tlie  Philatelic  Record"  of  February,  1890.) 

Feom  the  earliest  days  of  collecting  the  stamps  of  Trinidad  have  alwaj's  presented 
more  difficulties  to  philatelists  than  those  of  any  other  of  the  British  West  Indies. 
The  two  most  important  points  in  connection  -with  their  history  that  require 
elucidation  are,  as  you  know,  the  following ;  (a)  What  were  the  franking  powers  of 
the  labels  without  expressed  values?  (6)  What  was  the  method  of  production 
employed  for  the  native-printed  stamps  ?  Both  questions  have  raised  much 
controversy  amongst  collectors,  and  many  divergent  opinions  are  held  upon  each ; 
they  practically,  however,  remain  unsolved  to  the  present  day.  The  object  of  this 
paper  is  to  try  and  throw  some  new  light  upon  the  general  history  of  these  stamps, 
more  particularly  with  reference  to  the  two  questions  I  have  named. 

As  far  back  as  April  last  I  commenced  collecting  together  what  materials  I  could 
find,  with  the  view  of  seeing  whether  it  was  possible  to  offer  any  reasonable 
explanation  of  the  difficulties  connected  with  these  stamps.  It  was  only  when  I  came 
to  search  through  the  philatelic  journals  for  papers  treating  on  these  subjects  that  I 
learnt  how  very  little  has  at  any  time  been  written  upon  the  stamps  of  this  Island, 
and  I  at  once  saw  I  should  not  get  much  assistance  from  that  source.  I  then 
addressed  a  letter  to  Mr.  J.  A.  Bulmer,  the  present  Postmaster-General  of  Trinidad, 
asking  him  for  certain  particulars  relating  to  the  issue  of  the  stamps.  In  his  reply 
he  says :  "  I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you  that  my  appointment  to  this  Colony  as 
Postmaster-General  only  dates  back  to  1883,  and  that  there  are  absolutely  no  official 
records  of  the  postage  stamps,  &c.,  issued  for  any  period  prior  to  that  time.  I  have 
forwarded  your  letter  to  the  persons  long  resident  in  the  Colony  who  have  taken  an 
interest  in  the  collection  of  postage  stamps,  and  I  now  enclose  the  reply  of  Mr. 
Taylor,  one  of  the  best  informed  persons  in  Trinidad  on  such  matters."  Thanks 
to  Mr.  Bulmer's  courtesy,  his  letter  put  me  in  correspondence  with  Mr.  Taylor,  and 
he  and  I  have  been  in  constant  communication  ever  since.  Mr.  James  Graham 
Taylor,  the  gentleman  referred  to  in  Mr.  Bulmer's  letter,  has  been  a  stamp  collector 
for  many  years,  and  he  at  once  became  interested  in  the  investigation  I  had  begun. 
He  has  devoted  a  great  deal  of  his  leisure  during  the  last  few  months  in  endeavouring 
to  obtain  as  full  and  complete  replies  as  possible  to  the  various  questions  I  addressed 
to  him  at  different  periods,  and  I  am  indebted  to  him  for  much  of  the  new  information 
I  am  able  to  lay  before  you  this  evening. 


144  TRINIDAD. 

The  inland  postal  service  of  the  island  was  first  commenced  in  the  year  1851 
the  Ordinance  establishing  the  post  being  published  in  The  Trinidad  Royal  Gazette, 
for  April  16th  of  that  j-ear.     I  take  the  following  clauses  from  that  document : — 

"  Trinidad,  ith  April,  1851. 

"  An  Ordinance  for  EstabNs/iinff  an  Inland  Post  and  Kates  of  Postage 

ivithin  the  Colony. 
"  II.  And  be  it  enacted,  Tliat  there  shall  be  one  General  Post  Office  in 
the  Town  of  Port  of  Spain,  where  letters  may  be  received  from  all  places 
within  the  colony  and  parts  out  of  the  colony,  and  whence  all  letters  may 
be  despatched  to  all  places  within  the  colony  and  to  all  parts  out  of  the 
colony. 

"  VIII.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  on  every  letter  arriving  in  this  colony 
from  any  place  beyond  the  limits  of  the  colony,  if  delivered  from  the 
General  Post  Office  in  Port  of  Spain,  and  on  every  letter  posted  at  the 
General  Post  Office  in  Port  of  Spain  for  transmission  to  any  place  beyond 
tlie  hmits  of  the  colony,  there  shall  be  charged  and  shall  be  paid  to  Her 
Majesty  for  the  use  of  the  colony  one  uniform  rate  of  one  penny. 

"  IX.  And  be  it  enacted,  that  the  postage  payable  on  aU  letters 
arriving  in  tliis  colony  from  any  place  beyond  tlie  limits  of  this  colony  shall 
be  paid  Viy  the  person  to  whom  the  same  may  be  addressed  on  the  delivery 
of  the  same  to  liim. 

"  X.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  letters  arriving  in  tliis  colony  from 
any  place  beyond  the  hmits  of  this  colony,  and  delivered  from  any  post 
office  except  the  General  Post  Office  in  Port  of  Spain,  and  all  letters  posted 
at  any  post  office  in  this  colony  except  the  General  Post  Office  in  Port  of 
Spain,  for  transmission  to  any  place  beyond  the  limits  of  this  colony,  and 
all  letters  transmitted  by  the  post  from  any  one  place  to  any  other  place 
within  the  hmits  of  this  colony,  shall  be  charged  by  weight,  according  to 
the  following  scale ,  and  the  several  numbers  of  rates  of  postage  herein- 
after set  forth  shall  be  charged,  and  shall  be  paid  to  Her  Majesty  for  the 
use  of  the  colony  on  all  such  letters ;  that  is  to  say,  on  every  letter  not 
exceeding  half  an  ounce  in  weight,  one  rate  of  postage  ;  on  every  letter 
exceeding  half  an  ounce  and  not  exceeding  one  ounce  in  weight,  two  rates 
of  postage ;  on  every  letter  exceeding  one  ounce  and  not  exceeding  two 
ounces  in  weight,  four  rates  of  postage ;  on  every  letter  exceeding  two 
ounces  and  not  exceeding  three  ounces  in  weight,  six  rates  of  postage ;  and 
on  every  letter  exceeding  three  ounces  and  not  exceeding  four  ounces  in 
weight,  eight  rates  of  postage  ;  and  for  every  ounce  in  weight  above  tlie 
weight  of  four  ounces  tliere  shall  be  charged  and  taken  two  additional 
rates  of  postage  ;  and  every  fraction  of  an  ounce  above  the  weight  of  four 
ounces  shall  be  charged  as  one  additional  ounce.  And  on  aU  such  letters 
there  shall  be  paid  the  following  rates  of  postage  ;  that  is  to  say,  on  every 
letter  not  exceeding  half  an  ounce  in  weight,  one  uniform  rate  of  one 
penny ;  and  on  every  letter  excelling  half  an  ounce  in  weight,  progressive 
and  additional  rates  of  postage  (each  additional  rate  being  estimated  at 
one  penny),  according  to  the  scale  of  weight  and  number  of  rates  herein- 
before fixed  and  declared. 

"  XI.  Provided  always,  and  be  it  enacted,  Tliat  as  regards  all  letters 
posted  at  any  post  office  within  this  colony,  all  such  letters  when  posted 
shall  have  thereon  or  affixed  thereto  a  stamp  or  stamps  to  the  amount  of 
the  rates  of  postage  payable  on  the  same  under  this  Ordinance ;  and  in  all 
cases  in  which  any  letter  shall  be  posted  at  any  post  office  within  tliis  colony 
without  having  thereon  or  affixed  thereto  such  stamp  or  stamps,  or  having 
thereon  or  affixed  thereto  any  stamp  or  stamps,  the  value  or  amount  of 


-One  Penny, 


TEINIDAD.  145 

which  shall  be  less  than  the  rate  of  postage,  to  which  such  letter  would  be 
liable  under  this  Ordinance,  such  letter  shall  not  in  any  case  be  forwarded 
by  the  post,  but  shall  if  posted  at  any  other  office  than  the  General  Post 
Office  be  transmitted  to  such  General  Post  Office,  and  shall  so  far  as  may 
be  practicable  be  returned  to  the  sender  thereof. 

"  XII.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  Governor  shall  from  time  to  time 
provide  proper  and  sufficient  dies  or  other  implements  for  expressing  and 
denoting  rates  or  duties  of  one  penny  and  two  pence,  or  rates  or  duties  of 
any  other  value  or  amount  as  the  Governor  shall  see  fit  for  the  purposes 
herein  mentioned  ;  and  stamps  shall  be  made  or  impressed  from  such  dies 
or  other  implements  as  the  Governor  shall  from  time  to  tune  by  writing 
under  his  hpjid  direct. 

"  XIII.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Governor  to 
appoint  such  persons  as  he  shall  see  fit  to  retail  the  stamps  denoting  the 
duties  of  postage  on  letters. 

"  XIV.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  printed  newspapers  may  be  sent  free 
of  postage,  or  liable  to  postage  according  to  the  rates  and  regulations  here- 
inafter set  forth  ;  that  is  to  say  :  — 
"  Printed  British  and  Foreign  Newspapers  brought  to  Ij-^gg 

this  colony  by  packet  boats  or  private  sliips J 

"  Printed  British   or  Poreig-n  Newspapers   or    Island  ^ 

Newspapers  transmitted  by  post  from  any  one  place  vEach  One  Penny. 

to  any  other  place  witliin  this  colony J 

'■Island  Newspapers  sent  by  post  from  this  colony     ...  ^Free. 
"  Printed  Votes    and  Proceedings    of    the    Imperial " 

ParUament,     Periodical     Publications,     Pamphlets, 

Magazines,   Eeviews,  and  other    Publications  sent 

to  this  colony  by  packet,  if  delivered  at  the  General 

Post  Office,  in  Port  of  Spain     _ 

"  If  delivered   at  any  other  Post  Office,  and  if  not  Xq^^  Pennv 

exceeding  one  ounce       ...         ...         ...         ...         ...  J  •'' 

"If  exceeding  one  ounce,  for  every  ounce  beyond  that  \q^q  Pennv 

weight        /  ^' 

"  Patibrh"S  : 

"  Packets  or  covers  containing  patterns  or  samples, " 
being  open  at  the  sides,  and  not  exceeding  one 
ounce,  and  without  any  letter  or  writing  in,  upon, 
or  witliin  any  such  packet  or  cover,  other  than  the 
name  of  the  sender,  his  place  of  abode,  the  prices 
of  the  articles  contained  therein,  and  the  name  and 
address  of  the  person  to  whom  the  packet  or  cover 

shall  be  sent         •' ■ 

"  Letters  not  open  at  the  sides  containing  patterns  "I  m       p 
or  samples,  and  not  exceeding  one  ounce  in  weight . .  J  '         , 

"  XV.  And  be  it  enacted,  that  it  shall  not  be  compulsory  to  send  news- 
papers by  post. 

"  Passed  in  Council  this  Fourth  day  of  April,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
One  Thousand  Eight  Hundred  and  Fifty-one. 

"  (Signed)  Richakd  D.  Cadiz, 

"  Clerh  of  Council. 
"  The  foregoing  Ordinance  was   duly  proclaimed  by  me  in  Port  of 
■     Spain,  this  11th  day  of  April,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  Eight 
Hundred  and  Fifty-one. 

"(Signed)  W.  B.  Gould, 

"Marshal" 
Although,  as  we  see,  the  above  Ordinance  was  proclaimed  on  the  11th  April,  1851, 
Mr.  Taylor  informs   me  the  inland  postal  service  was  not  commenced  until  August 
14tli  of  that  year.     The  latter  would,  therefore,  be  the  correct  date  of  the  first  issued 


■One  Penny. 


146  TRINIDAD. 

stamps,  which  wc  know  were  those  without  expressed  values.  There  is  a  somewhat 
curious  incitlent  in  connection  with  the  date  of  this  issue,  which  I  am  unable  to  give 
a  satisfactory  explanation  of.  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  tell  me  they  sent  the 
first  supply  of  stamps  oiit  to  the  Island  on  December  21st,  1848,  and  a  second  lot  in 
Decemlii'r,  185t>,  so  the  authorities  must  have  had  a  stock  of  stamps  on  hand  long 
before  they  were  needed.  Why  they  should  order  a  second  lot  before  the  first  wore 
issued  ^\•ill  probably  remain  known  to  themselves  alone.  I  have  searched  The  Gazette 
for  the  years  1849  and  1851 1  in  vain  for  any  notice  of  the  issue  of  stamps  prior  to  1851. 

I  have  also  looked  through  The  Gazette  for  1847  and  1848  without  finding  any 
notice  or  even  reference  to  the  "  Lady  McLeod  "  local.  As  the  Inland  Postal  Service 
was  only  started  in  August,  1851,  the  stamp  ■was  probalily  employed  b)"  the  owners 
of  the  steamer  as  a  purely  private  means  of  franking  letters  carried  by  their  vessel 
between  the  towns  of  San  Fernando  and  Port  of  8i)ain,  and  had  no  connection  whatever 
with  the  Post  Office. 

Now  with  regard  to  the  much-disputed  question  of  the  postal  values  of  the  early 
stamps.  We  see  from  Clauses  YIII.  and  X.  of  the  Ordinance  that  there  was  one 
uniform  rate  of  One  Penny  for  the  transmission  of  half  ounce  letters  within  the  Island, 
and  a  similar  charge,  irrespective  of  weight  and  the  foreign  rate,  for  letters  forwarded 
to  or  despatched  from  places  outside  the  Colon)-,  when  those  letters  were  posted  at  or 
delivered  from  the  General  Post  Office  in  Port  of  Spain.  Clause  XII.  states  that  the 
Governor  shall  provide  One  Penny  and  Two  Pennj-  stamps,  or  such  other  stamps  as 
he  ma)'  find  reqiiisite  for  carrying  out  the  new  arrangements.  It  is  quite  obvious  no 
other  values  would  be  required  to  defray  the  new  rates  ;  in  fact  a  One  Penny  stamp 
was  all  that  was  really  necessary.  Foreign  letters,  as  was  usually  the  case  in  those 
days,  would  mostly  be  forwarded  unpaid,  provided  they  bore  a  colonial  Penny  stamp 
for  the  local  rate,  or  the  postage  would  be  defrayed  in  money,  for  it  was  not  until 
January  1st,  1859,  that  the  prepayment  of  letters  to  Great  Britain  was  made 
compulsory.  Now  entire  letters  are  known  with  the  red,  blue,  or  lilac  stamp  upon 
them  which  have  passed  between  two  to\vus  in  the  Island ;  and  I  have  before  me  three 
entire  letter-sheets  sent  from  the  Colony  to  Barbadoes.  One  of  the  latter  bears  the 
brown  stamp,  and  is  dated  Trinidad,  Nov.  27th,  1851  ;  the  second  has  a  blue  stamp 
of  the  first  issue,  and  is  postmarked  Trinidad,  October  28th,  1852 ;  and  the  third 
carries  a  grey  stamp,  and  the  postmark  Trinidad,  July  Kith,  1853.  Each  letter  has 
also  the  Barbadoes  postmark,  dated  two  days  later  than  the  Trinidad  one.  All  three 
letters  have  the  n\imeral  4  written  in  ink  on  the  face,  which  I  take  to  signify  the 
foreign  postage,  which  being  identical  in  each  instance  points  to  the  same  postal  value 
of  One  Penny  (the  local  Island  rate)  for  all  three  stamps.  Then  we  have  used  pairs 
and  blocks  of  the  blue  stamp,  the  late  Mr.  Tapling's  collection  containing  an 
unsevered  used  strip  of  five  of  the  native  printed  grey.  It  is  true  the  letters  with 
the  blue,  lilac,  and  grey  stamps  may  have  been  heavy  ones,  but  we  should 
remember  the  former  stamp,  if  it  only  represented  Two  Pence,  would  carry  an 
ounce  letter,  and  I  think  we  may  consider  this  a  slight  argument  against  a 
higher  value  for  this  stamp.  Let  us  next  see  what  help  Messrs.  Perkins 
Bacon  and  C'o. — the  printers  of  the  stamps — can  render  us.  I  have  had  one  or  two 
interviews  with  the  manager  and  other  members  of  this  firm  upon  the  subject  of  the 
different  values,  and  by  their  kindness  I  am  able  to  give  you  the  following  interesting 
information.  The  first  supply,  which,  as  I  have  already  stated,  was  sent  out  on 
December  21st,  1848,  consisted  of  blue  and  lilac  stamps,  no  values  being  given  in 
their  books.     These  were  followed  in  December,  1850,  with  blue  and  brown  ;  January 


TRINIDAD.  147 

1852,  blue  and  brown;  September,  1852,  One  Penny,  no  colour  given;  Febniary,  1853, 
red  and  blue;  September,  1853,  red;  February,  1854,  One  Penny,  red;  July,  1854, 
One  Penny,  purple ;  December,  31st,  1855,  and  December,  1st,  1856,  no  colours  or 
values  given  ;  June  24tli,  1857,  One  Penny,  red ;  and  a  further  supply  of  One  Penny, 
red,  stamps  on  each  of  the  following  dates  :  February  17th  and  October  26th,  1858  ;* 
April  and  August  5th,  1859 ;  March  24th,  1860,  and  so  on  to  1862.  You  wiU 
notice  there  were  never  more  than  two  colours  ordered  at  the  same  time,  and  these 
only  for  the  first  few  consignments,  which  is  certainly  strange  if  three  values  were 
wanted  for  the  service.  Taking  these  particulars  into  consideration,  with  what  I 
have  previously  said,  I  would  suggest  that  the  brown,  red,  lilac,  and  purple  stamps 
probably  each  represented  One  Penny  at  different  periods,  while  the  blue  may  have 
done  duty  during  the  first  year  for  Two  Pence,  but  afterwards  for  only  One  Penny. 
I  am  aware  in  making  this  suggestion  I  am  entirely  at  variance  with  all  former 
writers  upon  the  subject,  but  not  one  of  these,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  discover, 
had  any  good  reason  for  assigning  the  values  they  did — of  Six  Pence  to  the  blue  and 
One  Shilling  to  the  Ulac.  It  would  certainly  be  interesting  to  know  how  in  the 
first  instance  these  values  came  to  be  given  to  these  two  stamps.  The  earliest  work 
I  possess  that  gives  any  values  to  these  stamps  is  the  English  translation  of  M.  Moens' 
Catalogue  by  Dr.  C.  "W.  Viner,  published  in  1864.  In  this  book,  at  page  114,  the 
following  remarks  wUl  be  fouad :  "  Note. — The  value  of  the  red  stamp  is  1  penny, 
of  the  blues  6  pence,  of  the  others  1  shilling."  As  I  have  no  copy  of  the  French 
edition  from  which  the  translation  was  made,  I  am  unable  to  say  whether  this  note 
is  given  on  M.  Moens'  authority,  or  whether  it  was  added  by  the  editor.  Dr.  C.  "W. 
Viner.  If  on  the  former's,  M.  Moens  appears  to  be  now  more  undecided  upon  the 
subject,  as  in  the  sixth  edition  of  his  Catalogue  he  puts  a  note  of  interrogation  after 
all  except  the  red  stamp,  which  he  calls  One  Penny.  Several  writers  have  even  added 
a  fourth  value  to  the  first  issue — viz.,  Four  Pence — which  they  say  was  represented 
by  the  reddish-puce  stamp  on  "  blued "  paper.  I  think,  however,  the  majority  of 
collectors  are  now  agreed  no  such  value  existed  at  this  time,  and  that  the  variety  of 
colour  was  merely  an  early  shade  of  the  One  Penny.  I  feel  there  is  stUl  a  good  deal 
to  be  said  upon  this  difficult  question  of  the  values,  but  I  hope  you  wiU  consider  the 
suggestions  I  have  put  forward  are  worthy  of  some  consideration,  should  you  not 
think  them  sufficient  to  prove  my  contention.  At  any  rate,  the  information  of 
Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  if  they  have  made  no  mistake,  helps  to  prove  the 
pui-ple  stamp  was  One  Penny,  and  not  One  Shilling,  although  it  is  still  possible  this 
stamp  may  have  been  issued  as  some  other  value  during  a  portion  of  its  existence. 

I  maj'  add,  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  inform  me  that  the  same  plate  was 
used  for  printing  all  the  stamps  with  unexpressed  values.  The  plate  was  of  steel  and 
contained  110  stamps,  arranged  in  eleven  horizontal  rows  of  ten. 

We  will  now  pass  on  to  consider  the  native-printed  stamps.  These  stamps  were 
issued  at  different  periods  as  provisionals,  pending  a  fresh  supply  of  the  stamps  then 
in  use  from  England.  According  to  dated  specimens,  there  appear  to  have  been  at 
least  three  separate  issues  of  these  makeshifts.  The  first  took  place  apparently  in 
October,  1852  ;  the  second  at  the  end  of  1856  ;  and  the  third  towards  the  autumn  of 
1858.  The  earliest  copy  I  have  seen  to  which  a  date  can  be  assigned  is  one  of  the 
first  and  best  impressions  of  the  blue,  on  a  letter-sheet  in  the  late  Mr.  Tapling's 
collection,  post-marked  Trinidad,  October  10th,  1852  ;  Barbadoes,  October  12th,  1852. 

*A  supply  of  4d.,  lilac,  6d.,  green,  and  Is.,  puiple  stamps,  with  values  expressed,  was  also  sent 
out  with  this  and  the  succeeding  consignments. 


148  TRINIDAD. 

Then  I  have  seen  another  h\\\e,  not  so  good  an  impression,  -which  was  taken  off  a 
letter  dated  Jannarj-  8th,  1S57 ;  and  histly,  the  vev}'  poor  "bhirred"  copies  are 
usually  found  on  envelopes  postmarked  about  the  autumn  of  1858. 

Mr.  Taylor  tells  me  the  stamps  were  produced  by  a  French  artist  named  Charles 
Petit,  who  was  living  in  the  island  at  that  time,  and  he  sends  me  the  following  short 
account  of  his  history,  which  he  has  obtained  from  one  of  his  people.  Charles  Petit, 
who  was  an  engraver  and  lithographer,  was  born  at  Bordeaux,  in  1822  or  1823.  He 
left  France  after  the  third  revolution  and  the  deposition  of  Louis  Philippe,  his 
father  having  lost  most  of  his  property  during  that  eventful  period,  having  been 
engraver,  lithographer,  and  printer  to  the  Government.  The  subject  of  our  sketch 
went  from  Bordeaux  to  Surinam,  also  to  Demerara,  Cayenne,  Barbadoes,  and 
Venezuela.  He  then  went  to  Trinidad,  where  he  only  remained  two  years.  He  left 
in  September,  1853,  for  New  York,  for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  but  died  at  sea 
during  the  voyage  there. 

Mr.  Taylor  further  informs  me,  the  stones  from  which  the  stamps  were  printed 
are  still  preserved  in  the  Colonial  Secretary's  Department  at  Government  House. 
They  are  both  ordinary  lithographic  stones  of  a  light  greyish  colour.  The  one  I 
designate  A,  is  in  shape  an  irregular  narrow  upright  rectangle,  measuring  9  inches  in 
length,  by  3i  inches  in  width  at  the  top,  and  4J-1  inches  at  the  bottom,  and  is  1| 
inches  in  thickness.  It  has  only  one  design  upon  it,  which  is  placed  about  2!  inches 
from  the  bottom  of  the  stone.  The  other,  B,  is  an  oblong,  measuring  8|  inches  by 
7i  inches,  with  a  thickness  of  1|  inches.  It  bears  fifty-four  designs,  arranged  in  six 
horizontal  rows  of  nine  stamps  each.  The  design  on  the  first  is  drawn  reversed,  and 
is  engraved — i.e.,  cut  into  the  stone — while  those  on  B  are  also  reversed,  but  appear 
slightly  raised.  It  is  evident  this  was  a  lithographic  transfer  made  in  the  usual  way 
from  A.  Mr.  Taylor  has  kindly  sent  me  over  the  tracings  of  the  two  stones  I  now 
hand  round  for  your  inspection.  He  obtained  these  by  placing  the  face  of  the  stones 
on  the  card  and  drawing  his  pencil  round  them.  He  has  also,  as  you  wiU  observe, 
located  the  exact  position  of  the  designs  as  they  exist  upon  each.  The  cut  on  stone 
A  is  quite  fresh  and  very  distinct,  so  that  if  more  than  one  transfer  had  been  taken 
we  should  not  get  the  extremely  poor  blurred  impressions  we  find  among  these  stamps, 
and  the  gradual  deterioration  I  have  shown  took  place,  by  the  postmarked  copies  I 
have  already  drawn  attention  to.  No  other  stones  or  plates  are  to  be  found  in  the 
Colonial  Secretary's  Ofiice,  so  there  is  little  doubt,  I  think,  that  all  the  provisional 
stamps  were  produced  from  the  two  stones  I  have  described.  "\Miat  I  am  not  quite 
so  sure  of  is,  whether  stamps  were  printed  from  stone  A  for  issue  to  the  public.  The 
stone  has  blue  colouring  matter  upon  it,  so  impressions  have  evidentlj'  been  taken  off 
in  this  colour,  but  whether  these  were  merely  proof  copies  or  not  is,  I  think,  uncer- 
tain. The  process  of  printing  stamps  one  at  a  time  would  be  necessarily  so  tedious 
that,  if  resorted  to  at  all,  it  would  only  have  been  so  for  a  short  period — say,  during 
the  manufacture  of  the  lithographic  transfer.  On  the  other  hand,  we  find  some  of 
the  earliest  of  these  stamps  with  such  clear  impressions  that  they  have  somewhat  the 
appearance  of  engravings,  and  they  have  been  actually  described  as  such  by  several 
philatelic  writers,  one  of  whom,  the  late  Captain  H.  0.  Weare,  in  a  paper  on  "  The 
Stamps  of  Trinidad,"'  published  in  The  I'Matelical  Journal  for  April  loth,  1872,  went 
so  far  as  to  state  the  specimens  I  now  refer  to  were  printed  from  an  engraved  copper- 
plate. My  own  belief  is  no  stamps  were  printed  from  stone  A  for  issue,  and  my 
opinion  is  corroborated  by  a  horizontal  pair  of  the  earliest  impressions  in  the  late  Mr. 
Tapling's  collection.     These  two  stamps  show  the  same  distance  between  each  other  as 


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some  of  the  later  issued  poor  copies  do,  which  certainly  belong  to  stone  B,  and  both 
stamps  have  also  evidently  been  printed  at  one  and  the  same  time.  I  am  consequently 
of  opinion  that  all  the  native  stamps  ever  issued  were  printed  from  stone  B,  and  that 
the  impressions  taken  from  this  stone  gradually  degenerated,  partly  from  wear,  and  it 
may  be  partly  from  carelessness  in  the  printing  of  the  stamps  after  Mr.  Petit's  death. 
All  conceivable  shades  of  blue,  from  indigo  to  very  pale  and  even  blue-green,  are 
known  for  these  provisionals.  The  stamp  is  also  found  printed  in  shades  of  grey, 
which,  judging  from  the  impressions,  was  the  last  colour  employed  previous  to  the 
change  to  red.  The  paper  also  varies  from  pelure  to  thin  card,  the  earliest  and  best 
impressions  being  usually  found  upon  a  yellow-toned  paper.  In  some  catalogues  the 
grey  stamp  is  put  down  as  representing  one  shilling,  but,  like  the  so-called  four  pence 
of  the  first  issue,  most  coHeotors  now  consider  this  a  variety  of  colour  only,  and  that 
the  stamp  had  the  same  postal  value  as  the  blue. 

Mr.  Taylor  teUs  me,  in  one  of  his  letters,  that  stone  B  is  very  much  blurred  over 
with  red  colouring,  thus  proving  the  red  stamp  was  the  last  printed.  I  notice  M. 
Moens,  in  the  sixth  edition  of  his  Catalogue,  mentions  the  red  stamp  was  reprinted  in 
1882.  I  do  not  know  on  whose  authority  this  statement  is  made,  but  I  should  be 
more  inclined  to  believe  the  stamps  that  turned  up  in  some  quantity  about  that  date 
were  remainders,  of  which  there  were  probably  many  on  hand,  as  the  variety  was  so 
little  used. 

As  regards  the  colour  employed  for  these  native  stamps.  It  may  be,  blue  was 
first  selected  as  being  the  colour  of  the  One  Penny  stamp  then  in  use,  or  that  the 
printer  chose  it  in  preference  to  any  other,  either  on  account,  as  he  thought,  of  its 
better  printing  qualities,  or  because  no  supply  of  red  "  ink "  was  available.  When 
the  last  lot  of  stamps  was  required  in  1858,  the  colour  would  naturally  be  changed  to 
red  to  conform  to  that  of  the  One  Penny  then  current,  which  we  see  from  Messrs. 
Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.'s  list  of  stamps  sent  out  had  been  red,  without  intermission, 
for  sometime  previous^. 

This  completes  aU  I  have  to  say  upon  the  native-printed  stamps,  but  before  con- 
cluding my  paper  I  propose  to  give  you  copies  of  a  few  further  postal  notices  I  have 
extracted  from  The  Trinidad  Royal  Gazette.  The  first  institutes  a  postal  delivery  of 
correspondence  within  the  towns  of  Port  of  Spain  and  San  Eernando,  letters,  &c., 
having  previously  only  been  delivered  when  caUed  for  at  the  various  post-offices.  This 
notice  appeared  in  The  Gazette  for  August  11th,  1852  : — 

NOTICE. 
"  Postal  Delivery  vdthin  the  Toiims  of  Port  of  Spain  and  San  Fernando. 

"  General  Post  Geficb,  Port  of  Spain,  9th  Augii,^t,  1853. 
"  His  Excellency  the  Governor  having  authorised  a  daily  postal 
DELIVERY  (Sunday  excepted)  within  the  Towns  of  Port  of  Spain  and  San 
Fernando,  commencing  this  day,  the  undersigned  hereby  gives  Notice 
thereof  to  the  Public ;  and  that  in  order  to  give  greater  facility  to  such 
delivery,  it  is  necessary  that  Parties  should  direct  their  correspondents  to 
add  to  the  usual  address  on  their  Letters,  &c.,  the  name  of  the  Street,  and 
also  the  number  of  the  House  in  which  they  reside.  In  the  case  of 
Merchants'  Letters,  however,  these  particulars  wiU  be  unnecessary. 

"  (Signed)  Jas.  H.  O'Eribn,  General  Postmaster." 

Mr.  James  H.  O'Brien  was  appointed  Postmaster  of  the  General  Post  Office  in 

Port  of  Spain  on  August  13th,   1851 — the  day  before  the  commencement  of  the 

Inland  Postal  Service.     The  following  is  a  list  of  the  subsequent  postmasters  who 

have  held  office  from  that  date  to  the  present  time  :  Mr.  Ellys  Layton  succeeded  Mr 


150  TRINIDAD. 

O'Brien  as  Colonial  Postmaster  on  1st  June,  1853 ;  and  ifr.  William  Eversley  was 
appointed  Postmaster-General  of  the  Colony  on  December  14th,  1860.  He  was 
succeeded  in  1865  by  Mr.  Charles  Chipchase,  who  was  followed  on  October  13th,  1866, 
by  his  brother,  Mr.  Henry  Chipchase.  The  latter  was  succeeded,  on  January  1st, 
1879,  by  Mr.  J.  W.  O'Brien,  who  was  a  son  of  the  Mr.  O'Brien  appointed  in  1851. 
He  remained  in  office  until  the  year  1883,  when  the  present  Postmaster-General,  Mr. 
J.  A.  Bulmer,  who  was  formerly  Postmaster  of  Cyprus,  was  appointed. 

The  next  two  notices  are  taken  from  The  Oazette  for  October  20th,  1858,  and 
January  5th,  1859,  respectively. 

"  General  Post  Office,  9th  October,  18.58. 
NOTICE 
"  Is  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  from  and  after  this  date  All  Letters  addressed 
to  the  United  Kingdom  must  be  Prepaid,  in  order  to  obviate  the  appre- 
hended inconvenience  of  a  large  number  of  letters  being  detained,  owing  to 
the  writers  being  ignorant  of  the  new  regulations,  and  thus  posting  them 
unpaid  ;  "the  transmission  of  such  letters  for  a  further  hmited  peiiod,  say, 
until  31st  December  next,  has  been  sanctioned,  but  imposing  on  each  a 
a  fine  of  Si.rpence,  in  addition  to  the  Postage  due  upon  them. 

"  (Signed)  Ellys  Layton,  Col.  Postmaster." 

"  Comjmlsory  Prepayment  of  Letters  to  the  United  Kinr/dom. 

"  General  Post  Office,  27th  December,  1858. 
"  From  Fir.st  January  next  all  Letters  addressed  to  the  United 
Kjngdom  7mcst  be  prepaid.  Any  Letters  posted  joipaid  ■will  not  be  forwarded 
to  their  destination,  but  will  be  opened  and  returned  to  the  ^\^^ters.  The 
Colonial  Penny  Stamps  now  in  use  ivill  answer  the  purpose  of  prepaying 
Letters  until  such  tune  as  the  requisite  description  shaU  have  been  received 
from  England. 

"  (Signed)  Ellys  Layton,  Colonial  Postmaster." 

The  last  notice  is  particularly  important,  as  you  will  observe  it  speaks  of  the 
postage  to  England  being  paid  by  the  Colonial  Penny  stamps  until  the  arrival  of  the 
required  values.  The  rate  to  England  at  this  period  was  six  pence  the  j  oz. ;  so  it  is 
certain  if  other  values  had  previously  been  in  use  in  the  island,  only  one  penny 
stamps  were  in  stock  at  this  time.  We  see  from  the  following  notice,  published  in 
I'Jie  Gazette  for  May  11th,  1859,  that  the  four  penny,  six  penny,  and  one  shUling 
stamps,  with  the  values  expressed,  were  first  issued  on  May  9th  in  that  year  : — 

"  Government  House,  Qth  May,  1859. 
"  Postage  Stamps,  representing  Is.,  6d.,  4d.,  and  Id.,  are  now  pro- 
curable, on  application  to  Mr.  Eversley,  the  Confidential  Clerk  in  the 
Colonial  Secretary's  Office,  on  the  terms  mentioned  in  the  notice  issued  on 
the  24th  February  last. 

"  (Signed)  J.  Soott  Bushb,  Colonial  Secretary." 

We  shall  find  on  referring  to  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.'s  list  of  the  stamps 
sent  out  to  the  Island  that  the  colour  of  the  One  Penny  mentioned  in  this  notice  was  red. 
The  above  issue  completes  the  list  of  the  imperforate  stamps  of  Trinidad  with 
the  exception  of  one  or  two  accidental  varieties  found  among  some  of  the  later 
printings.  I  purpose  breaking  off  my  paper  to-night  at  this  point,  and  I  have  now- 
given  you  as  much  of  the  history  of  these  early  imperforate  stamps  as  Mr.  J.  G. 
Taylor  and  I  have  been  able  to  collect  together  to  this  date.  In  conclusion,  let  me 
dd,  I  regret  I  have  been  unable  to  produce  sufficient  official  information  to  prove 
conclusively  what  were  the  actual  postal  values  of  the  early  stamps,  but  I  hope  by 
drawing  fresh  attention  to  the  subject  we  shall  not  have  long  to  wait  for  a  decisive 
solution  of  this  philatelic  problem. 


a 


TRINIDAD.  151 

Since  the  publication  of  the  preceding  paper,  I  have  had  some  further  correspond- 
ence with  Mr.  Taj'lor,  and  I  have  also  made  a  list  of  the  dates,  &c.,  of  all  the  stamps, 
■with  unexpressed  value  I  have  seen  on  letter  sheets  or  envelopes.  But  before  giving 
the  results  of  my  subsequent  investigations,  I  propose  to  make  one  or  two  remarks 
upon  the  contents  of  my  earlier  paper. 

1.  Mr.  Taylor  tells  me  1  was  wrong  in  stating  that  the  first  issue  took  place  on 
August  14th,  1851.  It  was  at  this  date  that  the  Inland  postal  service  was  com- 
menced, but  the  stamps  had  been  employed  on  correspondence  forwarded  between 
Port  of  Spain  and  San  Fernando  (the  two  chief  towns  of  the  Island,  both  of  which 
are  on  the  coast),  since  April  11th,  1851,  the  time  of  the  proclamation  of  the 
Ordinance  I  have  given  extracts  from.  The  latter  is  therefore  the  more  correct  date 
for  the  first  issue. 

In  connection  with  the  starting  of  the  Inland  Post,  I  have  found  the  following 
paragraph  in  the  newspaper,  The  Port  of  Spain  Gazette,  in  its  issue  of  Friday, 
August  15th,  1851.  "  The  working  of  the  Inland  Postal  arrangements  commenced 
on  Thursday  morning  last  (Lord  Harris'  birthday).  Two  mounted  policemen  left 
the  General  Post  Office,  in  Frederick  Street,  at  8  o'clock  in  the  morning  with  the 
letters  for  the  eastern  and  western  parts  of  the  Colony ;  and  the  mails  for  the 
southern  portion  were  duly  forwarded  by  the  steamer.  We  sincerely  wish  this 
undertaking,  which  commenced  so  appropriatelj-  on  the  anniversar}-  of  the  birth  of 
its  noble  originator,  every  sucess ;  and  trust  that  the  advantages,  which  cannot  but 
result  from  it,  will  again  and  again  recall  to  the  minds  of  the  inhabitants  of  this 
Colony  the  deep  debt  of  gratitude  they  owe  to  his  Excellency,  Lord  Harris,  for  his 
unceasing  and  energetic  efforts  for  the  improvement  and  prosperity  of  Trinidad." 
(Lord  Harris  was  Governor  of  the  Colony  at  this  time.) 

2.  "With  regard  to  what  I  said  about  the  "  Lady  McLeod "  local,  Mr.  Taylor 
writes  as  follows :  "  The  owners  of  the  steamer  used  to  carry  letters  at  ten  cents  or 
five  pence  each,  and  as  the  people  were  in  the  habit  of  sending  large  pieces  of  money 
to  pay,  the  captain  used  to  be  at  his  wits  end  to  scratch  up  the  small  change,  so  the 
expedient  of  the  stamp  was  adopted,  and  I  stiU  have  the  letter  where  one  of  the 
former  partners  of  my  business,  writing  to  the  other  at  San  Fernando,  advises  him  to 
buy  some  of  Bryce's  stamps."  Mr.  Taylor  has  since  shown  me  the  letter  he  refers  to. 
It  is  dated  April  28th,  1847,  and  has  the  following  paragraph  at  the  end  :  "  Tou 
must  buy  some  of  Bryce's  stamps  at  $4  per  100,  or  else  we  must  pay  a  bit  for  each 
of  your  letters."     The  letter  in  question  is  franked  with  one  of  the  local  stamps. 

Since  writing  the  above,  I  have  come  across  a  file  of  the  Trinidad  newspaper 
before  alluded  to.  The  Port  of  Spain  Gazette,  and  in  the  number  for  April  16th, 
1847,  I  found  the  following  notice,  which  gives  the  exact  date  of  issue  of  the  stamp, 
together  with  other  particulars.    The  "  Kotioe  "  is  headed  with  a  "  cut "  of  a  steamer : — 

"  The  Subscriber  experiencing  inconvenience  in  Collecting  the  Money 
for  Letters  of  Non-Subscribers,  has  procured  Labels,  which  may  be  had  of 
him  or  the  Agents  for  the  Steamer,  at  five  cents  each,  or  Four  Dollars  per 
Hundred. 

"  No  other  Letters  but  those  of  subscribers  who  have  paid  in  advance, 
or  such  as  have  these  labels  attached,  will  be  carried,  from  and  after  the 
24th  instant. 

"  Freight  for  parcels  and  small  packages  as  heretofore. 

"(Signed)  David  Bryce, 

"  IQth  April,  1847,"  "  Proprietor. 


152 


TEINIDAD. 


3,  Referring  to  the  "  note"  on  the  vahies  of  the  first  issued  stamps,  given  in 
Dr.  C.  W.  Yiner's  translation  of  M.  Moens  Catalogue,  pnblishecl  in  1864,  Mr. 
W.  A.  iS.  Westoby  informs  me,  that  the  edition  of  M.  Moens,  from  whioli  the 
translation  was  made,  only  gives  the  value  of  one  penny  for  the  red  stamp.  Dr. 
Viner  is  therefore  alone  responsible  for  the  values  given  for  the  remainder,  and  he  is 
now  unable  to  remember  how  he  came  to  assign  sixpence  to  the  blue,  and  one  shilling 
to  the  other  colours. 

4.  Mr.  Tajdor  tells  me  that  what  I  said  about  the  improbability  of  the  "  native  " 
red  stamps  having  been  reprinted  is  quite  correct.  He  says  in  one  of  his  letters, 
"  Moens'  statement  that  the  reds  were  reprinted  in  1882  is  quite  a  myth.  It  was  in 
1882  that  the  remainders  of  the  reds  were  found  in  the  Colonial  Secretary's  office, 
bv  Mr.  Cunningham,  with  whom  I  am  most  intimate.  He  was  allowed  to  take 
them,  and  he  sold  some  to  Mr.  Hoffmann,  who  sold  them  in  Germany  and  London 
that  same  year." 

This  concludes  the  list  of  remarks  I  have  to  make  upon  my  first  paper,  and  I 
now  proceed  to  give  particulars  of  my  new  researches. 

With  the  object  of  determining  the  postal  values  of  the  early  stamps,  I  have 
tabulated  from  time  to  time,  every  specimen  I  have  seen  upon  a  letter-sheet  or 
envelope.     The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  table  as  it  now  stands  : — 

Stamps  PEraiED  by  Messes.  Peekins  Bacon  and  Co. 


Colour. 


Whekk  and 

When  Posted. 


Where  and 

WHfiN 

Dklivered. 


COIiECTION. 


BEMARE9. 


Reddish  -  puce 
paper  blued 
more  or  lets 


Port  of  Spain, 

Auk.  '^i,  18^1 


Sept.  3, 
8, 
13, 


16, 

22. 

30, 

Oct.    1, 

2, 

4. 

6, 

10, 

16, 
23, 
Nov.  4, 
12, 
16. 

17, 

27, 


10, 
17. 
18. 


San  Fernando 


J.  G.  Taylor 


E.  4  A.  W. 

Chambers 
r.  G.  Taylor    ... 


E.  4  A.  W. 

Chambers 
J.  G.  Taylor    ... 


One  stamp,  on  laree  double  letter-sheet. 
Contained  no  enclosure. 


Barbadoes, 

Nov.  29, 1851 


S^n  Fernando    .. 


r.  K. 
J.  G. 


Tapling. 
Taylor 


One  stamp.  Face  o£  letter-sheet  only 
with  letter  at  back.  Enclosed 
another  letter. 

Two  stamps,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Enclosed  three  notes. 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 


Four  stamps,  on  large  double  letter- 
sh'-et.    Enclosed  several  accounts. 

Cwo  stamps,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  enclosure. 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 


One  stamp,  on  small  double  letter- 
heet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

One  stamp,  on  targe  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

One  stamp.  Fdce  of  letter-sheet  only, 
with  letter  at  back.  ''4 '' in  writing 
on  the  frtce. 

Two  stamps,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Enclosed  two  notes. 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Cintained  no  enclosure. 

Two  stamps,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Enclosed  another  letter. 

Two  stamps,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Enclosed  an  invoice. 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter- 
paper.    Contained  no  enclosure. 


TRINIDAD. 


153 


Stamps  Printed  by  IIesses.  Perkins  Bicox  and  Co. — Continued. 


COLOUE. 

Whkrs  asd  . 
When  Posted. 

Whsrk  akd 

When 
Delivered. 

COLIEOTION. 

Rexabks. 

30 

Heddish  -  puc 

Port  of  Spain, 

San  Fernando    ... 

J.  G.  Taylor    ... 

One  stamp;  on   large    double   letter- 

paper      blued 

Deo.  22,  1851 

paper.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

more  or  less. 

31 

23,    ,. 

,,           I, 

, 

»i                  i»                  f» 

32 

.. 

Barbadoes, 

Dec.  31,  lb51 

0.  N.  Biggs    .. 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.  Contained  no  enclosure.  "4" 
in  writing  on  the  face. 

3^ 

,. 

„    Mar.  29,  18.52 

S  m  Fernando    .. 

J.  Q.  Taylor    ... 

One  stamp,  on  small  double  letter- 
sheet.  (Printed  notice  from  Colonial 
Bank-) 

34 

Blue,   on   bl  ;ie(i 

,,     Deo.  29,  1851 

II           t, 

E,  &  A.  W. 

One  stamp,  on  medium  size  double 

paper. 

Chambdrs 

letter-sheet.    Euclosed  a  letter  and 

also  a  delivery  order. 

35 

.. 

Trinidad, 

Barbadoes, 

C.  N.  Biggs    ... 

One  stamp.    Face  of  letter-sheet  only, 

April  14,  ISo. 

April  16, 185. 

without  letter  "4"  in  writing  on 
the  face. 
One  stamp,  only  on  part   of   letter- 

3B 

„    June  13,  ,, 

T.  K.  Tapling... 

sheet. 

37 

Trinidad, 

„     Sept.  27,  ,, 

Peraberton  Wil 

One  stamp.    Face  of  letter-sheet  only, 

Sept.  25,  185 

ion  &  Co. 

without  letter  "8"  in  writing  on 
the  face. 

38 

"          " 

„     Oct.  28,    ,, 

„    Oct.  30,   ,, 

T.  K.  Tapling.. 

One  stamp.  Face  of  letter-sheet  only, 
with  letter  at  back.  Contained  list 
of  prices  current.  "4"  in  writing 
on  the  face. 

3S 

" 

„    Nov.    9,    „ 

,.    Nov.  11,   „ 

Pemherton  Wil- 
son &  Co. 

One  stamp.  Face  of  letter-sheet  only, 
with  letter  at  back.  Contained  an 
enclosure.  "8"  in  writing  on  the  face. 

40 

." 

'an  Fernando 
Sept.  29,  1863 

Port  of  Spain     .. 

J.  G.  Taylor    ... 

Six  stamps,  on  large  double  leiter- 
sheet.  Contained  several  enclosures. 

4l'(Trev.  on  blue 

'ort  of  Spain, 

San  Fern.indo    ...  B.  &  A.  W. 

One  stamp,  medium  size  double  letter- 

paper. 

Dec.  26,  1E61 

Chambers 

sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

42 

San  Fernando, 

Port  of  Spain     ...  J.  G.  Taylor    ... 

One  stamp,  on    large    double  letter- 

Feb.    9, 18.52 

sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

43 

,. 

23.    „ 





One  stamp,  on  small  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enlosure. 

44 

L'rinidad. 

Barbadoea. 

Pemberton  Wil- 

One stamp.    Face  of  letter-sheet  only. 

Mar.  30,    „ 

April    1,  1852 

son  &  Co. 

"4"  in  writing  on  the  fad. 

45 

"                       " 

„     Dec.  14,    ,, 

„  Dec.  1-i,     .. 

0.  N.  Biggs     .. 

One  stamp  Face  of  letter-sheet  only, 
with  letter  at  back.  States  P/C  is 
is  annexed.  "4"  in  writing  on  the 
face. 

46 

,,    June  25, 18.53 

r.  K.  Tapling... 

One  stamp,  only  on  part  of  letter-sheet. 

47 

M 

„    July  10,    „ 

Barbadoes, 

July  12, 1853 

"           "    •■■ 

One  stamp.  Face  of  letter  sheet  only, 
with  letter  at  back.  States  P/C  is 
annexed,  "  4  "  in  writing  on  the  face. 

48 

Grey,  on  white 
paper 

'an  Fernando, 

Jau.  81,  lt66 

Port  of  Sp.  in     ... 

1.  G.  Taylor    ... 

Dne  stamp.    Face  of  letter-sheet  only. 

49 

Purple,  on 

Oedros, 

,, 

B.  &  A.  W. 

One  stimp,  on    small    double    letter- 

white  paper 

Nov.  17,  1851 

Chamberr 

sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

50 

Bed,  on  blued 

I'rinidad, 

B  irbadoes, 

Pemberton 

ne  stamp.    Face  of  letter-sheet  only. 

paper 

Nov.  26,  1853 

Nov.  28,  185& 

Wilson  &  Co 

■'  4"  in  writing  on  the  face. 

51 

„       Jan.  9,  18i4  London ! 

B.  &  A.  W. 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter-sheet. 

Chambers 

52 

Red-br.)wn,  on 
blued  paper 

irimn,  Junes,  „ 

Port  of  Spain     ... 

••    ■■ 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

51 

Port  of  Spain, 
July  24,    ,, 

San  Fernando    ... 

;.  G.  Taylor    ... 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

54 

Red,    on    blued 
paper 

San  Fernando, 

Aug.  23,  1855 

Port  of  Spain     .. 



One  stamp,  on  small  envelope. 

55 

30,    ,. 

It                     (I 

One  stamp,  only  on  part  of  letter-sheet. 

56 

j» 

„    Nov.    6,    „ 

»>                     ft       ••■ 

t'wo  stamps,  on  small  envelope. 

57 

. 

„     Dec.  20,    ,, 

11 

One  stamp,  on  small  envelope. 

f8 

<•                           !• 

„    Jan.  18.  1856 

t*                     tt       ■■ 

,,                   ,,                   ,, 

59 

It 

„    Mar,  22,    „ 

». 

One  stamp,  on  letter-sheet. 

60 
61 

.. 

21,    , 

„       -. 

One  stamp,  on  small  envelijpe. 

" 

',',    July  I'i,    ',] 

"                     "       '•" 

"                   W                  ,1 

63 

>t 

„    Cct.  10,    „ 

, 

Two  stamps,  on  large  envelope. 

64 

Red,  on  slightly 
blued  paper 

„     April21,18  7 

',                     'J,       .. 

Two  stamps,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  enclosures. 

65 

"          " 

„     Sept.  21,   „ 



,.       .. 

)ne  stamp,  on  large  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

66 

rtose-red,  on 

Trinidad,                i  SarbidO'a, 

Pemberton 

One  stamp.    Face  of  letter-sheet  only, 

while  p  per 

Nov.    9,    ,,              Nov.  11. 18.57 

Wilson  &  Co. 

with  letter  at  back.    States  P/C  U 

annexed.     "4''  in  writing  on  face 

struck  out,  and  "  5  "written  in  place. 

67 

H                      11 

25,    „ 

27,    „ 

,.    ... 

..                   .»                   •' 

68 

t»          »» 

„    Deo.  10,    „ 

„    Dec.  12,    „ 

T.  K.  Trtpling... 

„                   ,,                   ,, 

69 

„ 

iSLTi  Fernando, 
Dec.  4,    ., 

Port  of  Spain     ... 

I.G.  Taylor    ... 

One  stamp,  on  small  envelope. 

70 

. 

,.      Julys,  185f 

■I 

One  stamp,  on  letter-sheet. 

71 

'., 

Couva. 

Mar.  23.  lSb9 

','.           '.'. 

7.  .. 

One  stamp,  on  small  envelope. 

72 

„ 

San  Fernando, 
Mar  29.    .. 



„ 

One  stamp,  on  letter-sheet. 

154 


TRINIDAD. 


St 

IMPS  Pktxted 

IN    THE    IsL.iND. 

CnLOUR. 

Where  and 
When  Posted. 

Where  and 
When 

DELrV-ERKD. 

COLLECTIOS. 

Remarks. 

73 

Blue,  on  yellow- 

Triniddd, 

Birbadoes, 

T.  E.  Tapling... 

One  stamp,    Face  of  letter-sheet  only 

ish  paper 
(Ist  stage) 

Oct.  10, 1852 

Oct.  13, 1862 

"  8 ''-  in  writing  on  it. 

74 

(date 

„    30,    „ 

C.  N.  Biggs     ... 

One  stamp.     Face  of  letter-sheet  only. 

indistinct) 

"4"  in  writing  on  it. 

7S 

Pile  blue    „ 

San  Fernando. 

Oct.  ;»,  1862 

Port  of  Spain 

J.  G.  Taylor    .. 

One  stamp,  on  medium  size  double 
letter-sheet.    Contained  a  cheque. 

71) 

Blue 

.,,     Dec.  18,    „ 





One  stamp,  on)y  on  part  of  letter- 
sheet. 

73 

Blue,  on  thin 
bluish  card 

San  Fernando, 

Mar.  8,  1853 



It                 »•                 »j 

78 

<,           ,, 

„     May  12,   „ 

11 

ti                 •»                 t* 

79 

Pale  blue-green. 

„     April  4,  185.5 

It                      1.       "■ 

.)                                        M                                        It 

on  thin  yellow- 

ish paper 
(2acl  Stage) 

80 

I,          ,, 

5,   „ 

... 

.,                     „       ... 

II                                        >t                                        M 

81 

I,          1, 

7.    „ 

1* 

11                                        11                                        )■ 

82 

,,          ,, 

13,    .. 

. 

M                                        11 

83 

,,          ,• 

21,    ,. 

.1 

■.                                         1.                                         ). 

84 

,,          ,, 

„      May  2,    „ 

,1                     11       ■. 

..                                        .1                                        tt 

8S 

1,          ,, 

10,    „ 

.. 

>i                      ••       •■ 

H                                                1»                                                11 

86 

,,          1, 

11.    „ 

.*•           -.. 

11                             M         •• 

X                                                ..                                                M 

87 

,<          ,1 

25,    „ 

... 

*> 

».                                                .1                                               11 

88 

,, 

„      June  5,   „ 

..                                                .. 

89 

„ 

Port  of  Spain, 
June  8,    „ 

San  Fernando    .. 

■•              '•'     - 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter-aheet. 
Contained  a  receipt. 

90 

„ 

San  Fernando, 
June  9,    ,, 
12,    ,. 

„     ... 

Oue  stamp,  only  on  part  of  letter-sheet. 

91 

92 

Blue-green 
(3rd  stage) 

,.       Nov.  2, 18  6 

Port  of  Spain     ",. 

'.'. 

One  stamp,  on  small  envelope. 

93 

•  »          ,1 

Dec.        „ 

I,           „          ... 

.1                 tt                 )* 

94 

Blue 

Jan.  8, 1857 



T.  K.TapMDg... 

One  stamp,  taken  off  letter  with  this 
date  by  Mr.  M.  Burnett. 

»95 

Dark  blue 

Trinidad, 

Baltimore,  U.S.A. 

B^^ger&Co.   ... 

One  stamp.    Face  of  letter-sheet  only. 

Nov.  9,  1868 

Nov.  30,  1858 

figure  "  8  "  in  red-chalk  pencil  on  face. 

96 

Slate-blue 

Sin  Fernando, 

Port  of  Spain     ... 

J.  G.  Taylor    ... 

One  stamp,  on    medium    size    letter- 

(4i.h  stage) 

Jan.  18,  18c  9 

sheet.    Contained  two  enclosures. 

97 

,1 

Couva, 

Mar.  12,  1860 



.. 

One  stamp,  on  small  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

98 

„ 

24,    „ 



.. 

One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter-sheet. 
Contained  no  enclosure. 

"99 

„          „ 

Trinidad, 

Baltimore,  U.S.A. 

Burger  &  Co    ... 

Four  stamps,  and  one  (Id.)  red  punc- 

April 7,    „ 

April  28, 1860 

tured  perforation.  Face  of  letter- 
sheet  only.  Figure  "  4  "  in  red  chalk 
pencil  on  the  face. 

100 

Couva, 

April  12,    „ 

Port  of  Spain     ... 

J.  G.  Taylor    ... 

One  stamp,  on  small  double  letter- 
sheet.    Contained  no  enclosure. 

101 

„          ,, 

20,    „ 

.,           ,, 

1* 

H                                               .1                                                .1 

1C2 

., 

30,    „ 





One  stamp.  Face  of  letter-sheet  only  : 
with  letter  at  back.  Contained  no 
enclosure. 

103 

{almost  grey) 

„      Mayl,    „ 

„ 



One  stamp,  on  large  double  letter-sheet. 
Contained  no  enclosure. 

104 

Slate-blue 

29,    „ 





One  stamp.  (Sold  Cheveley  &  Co.'s 
sale  19/4/90.) 

105 

'*          " 

„    June  12,    „ 

,.           ., 

"           "    •' 

One  stamp,  on  small  double  letter-sheet. 
Contained  no  enclosure. 

The  above  lists  are,  in  my  opinion,  sufficient  to  prove  the  suggestion  I  made  in 
my  first  paper,  that  the  value  of  all  the  various  coloured  stamps  was  the  same,  viz. : 
one  penny,  is  the  correct  one. 

Numbers  1  to  33  inclusive  are  franked  with  the  stamp  that  has  sometimes  been 
catalogued  as  four  pence.  A  large  majority  of  these  letter-sheets  passed  between 
Towns  in  the  Island,  the  postal  rate  for  which  was  one  penny  per  half  ounce,  so  it  is 
perfectly  clear  that  the  value  of  the  reddish-puce  stamp  was  oue  penny.  It  wiU  be 
noticed,  that  when  a  letter  contained  an  enclosure  either  half  the  sheet  was  torn  off 
as  in  number  9,  or  extra  stamps  were  added,  where  the  weight  was  over  the  half 
ounce.     The  same  remarks  apply  to  numbers  35  to  94,  &  97  to   105,  both  inclusive, 

»Tiiese  two  letters  were  forwar.,ed  via  St.  Thomas.  On  the  former,  the  Bt.  Thomas  postmark  is  dated 
November  Hth,  1858,  and  on  the  latter.  April  13th,  1860.  Bach  letter  has  in  addition  a  large  circular  postmark 
with  '•  Steamship  "  round  the  inner  curve,  and  in  the  centre  "  20  "  in  numerals  on  the  first,  and  '*  10  "  on  the 
second. 


TRINIDAD.  155 

and  it  is  equally  clear  that  the  blue,  grey-Ulac,  purple,  red,  and  the  native  printed 
blue  all  had  the  same  postal  value  of  one  penny.  It  might  possibly  be  argued  from 
numbers  34  and  96,  that  the  value  of  the  blue  stamp  was  two  pence,  and  it  certainly 
looks  as  if  these  two  letters  must  have  been  over  half  an  ounce  in  weight,  considering 
they  each  contained  two  enclosures.  But  this  is  only  conjecture,  and  in  face  of  the 
other  letters,  which  were  under  the  half  ounce,  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  if  these 
two  letters  were  over  that  weight,  they  were  insufficiently  stamped,  and  were  passed 
unnoticed  through  the  Post.  This  certainly  must  have  been  the  case  with  No.  96. 
There  is  still  another  alternative  as  regards  number  34,  which  I  alluded  to  in  my 
first  paper,  viz. :  That  the  blue  stamp  might  have  been  issued  at  first  as  two  pence, 
and  later  on  the  value  was  reduced  to  one  penny,  but  as  this  is  the  only  letter  I  have 
come  across  that  supports  such  an  hypothesis,  I  consider  it  is  untenable.  It  will  be 
noticed  that  some  of  the  letters  sent  to  Barbados  have  a  figure  "  4  "  or  "  8  "  written 
upon  the  face.  This  was  evidently  the  unpaid  foreign  postage  of  four  pence  per  half 
ounce  and  eight  pence  per  one  ounce  which  was  collected  on  the  delivery.  The  fact  of 
some  of  these  letters  being  marked  "  8,"  and  consequently  over  half  an  ounce  in  weight, 
does  not  effect  the  value  of  one  penny  for  the  Trinidad  stamp  upon  them,  as  they  were 
all  sent  from  Port  of  Spain,  and  we  see  from  Clause  YIII.  of  the  Ordinance  of  April 
4th,  1851,  that  letters  posted  at  the  General  Post  Office  of  this  Town  for  foreign 
places  only  required  a  one  penny  stamp,  whatever  their  weight  might  be.  Numbers 
66,  67  and  68  are  curious.  A  figure  "  4  "  has  been  written  upon  the  face,  and  has 
been  struck  out,  a  numeral  "  5  "  being  added  hi  its  place.  I  am  imable  to  give  the 
explanation  of  this,  but  presume  it  had  reference  to  some  alteration  made  in  the  rate 
on  Trinidad  letters  at  Barbados. 

The  following  notice  appeared  in  the  newspaper.  The  Port  of  Spain  Gazette,  for 
August  22nd,  1851  :— 

NOTICE. 
"  General  Post  Office,  Poet  of  Spain, 

"  22nd  August,  1861. 
"  The  Undersigned  begs  to  direct  the  attention  of  the  Public  to  the 
Ordinance  now  in  force  "  for  establishing  an  Inland  Post  and  Rates  of 
Postage  within  the  Colony,"  by  which  it  is  enacted  that  on  aU  Letters  re- 
ceived at  this  Office  from  places  beyond  the  Hmits  of  the  Colony,  and  on 
those  posted  thereat  for  such  places,  there  shall  be  paid  one  uniform  rate 
of  one  penny— the  penny  postage  stamp  being  affixed  to  every  such  letter 
when  posted,  and  a  penny  being  paid  at  the  time  of  delivery  at  this  Office. 
"  It  is  also  enacted,  in  the  case  of  all  such  Letters  posted  or  received 
at  any  Inland  Post  Office,  that  the  rates  of  Postage  shall  be  paid  according 
to  weight. 

"Newspapers  are  to  be  received  at  and  dispatched  from  this  Office 
from  and  to  places  beyond  the  limits  of  the  Colony  free  of  Inland  Postage, 
but  are  liable  to  a  penny  each  when  transmitted  by  Post  from  one  place  to 
any  other  place  within  the  Colony,  which  may  either  be  on  posting  or  on 
delivery. 

"  (Signed)  James  H.  O'Brien, 

"  Postmaster  General" 
I  have  given  a  copy  of  this  notice,  as  the  wording  seems  to  corroborate  to  some 
extent  the  theory  that  the  postage  stamps  in  use  were  all  of  one  value,  as  it  states 
"  the,  penny  postage  stamp  being  afiixed,"  &c.  If  stamps  of  other  values  were  on 
sale,  it  is  surely  reasonable  to  suppose  the  word  "  the  "  would  have  been  replaced  by 
the  article  "  a." 


156  TBINIDAD. 

The  tables,  besides  determining  the  values  of  the  stamps,  give  some  idea  of  the 
dates  at  which  the  Yarious  colours  did  duty.  The  so-called  reddish-puce  seems  to 
have  been  that  first  issued,  while  the  blue  and  grey-lilac  first  appear  towards  the  end 
of  December,  1851,  the  purple  about  the  autumn  of  1854,  and  the  red  from  1853 
onwards. 

The  native-printed  blue  stamps  were  in  use  more  frequently  than  I  previously 
thought  was  the  ease.  The  first  issue  of  them  seems  to  have  lasted  from  October, 
1852,  to  June,  1853,  the  second  from  April  to  July,  1855,  the  third  from  November, 
1856,  to  February,  1857,  the  fourth  from  the  autumn  of  1858,  to  February,  1859, 
and  the  fifth  from  March  to  July,  1860.  The  table  also  shows  the  different  shades  of 
blue  for  the  various  printings. 

The  only  piece  of  new  information  I  can  give  respecting  the  production  of  the 
native  stamps,  is  a  copy  of  the  following  interesting  and  important  original  document, 
which  Mr.  Jas.  H.  O'Brien,  the  first  Postmaster-General  of  Trinidad,  has  found 
amongst  his  papers^  and  which  is  now  in  my  possession. 

"  Memo. 
"  Mr.  Petit  agrees  to  make,  say,  4,000  or  5,000,  Postage  Stamps,  the 
same  as  those  now  in  use,  of  a  different  colour  if  necessary,  and  to  put  on 
the  gum,  for  %5  the  thousand. 

"  He  also  agrees  to  aUow  some  person  appointed  for  that  purpose  to  be 
present  and  see  that  that  number  only  is  struck  off. 

"  And  he  further  agrees  that  the  Stone  from  which  they  are  struck  off 
shall  be  afterwards  handed  over  to  the  Government,  and,  when  called  upon 
to  do  so,  to  deface  it  in  the  presence  of  Witnesses. 

"  He  can  have  them  done  by  Saturday,  and  the  gum  is  to  be  of  the 
necessary  preparation  for  preservuig  the  stamps  from  vermin. 

"  (Signed)  Jas.  H.  O'Brien. 

"  Appd.l 

J.  L.  W. 
"  Genl.  Post  Office, 

\5th  Sept.,  1851. 

"  S.  5,000  to  be  struck  off  in  the  presence 
of  a  Police  Constable,  and  the  stone 
left  in   the  Postmaster's  hands   till 
required  agam. 
"  (Signed)  J.  L.  W." 

"  Appd.  J.  L.  W.'',  and  the  note  at  the  foot  is  in  the  handwriting  of  Mr.  J. 
Lushington  Wildman,  at  that  time  the  Colonial  Secretary. 

"We  see  from  the  memorandum  the  number  of  the  native  stamps  first  printed  was 
5,000,  and  we  also  learn  the  price  paid  Mr.  Petit  for  his  work,  which  seems  little 
enough  considering  he  had  to  find  the  whole  of  the  materials.  The  curious  part  about 
this  document  is  the  date,  "  1851."  The  earliest  post-marked  specimen  of  these 
stamps,  at  present  known,  is  dated  October  10th,  1852,  just  over  a  year  later.  It  is 
stated  in  the  last  paragraph  that  the  stamps  could  be  ready  by  the  following  Saturday, 
which  looks  as  if  they  were  urgently  required,  and  they  would  therefore  be  probably 
first  issued  about  September  21st,  which  would  coincide  sufficiently  with  the  used 
copies  but  for  the  year.  Again,  if  we  refer  to  my  table  of  dated  specimens,  we  find 
no  break  in  the  use  of  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon's  stamps  in  1851,  and  it  is  strange  that 
with  all  the  number  of  stamps  that  have  been  found  upon  letter-sheets,  no  specimen 
of  these  native  productions  are  known  with  the  date  of  this  year.  Once  more,  if  we 
look  at  the  list  of  stamps  sent  out  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  we  shall  see 


TBINIBAD.  157 

there  were  two  consignments  of  blue,  one  of  lilac,  and  one  of  brown  or  reddish-puce, 
in  stock  at  the  commencement  of  1851,  so  there  should  have  been  no  want  of  stamps 
that  year,  especially  as  the  Inland  postal  service  was  only  started  on  August  14th. 
Putting  aU  these  circumstances  together,  it  really  appears  as  if  the  date  of  the  letter 
was  inaccurate,  and  that  it  should  be  1852.  It  is  certainly  an  unaccountable  mistake, 
especially  for  an  official  to  make,  but  I  can  see  no  other  way  out  of  the  difficulty 
unless  the  stamps  were  printed  ofE  in  September,  1851,  and  kept  for  a  year  before 
being  issued. 

With  regard  to  the  deterioration  that  took  place  in  the  later  issues  of  these 
stamps,  I  can  add  the  following  explanation,  which  was  given  me  by  a  practical  litho- 
grapher, whose  firm  has  printed  large  numbers  of  postage  stamps  by  this  method. 
He  told  me  that  for  every  separate  printing  of  stamps,  they  took  fresh  lithographic 
transfers  from  the  original  engraved  die,  so  as  to  assure  satisfactory  results.  He  said, 
that  if  a  "  stone  "  was  put  away  for  future  use,  after  printing  off  a  supply,  great  care 
should  be  taken  that  it  was  properly  cleaned,  so  that  the  ink  was  not  allowed  to 
"  cake  "  on  the  stone,  otherwise  after  impressions  would  be  smudgy  and  indistinct. 
Even  if  this  precaution  was  taken,  the  later  printings  would  never  equal  the  earlier 
ones.  Mr.  Petit,  as  I  have  said,  died  in  1853,  and  it  is  possible  no  one  else  in  the 
Island  knew  how  to  make  a  new  transfer,  when  the  fresh  supplies  of  stamps  were 
wanted.  Anyhow,  no  second  transfer  was  ever  made,  and  the  gradual  degeneration 
of  the  stamps  is  accounted  for  by  the  ink  being  allowed  to  accumulate  and  cake  on 
the  stone  after  each  separate  printing,  until,  when  the  last  was  made  in  vermilion, 
the  design  becomes  almost  undecipherable. 

As  every  collector  knows  the  early  stamps  of  this  Colony  were  obliterated  by  a 
postmark  containing  a  number.  This  number  represented  the  Office  at  which  the 
letter  was  posted,  and  the  following  list,  furnished  by  Mr.  Bulmer,  gives  the  names 
of  all  the  first  Post  Offices  in  the  Island  with  the  corresponding  numbers  that  used  to 
be  attached  to  them  : — 

Diego  Martin. 
Moruga. 
St.  Marys. 
Cliaguanas. 
Couva. 

Prmoes  Town. 
Oropouche. 
La  Brea. 
Cedros. 
Olaxton  Bay. 
Tlie  Cedros  Steamer. 
St.  Madelaine. 

A  few  other  Offices  have  since  been  opened,  but  no  number  was  attached  to  some 
of  them,  as  this  system  was  given  up  some  years  ago.  Each  Office  now  possesses  a 
date  stamp  with  its  own  name.  The  list  is  useful,  more  especially  for  determining 
the  values  of  the  early  stamps,  as  one  can  tell  on  reference  to  it  what  towns  an 
envelope  or  letter-sheet  passed  between,  when  the  letter,  as  is  so  often  the  case,  is 
missing. 

The  four  pence,  six  pence,  and  one  shilling  stamps  issued  on  May  9th,  1859, 
were  printed  from  steel  plates  constructed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.,  each 
plate  containing  240  specimens  arranged  in  twenty  horizontal  rows  of  twelve.  These 
plates,  together  with  that  employed  for  the  stamps  with  unexpressed  values,  were 


1. 

Port  of  Spain. 

13. 

2. 

San  Fernando. 

14. 

■3. 

St.  Joseph. 

15. 

4. 

St.  Juans. 

16. 

5. 

Santa  Oruz. 

17. 

6. 

Arouoa. 

18. 

7. 

Arima. 

19. 

8. 

Toco. 

20. 

9. 

ManzaniUa. 

21. 

10. 

Mayaro. 

22. 

11. 

Tunapuna. 

23. 

12. 

Blanchisseuse. 

24. 

25. 

(Vacant.) 

26. 

Erin. 

27. 

Monos. 

28. 

Mucurapo. 

29. 

(Vacant.) 

30. 

Oarapiohaima 

31. 

Caroni. 

32. 

St.  Ann's. 

88. 

Maraval. 

34. 

Cunupia. 

36. 

'California. 

36. 

Carenage. 

158 


TRINIDAD. 


Bermuda. 
British  Guiana. 
British  Honduras. 
Jamaica. 
Trinidad. 
Mauritius  and  its 

dependencies. 
The  Gold  Coast. 
Sierra  Leone. 
Gambia. 
Lagos. 
Falkland  Islands. 


handed  over  to  the  Crown  Agents  on  the  28th  January,  1862,  and  afterwards  by 
them  to  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  The  latter  firm  have  since  printed  all  further 
supplies  of  stamps  required  by  the  Colony,  the  set  with  large  perforation  measm-ing 
11|,  being  probably  the  first  lot  printed  by  them.  The  stamps  with  this  perforation 
were  issued  in  1863,  as  is  proved  by  a  letter-sheet  in  the  possession  of  ilr.  Graham 
Taylor,  which  is  franked  with  the  carmine  stamp,  and  is  postmarked  November  4th 
of  that  year.  Proof  impressions  in  black  upon  white  card,  struck  from  the  dies  of  the 
four  pence,  sis  pence,  and  one  shilling  are  known. 

After  the  notice  dated  May  9th,  1859,  given  at  the  end  of  my  first  paper,  I  have 
found  nothing  further  in  The  Gazette  touching  upon  stamps,  until  early  in  the  year 
1879,  when  the  Island  was  admitted  into  the  Postal  Union.  This  notification  is 
found  in  the  number  of  The  Gazette  for  March  26,  1879. 

"  General  Post  Office, 

"  2ith  March,  1879. 
"  The  follomng  Notices  are  published  for  general  information,  and  the 
attention  of  the  Public  is  particularly  requested  thereto  :  — 

ALTEEATION  IN  RATES  OF  POSTAGE. 

"  In  consequence  of  the  new  Postal  Convention  signed 
at  Paris  on  the  1st  June,  1878,  for  the  revision  of  the  Ti-eaty 
of  Berne,  constituting  the  General  Postal  Union,  the  following 
alterations  in  the  rates  of  Postage  and  conditions  of  Trans- 
mission of  correspondence  of  various  kinds  between  the  United 
Kingdom  and  the  British  Colonies  mentioned  in  the  margin 
will  be  made  on  1st  April,  1879. 

"  Letters. — The  rate  of  postage  vnil  be  reduced  from  6d.  to  4d.  per 
fifteen  grammes,  when  prepaid.  Unpaid  letters  wUl  be  charged  double, 
viz.,  8d.  per  fifteen  grammes.  Insufficiently  prepaid  letters  \vill  be  charged 
on  delivery  with  double  the  amount  of  the  deficiency  of  the  prepaid  rate, 
instead  of,  as  at  present,  with  the  unpaid  rate  less  the  value  of  the  stamps 
affixed. 

"  Po.ST  Cards. — The  issue  of  Post  Cards  wiU  no  longer  be  optional  as 
heretofore.  The  postage  for  each  card  will  be  l|d.,  instead  of  3d.  Pre- 
payment is  compulsory. 

"  Post  Cards  must  not  exceed  the  following  dimensions  : — 
Length,  11  centimeti-es  =  S^  inches. 
Width,     9  „  =31      „ 

They  must  bear  the  superscription  "  Uiiiversal  Postal  Union"  followed   by 
the  name  of  the  Colony  (to  be  repeated  in  the  French  language). 

"  Other  Articles. — 

"  Registration. — 

"  Limit  of  Weight  and  Size. — 

"  Redirection. — 

"  Prohibited  Articles. — 

PILLAR  LETTER  BOXES. 

"  Postage  Stamps  may  be  purchased  at  the  shops  immediately  opposite 
the  Pillar  Boxes  on  the  St.  Ann's  Road,  and  at  the  Police  Station,  Picton 

Street. 


TRINIDAD.  159 

POST  CARDS. 
"  Post  Cards  for  Countries  of  the  Postal  Union  mil  be  issued  on  and 
after  the  first  April  next,  from  which  date  it  is  also  intended  to  issue 
Inland  Post  Cards  at  the  same  rate  as  for  Letters,  viz.,  one  penny  each. 
"(Signed)  Jas.  W.  O'Beien, 

"  Postmaster  General." 

The  above  notices,  among  other  particulars,  give  the  date  of  issue  of  the  first 
postcards.  A  Postal  Union  three  halfpenny  card  was  printed  in  the  Island  for  pro- 
visional use,  until  a  supply  could  be  obtained  from  England.  A  card  for  Inland 
service  was  issued,  as  we  see,  at  the  same  time.  This  was  also  printed  in  the  Island, 
and  was  similar  in  design  to  the  Postal  Union  card,  but  for  the  inscription  and  the 
colour,  which  was  black  in  place  of  vermilion,  the  colour  of  that  for  the  Postal  Union 
card.  Both  these  cards  were  franked  by  adhesives.  The  Inland  card  could  have  had 
but  a  limited  circulation,  as  specimens  of  it  are  very  seldom  met  with,  in  fact  as  far 
as  my  experience  goes  I  consider  it  should  rank  as  one  of  the  rarest  postcards  in 
existence.  The  high  price  asked  for  the  card,  one  penny,  would  certainly  militate 
against  its  use,  and  as  a  letter  could  be  sent  at  the  same  rate,  I  cannot  see  the  object 
of  its  emission.  The  use  of  the  card,  even  as  a  Government  issue,  has  never  been 
authentically  proved  to  collectors  before,  but  the  notice  I  have  reproduced  finally 
disposes  of  the  question.  That  the  card  really  was  issued  is  proved  by  used  specimens 
in  the  hands  of  one  or  two  collectors,  Mr.  Taylor  possessing  a  copy  postmarked  April 
28th,  1879. 

We  see  from  the  next  notice,  taken  from  The  Gazette  of  March  8th,  1882,  that 
the  rates  to  certain  of  the  adjacent  Islands  were  reduced  on  April  1st  of  that  j^ear ;  and 
the  notice  also  gives  the  date  of  issue  of  the  one  penny  postcard  for  use  to  these  places. 

NOTICE 
"  Is  hereby  given  that  on  and  after  the  1st  April  next  the  following 
rates  will  be  collected  on  correspondence  to  Tobago,  Grenada,  St.  Vincent, 
and  Barbados,  viz :  — 

On  Letter,  per  i  oz 2^d. 

On  Post  Cards  (each) Id. 

On  Newspapers,  Printed  Papers,  Books,  &c.,  per  2  oz.     ...       ^d. 
Commercial  Papers  —  Same  as   Printed  Papers,  except 

that  the  lowest  charge  for  each  packet  is  2^d. 

Patterns— Same  as  Printed  Papers,  except  that  the  lowest 
charge  for  each  Packet  is    ...         ...         ...         ...  •       ...       Id. 

"  Post  Cards  on  which  a  penny  stamp  may  be  affixed  wiU  be  ready  for 
issue  on  the  1st  AprU. 

"(Signed)  3 as.  W.  O'Brien, 

"  Postmaster  General. 
"  8th  March,  1882." 
The  card  mentioned  in  the  notice  was  printed  in  the  Island  and  used  pro- 
visionally, until  a  supply  of  the  required  value  could  be  obtained  from  England. 
Besides  the  usual  inscription,  it  bore  the  words  "Por  Countries  within  300  miles 
served  by  British  Packets."  The  notice  gives  a  list  of  these  places,  and  from  the 
limited  number,  it  is  evident  the  use  of  the  card  was  restricted. 

The  next  notice  was  published  in  The   Gazette  of  March  21st,  1883. 

"  General  Post  Office, 

"  15th  March,  1883. 
"  A   REGULAR  HALFPENNlT  POSTAGE  STAMP  being  now  in  circulation,  the 
half  of  a  Penny  stamp  which  has  been  for  some  time  used  wiU  not  be 
recognised  after  the  1st  of  April  next. 

"(Signed)  O'Conl.  Fitzgerald, 

"  Actinff  P.M.G." 


160 


TBINIDAD. 


Ever  since  the  issue  of  the  provisional  three  halfpenny'  card  on  April  1st,  1879, 
■which  was  franked  at  first  with  one  and  half  another  penny  adhesive,  the  use  of  half 
a  penny  stamp  as  a  halfpenny  seems  to  have  been  permitted,  even  after  a  supply  of 
halfpennj-  stamps  had  been  i-eceived  from  England.  Altogether  foiir  varieties  of  the 
one  penny  stamp  are  found  divided,  viz. :  the  stamp  without  expressed  value,  the  same 
stamp  surcharged  in  black  "  one  penny,"  the  provisional  one  penny  on  six  pence,  and 
the  one  penny  carmine  of  ilessrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.'s  design.  The  halfpenny 
referred  to  iu  the  notice  was  the  green  stamp  with  the  head  of  Her  Majesty,  similar 
in  type  to  the  one  penny  carmine  just  mentioned.  These  two  adhesivcs  with  a  two 
pence  halfpenny  ultramarine  and  foiir  pence  gre}',  were  issued  in  January  orFehvuaiy, 
1883.  I  have  found  no  mention  iu  The  Gazette  of  the  issue  of  the  halfpenny  iiiiiuvo 
of  the  old  "  Britannia  "  type,  with  the  va hie  surcharged  in  lil^irk.  The  earliest  |)osl- 
marked  copy  I  have  seen  is  dated  August  Sth,  1879. 

The  fcUowiug  appeared  in  The  Gazette  of  August  6th,  1884  : — 

RATES  OF  POSTAGE. 

On  and  from  1st  July,  1884,  t/ie  undermentioned  Sates  of  Postage  will  be 
collected  in  Trinidad. 


INLAND. 

"Letters.     Not  exceeding  i  oz."  ...         ...         ...         ...     Id. 

Every  additional  ^  oz.  ...         ...         ...         ...     Id. 

"  Postcards.  Official  Postcards  impressed  with  a  halfpenny  stamp 
may  lie  transmitted  between  places  in  Trinidad  with  Letters  printed  or 
wi'itten  upon  the  back.  Adhesive  Stamps  are  not  accepted  in  payment  of 
Postage  on  Post  Cards. 

"  Note.— Postage  Stamps,  Post  Cards,  Registered  Letter  Envelopes, 
and  Newspaper  Wrappers  of  the  following  denominations  may  now  be 
obtained  at  the  General  Post  Office,  Port-of-Spain,  and  the  Post  Offices  at 
San  Fernando  and  Couva.  At  all  other  Post  Offices  in  Trinidad  all  the 
undermentioned  (except  Is.  and  •'js.  Postage  Stamps)  may  be  obtained, 


Post  Cabds. 

Kegistkrep  Luttbr 

NEwsPiPHR  Wrappers. 

Stamps. 

Single 

Double  or 
Reply. 

Envelopes. 

id. 

Id, 

id. 

id. 

Available  In- 

Available      outside 

Id. 

Id. 

2d. 

Of  two  sizes. 

land,  and  f<ir 

the  Colony.  Where 

2id. 

l-Jd. 

3d. 

Grenada, 

the     Postage     ex- 

Id. 

2d. 

4d. 

2d.  each. 

Barbadoes, 

ceeds    Id.   the  ad- 

6d. 

St.  Vincent. 

ditional  sum  should 

Is. 

and  Tobago, 

be  affixed  in  Post- 

6s. 

age  Stamps. 

"  Note. — The  Post  Cards,   Registered  Letter   Envelopes,  and  News- 
paper Wrappers  are  sold  to  the  Public  at  their  face  value. 

"  (Signed)  J.  A.  Bulmer, 

"  Postmaster  General. 
'  General  Po.st  Office, 

"  Trinidad,  June,  1884." 


TUmiBAB.  161 

The  Eegistration  envelopes  and  newsimper  wrappers  mentioned  in  the  above 
were  probably  issued  for  the  first  time  at  the  date  of  the  notice,  as  they  are  not 
described  in  The  Philatelic  Record  or  the  Timhre-Poste  previously  to  August  and 
October,  1884.  The  postcards,  with  the  exception  of  the  reply  two  penny,  which  did 
not  appear  in  the  magazines  until  February,  1887,  were  chronicled  in  the  first  named 
Journal,  in  March,  1834.  We  may  therefore  give  March  1st  of  that  year  as  the  date 
of  issue  of  all  the  cards,  with  the  exception  of  the  reply  two  penny,  which  may  be 
put  down  as  June,  1884.  The  last  note  of  the  notice,  respecting  the  price  of  post- 
cards, &c.,  is  worthy  of  the  attention  of  the  OlRcials  of  Great  Britain,  who  might  well 
foUow  a  similar  course. 

The  set  of  "unpaid  letter"  stamps  was  brought  into  use  on  January  1st,  1885, 

and  the  following  memorandum  was    sent  round  by  the  Postmaster  to  the  chief 

commercial  houses  in  the  Island.     A  copy  was  forwarded  by  Mr.  J.  Graham  Taylor 

to  the  Editor  of  The  Philatelie  Becord,  and  was  published  in  the  number  of  that 

paper  for  December,  1884. 

"  General  Post  Office,  Poet-of-Spain, 
"  nth  November,  1884. 

MEMORANDUM. 
"  On  and  after  1st  January,  1885,  the  sum  to  be  collected  in  Trinidad 
from  the  addressee,  on  unpaid  and  insufficiently-paid  correspondence,  will 
be  represented  by  a  special  stamp  or  stamps  similar  to  the  specimen  below. 
These  stamps  will  be  affixed  to  the  cover  of  the  letters,  &c. 

"  With  a  view  to  expediting  the  delivery  of  mails  by  abolishing  the 
present  system  of  debiting  unpaid  charges  in  the  books  of  this  department, 
and  also  of  preventing  errors  by  over-charges,  I  beg  to  solicit  your  co- 
operation by  providing  your  messenger,  on  the  arrival  of  each  mail,  with  a 
sum  sufficient  to  cover  the  charges  on  any  unpaid  or  insufficiently-paid 
correspondence,  so  that  such  charges  may  be  coUeoted  when  the  corre- 
spondence is  dehvered. 

"  From  the  date  mentioned  aU  registered  and  unpaid  correspondence 
for  your  firm  arriving  by  the  English  mail  will  be  delivered  in  the  room  set 
apart  for  delivery  to  private  box-holders  together  with  the  ordinary 
correspondence. 

"  I  am,  gentlemen, 

"  Your  most  obedient  servant, 

"  (Signed)  J.  A.  Bulmeb, 

"  Postmaster  General!'' 

The  next  notice  is  taken  from  The  Gazette  of  July  22nd,  1885. 

NOTICE. 
"  On  and  from  the  1st  September,  1885,  aU  Postage  Stamps  (other  than 
those  described  below)  issued  in  this  colony  prior  to  1st  September,  1883, 
will  become  obsolete,  and  will  not  after  that  date  be  accepted  in  prepay- 
ment of  postage. 

"  Anyone  having  such  Postage  Stamps  may,  before  the  above  date, 
exchange  them  for  their  value  in  the  current  issue  Stamps  on  apphoation 
at  the  General  Post  Office,  Port-of-Spain. 

Current  issue  of  Trinidad  Postage  Stamps, 
|d.  Green. 
Id.  Pink. 
2id.  Blue. 
4d.  Slate. 
6d.  Ohve. 
Is.  Brown.  _ 
5s.  Rose,  large  rectangular. 

"(Signed)  J.  A.  Btjlmee, 

"  General  Post  Office,  Tkinidad,  "  Postmaster  General. 

"2Qth  Jul;/,  1885." 


Head  of  Queen  Crowned  to  left  on  shaded 
circle.  Inscription  "  Trinidad  Postage," 
in  curved  label  above.  Value  in  words  on 
lower  part :  ornamental  angles,  colour  on 
white. 


162  TRINIDAD. 

The  next  and  concluding  notice  I  have  to  give,  refers  to  a  reduction  in  the  postal 
rates  to  the  Island  of  Tobago.     It  is  found  in  The  Gazette  of  January  9th,  1889. 

NOTICE. 

"  On  and  from  tliis  date  the  Inland  rate  of  Postage  will  be  charged 
on  all  Postal  matter  forwarded  from  Trinidad  to  Tobago. 

"  (Signed)  J.  A.  Bulmer, 

"  Postmaster  General. 
"  Geneb.u-  Post  Office,  Trinidad, 
"  1st  January,  1889." 


KEFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    April  Uth,  1851. 

One  Value.  Engraved  in  taiUe-douce  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and 
Co.,  of  London.  Coloured  impression  on  medium  wove  unwatermarked  paper,  var3'ing 
in  substance.  Yellowish  gum,  unperforated.  Design  :  Figure  of  Britannia,  on  engine- 
turned  background,  seated  on  bales  of  merclutndise,  her  right  hand  holding  a  spear 
a.ud  her  left  arm  resting  on  a  shield,  charged  with  the  Union  Jack.  In  the  right 
background  there  is  a  three-masted  ship  in  full  sail.  A  straight  coloured  label  at  the 
bottom  of  the  stamp  contains  the  name  of  the  Colony  in  white  block  letters.  There 
are  white  square  blocks  in  the  four  corners,  each  containing  an  eight-rayed  star  with 
a  white  centre.  White  reticulated  borders  at  the  top  and  sides.  The  design  is 
completed  by  an  outer  line  of  colour.  The  stamps  have  no  expressed  value.  Shape 
upright  rectangular.     {Illustration  265.) 


A. — On  paper  blued  by  chemical  action  of  the  ink. 
(Id.)  reddish-puce  (shades). 
(Id.)  blue,  dull  blue,  pale  to  deep      (shades). 
(Id.)  grey,  brownish-grey,  dark  grey  (     „      ) 
(Id.)  brick-red,  pale  to  deep  (      u     ) 

B. — On  white  paper. 

(Id.)  blue,  duU  blue. 

(Id.)  dark  grey,  brownish-grey  (shades). 

(Id.)  brick-red,  brownish-lake    (      „     ) 

Remarks. — With  the  exception  of  the  blue,  the  shades  of  each  colour  are  very 
numerous.  FuU  particulars  relating  to  the  values  will  be  found  in  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon's 
Papers,  as  well  as  a  detailed  list  showing  the  dates  when  the  various  colours  were  in 
use. 

Issue  II.    October,  1852. 

One  Value.  Provisional  issue.  Engraved  on  stone  by  M.  Charles  Petit  in 
Trinidad,  and  printed  by  means  of  lithographic  transfers.  Coloured  impression  on 
yellowish,  bluish,  and  white  wove  unwatermarked  paper,  varying  greatly  in  substance. 
Yellowish  gum.  Unperforated.  Design  :  The  design  is  an  imitation  of  that  of  the 
preceding  issue,  but  the  fancy  reticulated  border  is  replaced  by  thin  parallel  lines 
and  the  stars  in  the  four  corners  have  four  instead  of  eight  points.     The  flag  of  the 


TBINIDAB.  163 

ship  is  blowing  to  the  right  instead  of  to  the  left,  and  the  background  is  composed  of 
oblique  crossed  lines.     Shape  upright  rectangular.     {Illustrations  266,  267, 268,  269.) 

B.    "  TEINIDAD." 

(Id.)  blue,  pale  to  deep,  Prussian  blue,  indigo  (shades), 

(Id.)  grey,  pale  to  deep,  greenish-grey,  brownish-grey  (  „  ) 
(1860)  (Id.)  duU  red,  pale  to  deep  (shades). 
BemarTcs. — The  shades  of  this  stamp  are  aknost  endless,  and  it  is  not  easy  to 
find  two  aUke.  There  appear  to  have  been  several  separate  editions  of  these 
provisionals,  for  particulars  of  which,  and  of  the  values,  see  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon's 
Papers.  The  printings  took  place  pending  the  arrival  of  fresh  supplies  of  the 
engraved  stamps  of  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  The  stamps  may  be  divided 
into  three  sets,  distinguishable  from  each  other  by  the  stages  of  wear  of  the  impres- 
sions, but  specimens  belonging  to  intermediate  stages  also  exist.  Some  discussion 
has  taken  place  as  to  whether  the  earliest  specimens  were  printed  from  an  engraved 
plate,  but  the  information  given  by  Mr.  Bacon  in  his  papers  seems  to  prove  beyond 
aU  doubt  that  no  such  plate  ever  existed.  The  stamps  (to  the  number  of  54  to  the 
sheet)  were  reproduced  by  lithographic  transfer  from  one  matrix  engraved  on  stone  ; 
but  while  it  is  possible  that  a  few  of  the  clearest  impressions  were  printed  singly 
from  the  matrix,  it  is  far  more  probable  that  all  were  printed  from  the  stone  with 
the  54  designs,  which  is  still  in  existence  inthe  Colonial  Secretary's  Department  at 
Government  House  at  Trinidad.  If  an  engraved  plate  as  well  as  an  engraved  stone 
had  been  employed  as  matrices,  there  would  have  been  two  varieties  of  type.  None 
such  are  known. 

Issue  III.   May  9th,  1859. 

Four  values.  Engraved  in  taille-douce  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and 
Co.  Coloured  impression  on  stout  white  wove  unwatermarked  paf)er.  Yellowish 
gum,  unperforated.  Designs  :  That  of  the  one  penny  is  the  same  as  Issue  I.  The 
design  of  the  others  is  similar,  but  the  values  are  now  given  in  the  bottom  label,  and 
the  name  of  the  Colony  is  printed  in  a  curve  in  the  upper  portion  of  the  stamp.  The 
value  is  printed  in  white  on  colour,  and  is  in  block  type  for  the  i'ouk  pence  and  one 
SHILLING,  and  in  Eoman  capitals  for  the  six  PErroB.  The  name  of  the  Colony  for  all 
three  values  is  printed  in  white  block  letters.  Shape,  upright  rectangular.  (Illus- 
trations 265,  270.) 

B.    "  lEINIDAl)."      T.    "  IKINIDAD."      B.  "  FOTJE  PENCE."      "  SIX  PENCE."       "  ONE  SHILLING." 

(Id.)  rose-red  (shades). 

4d.,  duU  lilac,  dark  brown-lUac,  grey-Ulac  (shades). 
6d.,  yeUow-green  (shades). 

Is.,  indigo,  purple-blue  (     „      ) 

Issue  IV.    End  of  1859. 

lour  values.     Same  in  aU  respects  as  the  stamps  of  the  preceding  issue,  but 
machine  perforated.     The  stamps  may  be  classified  according  to  their  perforations  ag 
foUows,  and  all  four  values  are  found  with  each.     (Illustrations  265,  270.) 
A. — Roughly  punctured,  compound,  12|  to  16. 
B. — Clean  cut  perforation,  compound,  12|  to  16. 
C. — Clean  cut  perforation,  15^  aU  round. 
(Id.)  dull  red;  brick-red,  brownish-red  (shades). 
4d.,  dull  lilac,  dark  grey-lUac,  dark  brownish-lUac  (sliades). 
6d.,  yellow-green,  dark  green  (shades). 
Is.,  indigo,  purple-blue  (shades). 


164  TRINIDAD. 

Bemarhs. — The  varieties  of  the  compound  perforations  are,  of  course,  exceedingly 
numerous.  As  in  other  cases,  no  detailed  list  of  them  is  given,  it  being  considered 
that  the  above  classification  \\\]1  prove  sufficient  for  all  practical  purposes.  A  copy  of 
the  one  penny  with  roughly  punctured  perforation,  has  been  seen  on  a  letter-sheet 
postmarked  October  25th,  1859,  and  a  specimen  of  the  same  stamp  -with  clean  cut 
perforation  15|  on  an  envelope  dated  Xovember  1st,  1861. 

Issue  V.     1863. 
Four  values.     Same  in  design,  &c.,  as  the  stamps  of  the  preceding  issue,  but  the 
paper  is  slightly  surfaced,  and  the  perforation  is  regular  and  clean  cut,  gauging  11 1 
aU  round.     The  stamps  are  of  slightly  smaller  dimensions.     {Illustratmis  265,  270.) 
(Id.)  deep  red  (slight  shades). 

4d.,  deep  lilac  (      n        »      ) 

6d.,  deep  yeUow-green  (      „        »      ) 
Is.,  indigo  (      „        „      ) 

lieiiiarlcs. — These  stamps  were  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Hue  and  Co.,  and  the 
differences  in  size  may  probably  be  accounted  for  by  the  shrinkage  of  a  new  kind  of 
paper,  which  seems  harder  and  more  glossy  than  that  previously  employed. 

Issue  VI.    1864-1866, 

Four  values.  Printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Hue  and  Co.  Coloured  impression  on 
white  wove  paper,  varying  in  substance,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.  White  gum, 
machine  perforated  12|.  Designs  :  Same  in  all  respects  as  those  of  the  preceding 
issue.     {Illustrations  265,  270.) 

(Id.)  red,  brownish-red,  red-violet,  brownish-lake  (shades). 

4d.,  lilac,  grey-lilac,  mauve,  grey-black  (     ii       ) 

6d.,  green,  dark  green,  yeUow-green,  emerald-green    (     „       ) 

Is.,  mauve,  purple  (shades). 
Varieties.     All  four  values  exist  unperforated,  and  were  undoubtedly  postaUy 
used  in  this  condition. 

Issue  VII.   1869. 

One  value.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co. 
Colom-ed  impression  on  medium  white  wove  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown 
C.C.  White  gum,  machine  perforated  12|.  Design :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen 
Victoria  to  left  on  ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  a  circle  of  one  white  and  two 
coloured  lines.  A  circular  band,  fiUed  in  with  arabesques,  enframes  the  above,  and  its 
outer  line  touches  the  sides  and  the  top  and  bottom  labels,  which  are  of  solid  colour 
and  inscribed  with  white  Roman  capitals.  The  spandrels  are  filled  in  with  arabesques, 
and  two  plain  outer  lines,  one  white  and  the  other  coloured,  complete  the  design. 
Shape,  large  upright  rectangular.     (Illustration  271.) 

T.    "  TRINIDAD."       B.    "  FIVE  SHILLINGS." 

5s.,  duU  lake  (shades). 
Variety.     A  specimen  exists  unperforated  and  postmarked. 

Issue  VIII.    1872. 

Tiw  values.  Same  as  the  stamps  of  Issue  VI.,  but  changed  in  colour.  Paper, 
watermark,  &c.,  as  before.     Machine  perforated  12J.     (Illustration  270.) 

4d.,  neutral  grey    (shades). 
Is.,  orange-yellow  (      „     ) 
liemarls. — The  one  shilling  is  known  fraudulently  surcharged  with  a  large  "  4d." 
in  black. 


TBINIDAD.  165 

Issue  IX.    18760). 

JBour  values.  Same  as  to  design,  paper,  &c.,  as  the  stamps  of  Issues  YI.  and 
VIII.,  but  macMne  perforated  14.     {Illustrations  265,  270.) 

(Id.)  red,  brownish-red  (shades). 
4d.,  neutral  grey. 

6d.,  green,  emerald-green  (shades). 
Is.,  orange-yellow. 

Variety.  The  one  penny  was  allowed  to  be  divided  in  1879,  and  each  half  used  as  a 
halfpenny  value.  The  halves  are  found  cut  sometimes  vertically,  sometimes  diagonally. 

Issue  X.   1879-1882. 

One  value.  The  design  is  precisely  the  same  as  that  of  the  one  penny  of  Issue 
IX.,  but  the  stamp  is  printed  in  pale  mauve,  and  surcharged  halfpenny  across  the 
lower  portion  in  black  block  letters  3  mm.  in  height,  the  surcharge  being  16  mm.  in 
length.     Machine  perforated  14.     {Illustration  272.) 

A. — Watermarked  Crown  C.C.  placed  sideways. 

jd.,  black  surcharge  on  pale  mauve. 
B.— Watermarked  Crown  C.A.    (1882). 

id.,  black  surcharge  on  pale  mauve. 

Bemarlcs. — This  stamp  is  sometimes  found  deep  hrown  in  colour.     The  variety  is 

believed  to  be  due  to  a  change  in  colour  of  the  mauve  stamp,  probably  from  accidental 

causes. 

Issue  XL    April,  1882. 

One  value.  The  design  is  precisely  the  same  as  that  of  the  one  penny  of  Issue 
IX.,  but  the  stamp  is  watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  and  surcharged  one  penny  across 
the  lower  portion  in  black  block  letters  3  mm.  in  height,  the  surcharge  being  16  mm. 
in  length.     Machine  perforated  14.     {Illustration  272.) 

Id.,  black  surcharge  on  vermilion-red. 

Variety.     Cut  in  half  and  used  as  a  halfpenny  value. 

(^d.)  black  surcharge  on  vermilion-red. 

Issue  XII.    May,  1882. 

One  value.  Provisional  issue.  This  is  the  six  pence  of  Issue  IX.,  surcharged 
"  Id."  by  hand  in  red  or  black  ink,  and  the  original  value  obliterated  by  a  thick  or  thiii 
bar  of  the  same  colour.     Paper,  watermark,  &c.,  as  before.     {Illustrations  273,  274.) 

A. — Surcharged  in  red. 
( i. )  Thin  red  bar,  Id.,  red  surcharge  on  6d.  green,  emerald-green  (shades), 
(ii.)  Thick  red  bar.  Id.,  „  „  „   6d.      „      (shades). 

Varieties,     a.  Double  red  bar  across  value,  Id.,  red  surcharge  on  6d.  green. 
h.  Cut  in  half  and  used  as  a  halfpenny  value. 
B. — Surcharged  in  black. 
Id.,  black  surcharge  on  6d.  green. 
BemarJcs. — The  earliest  postmarked  copy  of  this  surcharged  stamp  known  to  the 
Society  is  dated  May  9th,  1882. 

Issue  XIII.    1882  (?). 
One  value.     Same  in  all  respects  as  the  four  pence  of  Issue  IX.,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  watermark,  which  is  changed  to  Crown  C.A.     Paper,  perforation,  &c.,  as 

before.     {Illustration  270.) 

4d.,  neutral-grey. 

Issue  XIV.    1883-1884. 

Six  values.  Engraved  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co. 
Coloured  impression  on  medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  White 
gum,  machine  perforated  14.     Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on 


166  TRINIDAB. 

background  of  horizontal  lines,  within  a  treble-lined  circle,  the  centre  line  being 
coloured,  and  the  outer  and  inner  lines  white.  Above  and  following  the  shape  of  the 
circle  there  is  a  curved  coloured  label  containing  an  inscription  in  white  block  letters. 
Below,  and  extending  across  the  stamp,  there  is  a  straight  white  label  containing  the 
value  in  coloured  block  letters.  The  spandrels  and  corners  are  filled  iu  with 
arabesques,  and  the  design  is  completed  bj'  a  double  outer  line  of  colour.  Shape, 
upright  rectangular.     {lUnstration  275.) 

T.    "  TEINIDAD  POSTAGE."      B.    "  HALFPENNY."       "  ONE  PENNY."      "  TWO  PENCE  HAMPENNY." 
"  FOTTE  PENCE."       "  SIX  PENCE."       "  ONE  SHILLING." 

(January  (?)  1883.)    |d.,  duU  green       (slight  shades). 
(  „  )     Id.,  rose-red  (      „  „     ) 

(  ,,  )  2^d.,  ultramarine     (      „  „     ) 

(  »  )    W.,  gi-ey  (      „  ,,     ) 

(    Early  in  1884.    )     6d.,  olive-broivn     (      „  „     ) 

'(  „  )     Is.,  orange-brown  (      „  „     ) 

Variety.     The  one  penny  is  known  cut  in  half  and  used  as  a  halfpenny  value. 

(.;d.)  rose-red. 

UNPAID    LETTER    STAMPS. 

Issue  I.    January  1st,  1885. 

Nhie  values.  On  the  1st  January,  1885,  a  series  of  stamps  was  brought  into 
use  to  denote  the  charge  on  unpaid  or  insufficiently  prepaid  letters.  Engraved  and 
surface-printed  by  Messrs  De  la  Eue  and  Co.  Black  impression  on  medium  white 
wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  \VTiite  gum,  machine  perforated  14.  Design  : 
A  white  circular  space,  enframed  with  a  single  black  circular  line,  constitutes  the 
centre  of  the  design,  and  contains  the  value  in  fancy  block  numerals.  Above  and 
below,  and  following  the  shape  of  the  circle,  are  two  curved  bands  of  colour,  contain- 
ing the  name  of  the  Colony  and  an  inscription  in  white  block  letters.  A  narrow 
rectangular  fancy  patterned  border  enframes  the  circle  and  the  curved  bands,  and  is 
impinged  upon  by  both.  The  spandrels  consist  of  white  triangular  blocks,  and  the 
design  is  completed  by  an  outer  line  of  colour.  Shape,  upright  rectangular. 
{Illustrations,  276,  277.) 

T.    "  TEINIDAD."       B.    "  SITRCHAEGE  POSTAGE." 

jd.,  grey-black. 
Id.,     „        „ 


2d.,     „ 

3d,,     „ 

4d.,     „ 

5d.,    „ 

6d.,    „ 

8d.,    „ 

Is.,     „ 

LATE 

STAMPS 

TOO 

Various  stamps  of  certain  of  the  preceding  issues  are  to  be  met  with  surcharged 
"  TOO  LATE "  in  black  or  red  block  letters,  and  with  the  same  surcharge  double  or 
inverted.  No  such  stamps  were  ever  sold  to  the  public  in  Trinidad.  The  varieties 
are  entirely  devoid  of  Philatelic  interest,  and  owe  their  existence  to  obliging  post 
office  officials,  the  surcharges  being  nothing  more  than  griffcs  de  comjilaisance,  made 
for  the  benefit  (?)  of  collectors. 


TRINIDAD.  167 

REGISTRATION    ENVELOPES. 

Issue  I.    1880. 

Three  sizes.  Bag-shaped  envelopes  of  white  wove,  linen-lined  paper,  with 
inscriptions,  &c.,  in  blue,  as  on  the  first  issue  for  Jamaica,  but  in  different  type.  On 
the  flap  is  an  arched  label,  bearing  the  words  foe  EEeisiBATiON  only  in  block  letters, 
in  plain  relief  on  a  solid  gree^i  ground.     (Illustration  291.) 

Without  expressed,  value,  green  and  blue,  size  F. 
»  jj  j»  J)    ^■ 

»  t!  a  »      •'^• 

EemarJes. — These  envelopes  have  under  the  flap  the  inscription  :  McCoEairoDALE 
&  Qo.  CojsTTEACTOES,  printed  in  blue  block  letters,  and  beneath  this  in  a  straight  line, 
in  black  block  letters,  McCoBatroDAiE  &  Co.'s  Patent  EBaisiBEBD  Envelope. 

Issue  II.    June,  1884. 

One  value.  Similar  to  the  envelopes  of  Barbados  Issue  II.,  with  a  large  letter 
"  E "  in  an  upright  oval  frame  in  the  left  upper  corner,  and  the  flap  to  the  right. 
The  stamp  is  embossed  in  colour  on  the  flap.  Design :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen 
Victoria  to  left,  in  plain  relief  on  a  solid  ground  of  colour,  enclosed  within  a  circular 
band  bearing  inscriptions  in  coloured  block  letters  on  a  reticulated  ground  ;  this  is 
surrounded  b}'  an  outer  border  of  a  white  and  a  coloured  line  with  eight  scallops,  the 
same  design  as  that  of  the  stamp  on  the  one  penny  Eegistration  Envelopes  of 
Barbados.     {Illustrations  28,  305.) 

I.    "  TKINIDAD  EBGISTEAIION."      B.    "  TWO  PENCE." 

2d.,  blue,  grey-blue,  size  F. 
2d.,     „  „  „     G. 

HemarJcs — The  inscription  under  the  flap  in  blue,  is — 

McCoEQTJODALE  &  Co.  CoNTEACIOES. 

LiMIIBD. 

Towards  the  end  of  1890,  a  modification  was  made  locally  to  size  G  of  these 
envelopes.  To  obviate  the  difiiculty  of  opening  the  linen-Hned  envelope  a  line  of 
perforations  is  run  across  near  the  right-hand  side,  through  the  flap  and  the  two 
thicknesses  of  the  envelope,  and  on  the  flap  is  printed  in  red,  To  wiikdeaw  contents, 
CUT  AWAT  PEK — EOEATED  POETioN  OF  ENVELOPE,  in  thick  blook  letters  in  two  lines. 
Across  the  lower  part  of  the  back  (not  the  address  side)  of  the  envelope  is  printed, 
also  in  red,  "  If  any  investigation  is  required  to  be — made  about  this  letter  the 
envelope  must — accompany  the  complaint,"  in  three  lines. 

"WRAPPERS. 

Issue  I.   June,  1884. 

Tivo  values.  Similar  to  the  wrappers  of  Barbados,  and  with  a  stamp  on  the 
ONE  PBNITT  of  the  same  design  as  that  on  the  Barbados  wrapper  of  the  same  value. 
The  stamp  on  the  halfpenny  wrapper  bears  the  same  profile  in  a  circle  without  the 
festooned  border ;  the  inscriptions  are  in  similar  lettering,  on  plain  curved  labels  above 
and  below,  and  the  whole  is  enclosed  in  a  rectangular  frame  with  the  corners  tapered 
off,  and  smaU  white  ornaments  on  a  solid  ground  in  the  spandrels.  {Illustrations  292, 
293.) 

I.    "  XEINTDAD."      B.    "  HALFPENNY."       "  ONE    PENNT." 

id.,  green. 
Id.,  carraine. 


168  TRINIDAD. 

Issue  II.    1885. 
One  value.     Provisional  issue.      The  one  penny  wrapper  of  the  previous  issue, 
with  the  stamp  surcharged  in  black   haittenist  in  block  letters  across  the  centre,  and 
with  four  horizontal  lines  across  the  original  value.     (Illustration  294.) 
\A.,  black  surcharge,  on  let.  carmine. 
Variety. — ^s'lth  Jive  horizontal  lines  across  the  original  value. 
Jd.,  black  surcharge,  on  Id,  carmine, 

POST     CARDS. 

Issue  I.     April  1st,  1879. 

Tivo  values.  Designed  and  printed  in  the  Island  upon  stout  white  card.  Size, 
134x85  mm.,  or  5y^„X 34  inches,  varying  somewhat  in  dimensions.  Design:  The 
cards  have  a  heavy  chain  pattern  border,  measuring  119x74mm.,  or  4-puX 2-1% inches. 
The  upper  part  of  the  card  is  divided  by  a  chain  pattern,  similar  to  the  border,  into 
an  oblong  rectangle  for  the  inscription,  and  a  square  in  the  right  upper  corner  for  the 
stamp,  the  bottom  of  the  square  consisting  merely  of  a  plain  straight  line.  The  chain 
pattern  at  the  bottom  of  the  rectangle,  is  interrupted  by  the  insertion  of  the  addeess 
ONLY  TO  BE  WEiTTEN  ON  THIS  SIDE,  in  thin  block  letters,  between  two  straight  lines. 
The  square  contains  in  the  centre  the  word  stamp,  in  slanting  capitals  reading  up- 
wards. The  links  at  the  four  corners  of  the  card,  and  at  the  corners  of  the  rectangle 
and  square,  are  circular,  and  are  fiUed  in  with  rosettes.  The  lower  part  of  the  card 
has  four  straight  dotted  lines  for  the  address,  the  bottom  one  being  shorter  than  the 
others.  The  rectangle  on  the  one  penny  card  contains  the  following  inscription) 
TRINIDAD,  in  Eoman  capitals  in  the  left  upper  corner,  and  lower  down  in  the  centre 
INLAND  POST  CAED.  in  large  fancy  capitals  in  a  straight  line.  The  inscription  on  the 
three  halfpenny  card  is  in  three  straight  lines,  1st.  "  Postal  Union— (Union  Postale 
UnivcrseUe.)  "  in  lower  case  Roman  type  ;  2nd.  teinidad  to  left,  in  Roman  capitals  ; 
3rd.  POEEIGN  POST  CAED.  in  large  fancy  capitals.  The  stamp  employed  for  the  Inland 
card,  was  the  red  adhesive,  without  expressed  value,  of  the  "Britannia"  type,  while 
the  three  halfpenny  value  was  made  up  by  the  same  stamp,  and  half  another  divided 
vertically  down  the  centre,  until  the  issue  of  the  "  Britannia  "  halfpenny  adhesive 
took  place,  when  the  latter  was  used  in  conjunction  with  ihe  one  ^jenny  just 
mentioned.     {Illustrations  295,  296.) 

A. — For  Inland  service. 

Without  expressed  value  (Id.)  black  impression  :  franked  by  a  (Id.)  red 
adhesive. 

B. — For  Countries  in  the  Postal  Union. 

Without  expressed  value  (lid.)  vermilion  impression:  franked  by  one 

and  half  another  (Id.)  red  adliesives. 
Without  expressed  value  (l.^d.)  vermilion  impression:  franked  by  one 
^d.  mauve  and  one  (Id.)  red  adhesives. 

Remarhs. — The  above  cards  were  issued  provisionally  pending  a  supply  from 
England.  The  three  halfpenny  was  replaced  by  the  card  next  to  be  described,  whUe 
the  one  penny,  to  judge  from  its  rarily,  seems  to  have  been  but  little  used.  This  is 
readily  accounted  for  by  the  excessive  charge  made  for  the  card,  as  a  half  ounce 
letter  could  be  sent  at  the  same  rate. 

Issue  II.    August  (?),  1879. 
Oiie  value.     Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.  upon  medium 
light  buff  card.     Si?e  121x87  mm.,  or  4^x3|-  inches.     The  inscription  is  the  same 


TRINIDAD.  169 

as  that  of  the  first  issue  card  of  Autigiia,  except  that  the  second  line  is  altered  to 
IKINIDAD  (TEiNixi:.)  The  stamp  is  in  the  right  upper  corner.  Design:  Diademed 
head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left,  upon  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  enclosed  within  a 
circular  band  of  solid  coloiir,  inscribed  teinidad  above,  postage  below,  in  plain  block 
letters,  the  two  words  being  separated  at  either  side  by  a  star-like  ornament.  Plain 
straight  label  below  the  band  inscribed  pemit  halepenny  in  thin  block  letters. 
Conventional  ornaments  in  the  spandi-els  and  a.  plain  outer  line  of  colour  completes 
the  stamp.     The  card  has  no  frame.     {Illustration  297.) 

lid.,  brown  (shades). 

Issue  III.    April  1st,  1882. 

One  Value.  Designed  and  printed  in  the  Colony,  as  a  provisional  issiie,  upon 
thick  cream  card.  Size  122x88  mm.  or  4-ix35  inches,  but  varying  somewhat  in  the 
dimensions.  The  inscription  is  in  five  straight  lines  at  the  top  of  the  card,  1st. 
xrsws  posTALB  UNiVEESELLB  ill  blook  letters ;  2nd.  teinidab  (ieinite)  in  Eoman 
capitals ;  3rd.  post  caed  in  large  Roman  capitals,  the  two  words  being  separated  by 
the  Arms  and  Supporters  of  Great  Britain ;  4th.  eoe  coitnteies  within  300  miles  seeved 
BY  BEiTisH  packets,  in  Small  Roman  capitals;  5th.  the  abdeess  only  to  be  weitten 
ON  THIS  SIDE,  in  tall  block  letters.  In  the  right  upper  corner,  there  is  a  small  upright 
rectangle  for  the  stamp,  composed  of  four  plain  straight  lines.  Outside  the  frame 
are  the  words  postage  stamp,  at  the  top,  and  one  penny  at  the  bottom  in  small 
Roman  capitals.  The  card  is  without  frame.  {Illustration  298.) 
Id.,  black  impression,  franked  by  a  Id.  adhesive. 

SemarJcs. — All  three  varieties  of  the  one  penny  adhesive,  in  use  during  the  issue 
of  this  card,  may  be  found  upon  it,  viz.,  the  one  penny  red,  without  expressed  value, 
the  same  stamp  surcharged  one  penny  in  black,  and  the  provisional  one  penny 
surcharged  with  pen  and  ink  upon  the  six  pence  green. 

Issue  IV.  March  1st  (?),  1884. 
Fotcr  values.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co. ;  the  half- 
penny upon  thick  white,  and  the  other  three  values  upon  stout  straw  card.  Size  of 
the  halfpenny  121x75  mm.,  or  4:^x2^-^^  inches  ;  that  of  the  one  penny,  three  half- 
penny, and  two  pence  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3^  inches.  The  inscription  on  the  half- 
penny is  in  four  lines — 1st.  inland  ;  2nd.  post  caeb,  with  the  Arms  and  Supporters 
of  Great  Britain  between  the  two  words ;  3rd.  teinibad  ;  4th.  the  abdeess  only  to 
BE  -written  on  this  sibb.  The  first  and  third  lines  are  in  Roman  capitals,  the  second 
in  large  fancy  capitals,  and  the  fourth  is  in  smaU  block  letters.  The  inscription  on 
the  other  three  values  is  like  that  on  the  card  of  Issue  II.,  but  the  one  penny  has 
(poE  oouNTEiES  WITHIN  300  MiLEs)  in  smaU  Roman  capitals  added  in  a  straight  line 
beneath  the  abbeess  only,  &c.,  and  the  two  pence  has  (eoe  inbia  and  cotjnteies  in 
THE  east — VIA  TTNiiEB  KINGDOM),  added  in  two  straight  lines,  in  the  same  type 
and  position  as  the  extra  inscription  on  the  one  penny,  the  word  via  being  in  Italic 
capitals.  The  stamp  on  aU  four  cards  is  in  the  right  upper  corner,  and  is  of  the 
same  design  as  that  on  the  second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  but  for  the  change  in  the 
name  of  the  Colony.     {Illustrations  300,  301,  302,  303.) 

|d.,  red-brown     (shght  shades). 

Id.,  carmine         (     „  „      ) 

l|d.,  dark  brown  (    „  „      ) 

2d.,  dark  blue      (     „  „      ) 

z 


170  TRINIDAD. 

REPLY    PAID    CARDS. 

Issue  I.    March  1st  (?),  1884. 
Three  values.     Similar  iu  every  way  to  the  single  cards  of  corresponding  value 
of  Issue  IV.,  but  -with  the  usual  additional  inscription  added  to  each  half,  as  on  the 
reply  cards  of  Autigua.     The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  perforated  4,  and  the 
design  is  impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.     {Ilh(strations  301,  302,  303.) 
Id.+ld.,    carmine         (slight  shades). 
IJd.  +  l^d.,  dark  brown  (     „  „      ) 

(June,  1884)     2d.  +  2d.,    dark  blue      (     „  „      ) 

LOCAL    STAMP. 

Issue  April  IGth,  1847. 

Without  expressed  value.  Engraved  in  taiUe-douce  and  printed  upon  stout 
yellowish  woVe  unwatermarked  paper,  unperforated.  Design :  A  steamer  sailing  to 
right,  below  which  is  the  monogram  L.McL.  in  white  fancy  letters.  The  background 
of  the  stamp  is  composed  of  vertical  coloured  lines,  which  are  crossed  around  the 
steamer  and  monogram  by  horizontal  coloured  lines.  The  design  is  completed  by  a 
narrow  border  of  reticulations.  Shape  upright  rectangular.  {Illustration  278.) 
Without  expressed  value  (^Jd.),  dark  blue. 

Bemarhs. — This  "local"  was  issued  by  the  owner  of  the  steamer  Lady  McLeod, 
previous  to  the  introduction  of  postage  stamps,  for  the  pre-payment  of  letters  carried 
between  the  ports  of  San  Fernando  and  Port  of  Spain,  the  two  chief  towns  of  the 
Island.  The  stamps  were  sold  at  two  pence  halfpenny  for  a  single  copy,  or  at  the 
rate  of  two  pence  each  if  one  hundred  were  purchased  together.  The  obliteration 
usually  consisted  of  a  "cross"  in  pen  and  black  ink.  For  further  information 
concerning  this  stamp  see  Mr.  Bacon's  papers. 


TURKS'  ISLANDS. 


PEELIMINARY    NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

These  Islands,  Mr.  J.  C.  Crisson,  the  present  postmaster,  informs  me,  take  their  name 
from  the  melon  or  Turk's  head  cactus,  which  was  found  in  abundance  on  them  at  the 
time  of  their  discovery.  The  Colony  has  never  possessed  an  Official  Gazette,  but 
Government  notices  appear  in  the  newspaper,  The  Royal  Standard  and  Gazette  of  the 
TurTcs  and  Caicos  Islands,  published  at  Grand  Turk,  Turks'  Islands. 

The  following  notice  taken  from  the  number  of  that  paper  for  April  6th,  1867, 
gives  the  date  of  issue  of  the  first  set  of  postage  stamps. 

NOTICE. 

"  His  Honor  the  President,  and  Executive  Council,  having  authorised 

the  immediate  use  of  Postage  Stamps  in  this  Colony,  the  Public  are  hereby 

informed  that  such  Stamps  can  be  had  at  this  Office  on  any  day  during 

OJice  hours. 

"By  Order, 

"(Signed)  Robert  J.  Dabrell, 

"  Postmaster. 
"  Post  Office,  Grand  Turk, 
"  Uh  April,  1867." 

These  stamps,  it  is  known,  were  three  in  number,  one  penny,  six  pence,  and 
one  shilling.  They  were  engraved  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co. 
upon  unwatermarked  paper,  and  the  plates,  which  were  of  steel,  each  contained  30 
specimens,  arranged  in  three  horizontal  rows  of  ten.  The  plate  of  the  one  penny 
was  finished  on  November  6th,  1866,  that  of  the  six  pence  on  November  17th,  and 
that  of  the  one  shilling  on  November  20th,  the  same  year.  Proof  impressions  in 
black,  on  plain  white  paper,  are  known  of  the  three  values,  taken  from  the  plates,  as 
well  as  proofs  in  black  on  white  card,  struck  from  the  engraved  dies.  I  have  also 
seen  proofs  in  black  of  the  one  penny  upon  blue,  and  upon  yellow  paper.  The  three 
plates  were  handed  over  to  the  Crown  Agents  on  the  18th  March,  1881,  and  were 
afterwards  given  by  them  to  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  who  have  since  printed  aU 
further  supplies  of  stamps  required  by  the  Colony. 

The  following  dates  of  printings  are  taken  from  one  of  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.'s  books,  to  which  specimens  are  attached.  These  stamps  are  aU  upon  "  star  " 
watermarked  paper. 

One  penny,  lake,  1873. 

One  penny,  pale  lake,  Sept.,  1875. 

One  penny,  vermihon,  Nov.,  1878. 


172  TUEKS'  ISLANDS. 

Mr.  Crisson  informs  me  that  the  rates  of  postage,  at  the  time  of  the  introduction 
of  stamps,  were  as  follows  : — 

To  England,  Is.  per  J  oz. 
„  West  Indian  Colonies,  6d.  per  i  oz. 
Newspapers,  Id.  each. 
And  he  says  at  that  time  there  was  no  intercolonial  postage. 

The  Islands  joined  the  Universal  Postal  Union  on  the  1st  January,  1881,  the 
date  the  first  provisional  stamps  were  issued,  the  new  values  being  required  for  the 
reduced  rates  which  then  came  into  operation.  A  three  halfpenny  card  should  also 
have  been  issued  at  the  same  date,  but  this  was  evidently  beyond  the  resources  of 
the  Colony  to  produce,  so  the  inhabitants  were  compelled  to  wait  until  the  receipt  of 
one  from  England,  which  did  not  arrive  until  some  months  later.  Mr.  Crisson  tells 
me  the  following  notice  was  published  in  July,  1881  : — 

POST  OFPICE  NOTICE. 

"  The  Turks  and  Caicos  Islands  joined  the  Postal  Union  on  the  first  of 
January,  1881,  and  the  foUowing  rates  of  Postage  are  published  for  general 

information :  — 

Letters,  4d.  per  half-ounce. 

Post  Cards,  Ij^d.  each. 
Keply   do.  J  3d.      „ 
Newspapers,' Id  each,  if  under  4  oz. 
Books  and  other  printed  matter  (except  newspapers)  Id.  per  two  ounces. 
Commercial  papers,  the  same  as  for  printed  paper,  but  a  minimum 
charge  of  2jd. 

"  (Signed)  J.  0.  Csisson, 

"  Postmaster. 
"  Post  Office,  Torks'  Islands, 
"  ■2::>th  July,  1881." 

One  would  naturally  think  from  the  above  that  single  and  reply  cards  were  to  be 
had  at  the  Post  Office  in  July,  1881,  but  I  believe  the  latter  was  not  issued  until 
several  years  afterwards,  as  it  was  not  described  in  the  Philatelic  journals  until  1885. 

The  file  of  newspapers  I  have  had  access  to,  is  a  very  incomplete  one,  and  I 
have  found  no  further  notice  with  reference  to  postal  matters  sufficiently  interesting 
to  reproduce  here,  neither  can  I  add  any  new  particulars  about  the  provisional  or 
later  issued  stamps,  beyond  those  given  in  the  Eeference  List  of  the  Societj'. 


EEEERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    AprU  4th,  1867. 

Tliree  vahies.  Engraved  in  iaiUe-doiice,  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.,  of  London,  on  stout  white  wove  unwatermarked  paper.  Yellowish  gum, 
machine  perforated  11|,  12|.  Design  :  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left 
on  reticulated  ground,  within  a  narrow  white  oval  band.  At  the  top  and  bottom  of 
the  oval,  and  following  its  curves,  are  plain  coloured  labels  with  rounded  ends, 
inscribed  in  white  block  letters,  with  the  name  of  the  Colony  above  and  the  value 
below.  The  remainder  of  the  stamp,  which  is  of  upright  rectangular  shape,  having 
the  four  corners  cut  off,  is  filled  in  with  reticulations,  and  the  design  is  completed  by 
a  single  outer  line  of  colour.  {Illustration  279.) 


TURKS'  ISLANDS.  173 

I.  "  Turks'  isiiNDs."    b.  "  oifB  pennt."     "  six  pence."     "  one  sHiLLUsre." 

Id.,  dull  rose  (shades). 

6d.,  black,  brownish-black  (sliades).j 

Is.,  slate-blue  (shades). 
E^marJcs. — A  specimen  of  the  one  shilling  in  the  late  Vice-President's  collection 
IS  of  a  shade  nearly  approaching  that  of  the  six  pence.     Whether  this  is  an  error  or 
not  is  not  known. 

Issue  II.   1873. 

One  value.  The  one  penny  of  the  preceding  issue,  printed  upon  stout  white 
wove  paper,  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star.  Machine  perforated  ll|xl5. 
(Illustration  279.) 

Id.,  duU  rose-lake  (shades). 

Issue  III.   1879. 
Two  values.     The  one  penny  and  one  shilling  of  Issue  I.  changed  in  colour,  and 
printed  upon  stout  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star.     Machine 
perforated  11|  X 15.     (Illustration  279.) 

Id.,  vermilion  (shades). 
Is.,  lilac  (     ))     ) 

Eemarhs. — The  six  pence  is  given  in  the  Catalogue  of  M.  Moens,  as  found  with 
star  watermark,  but  no  specimen  is  known  to  the  Society. 

Issue  IV.   January  1st,  1881. 

Three  values.  In  consequence  of  the  admission  of  Turks'  Islands  into  the 
Universal  Postal  Union,  three  new  values  of  a  halfpenny,  two  pence  halfpenny  and 
four  pence  were  required,  and  these  were  temporarily  provided  by  surcharging  the 
stamps  issued  in  1867  and  1879  described  above,  with  numerals  of  value  in  black. 
There  are  a  large  number  of  varieties  in  the  surcharges,  and  illustrations  are  given 
of  all  the  more  prominent  types.  The  stamps  were  in  use  for  some  months,  and 
more  than  one  arrangement  of  the  types  took  place.  The  surcharge  |  (d.)  on  the 
oue  penny  ^Illustration  299),  consists  of  fifteen  varieties  twice  applied  on  the  entire 
sheet  of  thirty  stamps.  The  two  pence  haKpenny  was  formed  of  the  same  varieties 
with  a  numeral  2  (with  a  straight  or  curved  foot)  placed  before  the  |.  Only  three 
varieties  of  the  numeral  are  known  of  the  4  (d.). 

i  (d.)  black  surcharge,  on  Id.,  1879  (Illustration  -----    299.) 

I  (d.)  „  „   6d.,  1867  (  „  299.) 

i  (d.)  „  „   Is.,  1867  (  „  299.) 

i  (d.)  „  „  Is.,  1879  (  ,.  299.) 

21  (d.)  „  „   Id.,  1879  (  „  280,  281,  282,  283.) 

2i  (d.)  „  „   6d.,  1867  (  „  283.) 

2i  (d.)  „  „    Is.,  1867  (  „  -    -  280,  281,  282.) 

2i  (d.)  „  „    Is.,  1879  (  „  280,  281,  282,  283.) 

4  (d.)  „  „    Id.,  1879  (  „  -    -  281,  285,  286.) 

4  (d.)  „  „   6d.,  1867  (  ,,  -    -  284,  28.5,  286.) 

4  (d.)  „  „   Is.,  1879  (  „  -    -  284,  285,  286.)    ■ 

Variety.     With  double  surcharge. 

5  (d.)  black  surcharge,  on  Is.,  1867. 

Eemarks. — Several  of  the  stamps  are  known  with  the  surcharge  inverted,  but 
the  authenticity  of  these  varieties  requires  confirmation. 


174  TURKS'   ISLANDS. 

Issue  V,  September,  1881. 
Four  vahies.  Printed  bj-  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  on  white  surfaced  paper, 
watermarked  Crown  C.C,  which  is  found  sidewaj-s  on  the  one  penny,  six  pence  and 
one  shilling.  White  gum,  machine  perforated  14.  Designs  :  Three  of  the  values 
are  the  same  as  those  of  Issue  I.,  and  are  printed  from  the  old  plates  engraved  by 
Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  That  of  the  totje  pence  is  as  follows  :  Diademed 
profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on  ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  a  siugle-Uned 
octagon.  Straight  white  labels  at  top  and  bottom,  inscribed  in  coloured  block  letters. 
The  borders  at  the  sides  of  the  stamp  contain  rows  of  white  diamonds,  and  the 
spandrels  are  filled  in  with  foliate  ornaments.  As  in  the  case  of  other  stamps  of  this 
tj'pe  the  labels  are  printed  separately  from  the  central  part  of  the  design.  Shape, 
upright  rectangular.     {lUiwirations  279,  287.) 

T.    "  TTEKS'  ISLANDS."      B.  "  TOUE  PENCE." 

Id.,  vermilion-red  (shades). 
4d.,  ultramarine  (  „  ) 
6d.,  bliick-brown  (  „  ) 
Is.,  greenish-slate  (      „     ) 

Issue  VI.    1882-1884. 

Four  values.  Similar  designs  to  the  last  issue,  the  two  new  values  of  a  half- 
penny and  two  pence  halfpenny  being  like  the  four  pence.  Printed  by  Messrs. 
De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  white  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.A.  White 
and  yellowish  gum,  machine  perforated  14.     (Illustrations  279,  287,  288.) 

(Jan.,  1882)    |d.,  sea-green  to  blue-green. 

(     188-3      )    Id.,  brownish-orange. 

(Jan.,  1882)  2Jd.,  red-brown. 

( End  1884  )   4d.,  grey. 

Issue  VII.    July  (?),  1887-89. 
Three  values.     The  design  is  the  same  as  for  Issue  I.,  and  the  stamps  are  printed 
from  the  old  plates  of  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co. 
on    medium   white   wove   paper,    watermarked   Crown    C.A.,    machine   perforated. 
{Illustration  279.) 

A. — Perforated  12. 
(  July  (?),  1887  )  Id.,  carmine  (shades). 

B.— Perforated  14. 
(  July  (?),  1889  )  Id.,  carmine  (?). 
(  July  iy),  1887  )  6d.,  olive-bro^vn  (shades). 
(March  (?),  1889)  6d.,  pale  chestnut-brown  (shades). 
(  July  (?),  1887  )  Is  ,  deep  brown  (shades). 

Remarks. — The  one  penny  carmine  of  this  issue  is  chronicled  in  The  Philatelic 
Record  for  August,  1889,  ijerforated  14,  but  this  variety  has  not  been  met  with  by 
the  Society. 

Issue  VIII.    May  (?),  1889. 

One  value.  The  two  pence  halfpenny  of  Issue  VI.,  surcharged  "  One  Penny  "  in 
lower  case  type,  with  a  capital  initial  letter  to  each  word.  The  surcharge  measures 
16  ram.  in  length.  Watermark  Crown  C.A.  Machine  perforated  14.  (Illustration 
289.) 

Id.,  black  surcharge,  on  2^d.,  red-brown. 


TURKS'  ISLANDS.  175 

REGISTRATION    ENVELOPES. 

Issue  I.    1881. 

Two  sizes.     Similar  in  every  respect  to  the  registration  envelopes  issued  in 
Jamaica  on  the  1st  January,  1881.     They  likewise  bear  no  impressed  stamp,  and 
both  postage  and  registration  fee  are  paid  by  means  of  adhesives.     {Illustration  192.) 
Withovit  expressed  value,  blue,  size  G. 


Issue  II,   1885  a). 

Two  sizes.  These  envelopes  are  the  same  as  those  of  the  second  issue  of 
Jamaica,  with  a  large  letter  "  R "  in  an  upright  oval  frame  on  the  face,  in  the  left 
upper  corner,  and  the  flap  on  the  right  instead  of  on  the  left,  as  in  the  last  issue. 
{Illustration  28.) 

Without  expressed  value,  blue,  size  G. 
??  )»  J)  ))        jj     ■^' 

POSTCARD. 

Issue  I.    1881. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  on  medium  light 
buff  card.  Size  121  x  87  mm.,  or  41x  3f  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that  of 
the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  of  the  inscription  is 
replaced  by  ttjeks'  islands  (iles  de  tuec),  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top 
of  the  stamp  is  changed,     (i  llustration  304.) 

l^d.,  light  brown  (shght  shades). 

REPLY    PAID     CARD. 

Issue  I.  1885. 
One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  on  stout  straw 
card.  Size  139  x  88  mm.,  or  5|  x  3J  inches.  The  design  is  a  counterpart  of  that 
of  the  single  card,  with  the  usual  additional  inscriptions,  similar  to  those  found  on 
the  reply  paid  cards  of  Antigua.  The  cards  are  joined  along  the  top,  perforated  4, 
and  the  design  is  impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  pages.  {Illustration  304.) 
Ijd.+Iid-,  light  brown  (slight  shades). 


VIRGIN   ISLANDS. 


PRELIMINARY    NOTES. 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

As  in  the  case  of  Nevis,  I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  T.  Maycock  for  much  of  tlie  informa- 
tion I  am  enubled  to  give  concerning  the  stamps  of  these  Islands.  The  stamps,  down 
to  the  year  1877,  were  supplied  by  Messrs.  Nissen  and  Parker,  of  London.  They  have 
usually  been  described  as  typographed,  but  this  was  not  so,  for  all  the  Virgin  Islands 
stamps  sent  out  bj*  the  firm  I  have  mentioned,  were  produced  by  lithography.  A  single 
die  for  each  of  the  four  values  was  engraved  on  steel,  and  lithographic  transfers  taken 
from  these  dies  were  made  upon  stone.  These  transfers  were  cleaned  off  the  stone  when 
the  number  of  stamps  required  had  been  printed,  and  a  fresh  transfer  was  taken  for 
each  supply  ordered.  In  the  one  shilling  value  two  printings  were  necessary,  and  it 
appears,  from  the  information  Mr.  Maycock  has  received,  that  the  central  figure  of 
the  Yirgin  was  type  printed  from  a  series  of  "  letter  press "  blocks,  and  was  not 
printed  like  the  remainder  of  the  design  from  a  lithographic  stone. 

The  following  is  a   list  of  the  various  consignments  of  stamps,  with  the  dates 
they  were  sent  out  from  England. 


1866. 

November  26     ... 

20,000 

Id. 

J, 

2,000 

Id. 

I) 

10,000 

6d. 

„ 

1,000 

6d. 

1867. 

July  12 

10,000 

4d. 

,, 

2,000 

4d. 

„ 

10,000 

Is. 

)) 

1,000 

Is. 

1868. 

June  6    

1,000 

Id. 

t,      ...        ... 

1,000 

4d. 

„ 

1,000 

6d. 

„ 

1,000 

Is. 

„ 

1,000 

Is. 

1870. 

October  25 

2,000 

Id. 

1871. 

January  12 

2,000 

Id. 

March  21 

3,-500 

Id. 

September  6 

4,000 

Id. 

1872. 

February  7 

6,300 

Id. 

VIRGIN  ISLANDS.  177 


1873. 
March  15  2,000        ...        Id. 

1874. 

January  1  4,000         ...         Id. 

October  14        7,000        ...        Id. 

1876. 
September  2      6,000        ...         Id. 

The  first  two  consignments  appear  to  have  been  split  up  for  some  reason,  and 
2,000  each  of  the  one  penny  and  four  pence,  and  1,000  each  of  the  six  pence  and 
one  shilling  were  forwarded  direct  to  Sir  Arthur  Eumhold,  the  President  administer- 
ing the  Government ;  the  remainder  of  each  parcel  being  sent  to  St.  Thomas.  The 
first  lot  of  one  penny  and  six  pence  forwarded  on  November  26th,  1866,  were 
perforated  12,  whereas  aU  the  later  stamps  supplied  by  Messrs.  Nissen  and  Parker 
were  perforated  15.  We  see  from  the  list  that  only  1,000  of  the  six  pence  with 
the  smaller  perforation  were  sent  out,  which  accounts  for  the  scarcity  of  this  variety. 
The  sheets  of  the  one  penny,  four  pence,  and  six  pence  first  printed  contained  25 
stamps  arranged  in  five  horizontal  rows  of  five.  The  only  sheets  of  the  one  shilling 
I  have  seen  consist  of  the  variety  with  wide  red  border,  and  I  am  unable  to  say 
whether  they  belong  to  the  first  or  second  printing.  These  sheets  contain  only 
20  stamps  in  four  horizontal  rows  of  five.  As  I  have  already  explained,  new 
transfers  were  made  for  each  subsequent  printing,  so  it  is  not  surprising  to  find  the 
number  of  stamps  to  the  sheets  sometimes  varying.  This  was  the  case  with 
the  lot  of  one  penny  forwarded  on  October  25th,  1870,  for  Mr.  Maycook 
possesses  an  entire  sheet  of  this  consignment,  showing  only  12  stamps  in  four 
horizontal  rows  of  three.  Whether  this  latter  arrangement  was  continued  in  the 
future  printings  of  the  one  penny  by  Messrs.  Nissen  and  Parker,  I  am  unable  to  say. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  questions  connected  with  the  early  stamps  is  the 
reason  why  there  should  have  been  two  varieties  for  the  one  shilling,  i.e.,  that  with, 
and  that  without  the  coloured  border.  Mr.  Maycock  has,  unfortunately,  been  unable 
to  obtain  any  definite  information  upon  this  point.  It  is  quite  certain  that  the  11,000 
stamps  sent  out  on  July  12th,  1867,  embraced  the  two  varieties,  as  both  are  described 
in  the  Philatelic  Journals  of  that  year.  Mr.  Maycock  suggests,  and  I  am  inclined  to 
agree  with  him,  that  the  10,000  stamps  sent  to  St.  Thomas  may  have  been  already 
printed  and  made  up  for  despatch,  and  the  stone  from  which  they  had  been  printed 
cleaned ;  when  a  request  for  a  supply  to  be  forwarded  to  Sir  Arthur  Eumbold  was 
sent  in,  and  a  fresh  transfer  was  made  without  the  wide  red  margin.  It  would 
appear  that  only  small  proportions,  comparatively  speaking,  of  the  important 
quantities  sent  in  the  first  two  consignments  were  put  for  a  time  into  circulation,  and 
a  considerable  stock  on  hand  must  have  been  overlooked,  as  within  twelve  months  of 
the  parcel  of  July,  1867,  a  fresh  supply  of  all  four  values  was  ordered  from  England. 
In  the  uncertainty  as  to  which  variety  of  the  one  shilling  was  preferred,  1,000  of 
each  kind  appear  to  have  been  printed,  as  the  book  from  which  the  mimbers  are  taken 
contains  two  separate  entries  of  1,000  each  for  the  one  shilling,  sent  in  the  consign- 
ment of  June  6th,  1868.  No  further  supply  of  this  value  was  afterwards  printed  by 
Messrs.  Nissen  and  Parker.  It  will  be  seen  from  the  above  that  Mr.  Maycock  and 
I  both  think  it  probable  that  there  were  only  2,000  of  the  one  shilling  without  the 
coloured  border,  i.e.,  1,000  of  the  lot  sent  on  July  12th,  1867,  and  1,000  of  the  parcel 
forwarded  on  June  6th,  1868,  and  that  there  were  11,000  of  the  other  variety,  i.e.^ 
10,000  sent  at  the  same  date  as  the  first  lot  without  border,  and  1,000  with  the 
second.  It  is  certain  from  the  respective  values  of  the  two  varieties  that  there  were 
very  many  more  printed  with  the  wide  red  border  than  without,  in  fact,  the  other 

I   A 


178  VIRGIN  ISLANDS. 

variety  has  become  quite  scarce  of  late  years,  and  sells  readily  at  from  four  to  five 
times  as  much  as  the  other.  Again,  we  know  there  was  a  comparatively  large  stock 
of  the  stamjis  with  border,  on  hand,  even  as  late  as  the  year  1888,  as  this  variety  was 
surcharged  "  4d."  for  use  as  a  jn-ovisional  fourpenny  stamp,  and  the  Postmaster  of 
the  Virgin  Islands,  Mr.  E.  J.  Cameron,  tells  me  that  2,500  were  so  surcharged,  so 
part,  if  not  all,  of  these  stamps  must  belong  to  the  first  consignment  sent  out  on 
July  12th,  1867,  as  there  were  only  2,000  one  shilling,  in  all,  forwarded  after  that 
date.  Mr.  Cameron  further  informs  me  that  the  surcharge  on  these  one  shilling 
stamps  was  applied  in  the  Island  of  Antigua.  He  also  adds  that  postage  stamps 
were  first  issued  in  the  Virgin  Islands  in  1866.  If  this  was  so,  it  must  have  been 
quite  at  the  end  of  that  year,  as  we  see  from  the  list  that  the  first  consignment  only 
left  England  on  November  26th,  1866. 

The  dies  of  all  four  values  were  handed  to  the  Crown  Agents  of  the  Colony, 
London,  on  November  14th,  1876,  and  afterwards  by  them  to  Messrs.  De  la  Rue 
and  Co.,  who  have  since  supplied  all  further  stamps  required  by  the  Islands.  As 
regards  the  stamps  printed  by  the  latter  firm  from  Messrs.  Nissen  and  Parker's  dies, 
I  have  not  seen  an  entire  sheet  of  the  one  penny  green  watermarked  Crown  C.C,  so 
I  am  unable  to  say  how  many  stamps  composed  the  sheet,  but  in  those  printed  upon 
paper  watermarked  Crown  C.A.,  the  sheets  of  the  one  penny  carmine  and  six  pence 
lilac  contain  24  stamps  arranged  in  four  horizontal  rows  of  six,  while  the  four  pence 
pale  red-brown,  and  the  one  shilUug  brown  have  likewise  24,  but  the  stamps  are 
arranged  in  three  horizontal  rows  of  eight. 


REFERENCE  LIST  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

Issue  I.    December,  1866. 

Two  values.  Lithographed  by  Messrs.  Nissen  and  Parker,  of  London,  on  stoutish 
white  and  yellowish  wove  paper,  unwatermarked.  Yellowish  gum,  machine 
perforated.  Designs :  one  penny.  Allegorical  female  figure,  the  head  surrounded 
with  a  halo,  holding  in  her  right  hand  a  lamp,  in  the  left  a  spray  of  lily,  surrounded 
by  eleven  lamps,  upon  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  a  narrow  white  oval 
band.  A  curved  label  above,  and  a  straight  label  below,  both  with  rounded  ends, 
contain  respectively  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the  value  in  small  coloured  block 
letters.  White  blocks  in  the  top  corners  contain  a  rosace.  The  remainder  of  the 
stamp  is  filled  in  with  reticulatiojis,  and  two  plain  outer  lines  of  colour  complete  the 
design,  six  pence.  The  central  design  is  the  same  as  that  of  the  one  penny  in  a 
rectangle  on  a  wavy  lined  background.  Straight  shaded  labels  with  fancy  ends  are 
at  the  top  and  bottom  of  the  stamp,  and  contain  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  value 
in  coloured  block  letters.  Broad  side  borders  are  filled  in  with  rosaces  and  reti- 
culations, and  two  plain  outer  Hues  as  before  complete  the  design.  Shape,  upright 
rectangular.     (Illustrations  306,  307.) 

T.    "  VIRGIN  ISLANDS."'       B.    "  ONE  PENNY."      "  SIX  PENCE." 

A. — Perforated  12. 
Id.,  pale  to  very  deep  green  and  yeUow-green  (shades). 
6d.,  rose  to  carmine  (shades). 

Ji.— Perforated  15.     (1868). 
Id.,  yeUow-green  (shades). 
6d.,  rose  (     n      ) 

liemarks. — Proofs  upon  thin  white  card  are  known  of  both  values  in  the  re- 
spective colours  of  the  issue,  and  also  of  the  six  pence  printed  in  ultramarine  and 
sage -green. 


VIRGIN   ISLANDS.  179 

Issue  II.   July,  1867. 

Two  values.  Lithographed  by  Messrs.  Nissan  and  Parker,  on  stoutish  -white  and 
tinted  wove  jsapers,  umvatermarked.  Yellowish  gum,  machine  perforated  15. 
Designs  :  potjepencb.  Allegorical  fuU  faced  female  figure  with  arms  folded  on  breast 
and  aureole  of  eight  stars,  standing  on  a  globe  surrounded  by  ocean,  upon  a  plain 
ground  enframed  in  a  beaded  circle.  Straight  coloured  labels  above,  and  below, 
contain  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the  value,  respectively,  in  uncoloured  block 
letters.  Square  blocks  in  the  two  lower  corners  contain  rosaces.  The  design  is  com- 
pleted by  two  outer  lines  of  colour,  ouii  sniLLiNa.  Central  figure  in  black  similar  to 
the  preceding  value,  with  rays  of  light  from  behind,  on  a  coloured  ground  with  a  kind  of 
brick  wall  pattern.  A  curved  coloured  label  above,  and  a  straight  coloured  label 
below,  contain  as  before  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the  value  in  white  block  letters. 
The  outside  frame  of  the  stamp  is  1|  mm.  from  the  inner  portion  of  the  design,  and 
presents  three  varieties  : — 

A.  Two  fine  coloured  lines  ;  B.  A  single  coloured  line  ;  and  0.  A  coloured  border 
2  mm.  wide.     Shape,  large  upright  rectangular. 

T.    "  VIEGIN  ISLANDS."       B.    "  FOUH  PENCE."       "  ONE  SHILLING," 

4d.,  brownish-red  on  rose  tinted  paper.     (Illustration  308.) 

Is.,  carmine  and  black,  on  wliite  paper.  Variety  A.     (Illustration  309.) 

Is-i  »  n         n       I)       i>         !)  J)         B.     (  „  310.) 

IS'J  !!  »  »  J!  >1  !)  )!  C.         (  „  311.) 

Variety  C.  is  known  without  the  central  black  figu  re. 

EemarJcs. — Variety  A.,  is  difficult  to  find,  showing  the  two  lines  distinctly  apart  at 
all  four  sides  of  the  stamp,  as  the  lines  frequently  run  into  each  other  and  form  only 
one,  at  some  portion  of  the  frame.  It  is  probable  that  Variety  B.,  is  due  to  a  defective 
transfer,  or  to  wearing  of  the  die,  the  colour  thus  running  and  joining  the  two  lines 
iato  one.  Proofs,  upon  thin  white  card,  are  known  of  the  four  pence,  printed  in  red- 
vermilion,  and  also  in  sea-green ;  and  of  the  one  shilling  (Variety  B.)  in  the  colour  of 
the  issue,  as  well  as  in  deep  vermilion,  including  the  figure. 

Issue  III.   1879. 
One  value.     The  one  penny  of  Issue  I.,  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  of 
London,  upon  medium  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.     White  gum, 
machine  perforated  14.     (Illustration  306.) 

Id.,  green  (shades). 

Issue  IV.    1880. 

Tivo  values.  Designed  and  surface-printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Eue  and  Co.,  on 
white  surfaced  paper,  watermarked  Crown  C.C.  White  gum,  machine  perforated 
14.  Design:  Diademed  profile  of  Queen  Victoria  to  left  on  ground  of  horizontal 
lines  within  a  single  lined  octagon,  straight  white  labels  at  top  and  bottom  are 
inscribed  with  the  name  of  the  Colony  and  the  value,  respectively,  in  coloured  block 
letters.  The  side  borders  each  contain  a  row  of  white  diamonds,  and  floriate  orna- 
ments fiU  the  spandrels.  The  labels  containing  the  name  and  value  are,  as  in  the 
case  of  other  West  Indian  Colonies,  printed  separately  from  the  rest  of  the  design. 
Shape,  upright  rectangular.     (Illustrations  312,  313.) 

T.    "  VIEGIN   ISLANDS."      B.    "  ONE   PENNY."       "  2|    PENNY." 

(Sept.,    1880)     Id.,  green  (shades). 

(March,  1880)  2^d.,  red-brown  (     „       ) 


180  VIRGIN  ISLANDS. 

Issue  V.   1883. 

Oiie  valve.  A  halfpenny  value  of  the  same  Do  la  Rue  type,  as  the  preceding 
issue,  came  into  use  about  June,  1883.  Watermark  Crown  C.A.  Machine  perforated 
14.     (IlhtstraHon  312.) 

T.    "VIEGIN  ISLANDS."       Ji.    "halfpenny." 

gd.,  buff-yellow  (shades). 

Issue  VI.    1883-84. 

Three  values.     The  stamps  of  Issues  IV.  and  Y.,  changed  in  colour.     Watermark 
Crown  C.A.     Machine  perforated  14.     ^lUnstrations  312,  313.) 
(     Nov.,  1883      ;     ^d.,  green  (shades). 

(1.5th  Sept.,  .883)     Id.,  bright  rose     (     „      ) 
(     Sept.,  1884      )  2Jd.,  ultramarine   (     „       ) 

Issue  VII.    End  of  1887. 

Two  values.  The  four  pence  and  sixpence  of  Issues  I.  and  II.,  printed  in  new 
colours  by  Messrs.  De  Ja  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  white  wove  paper,  watermarked  Crown 
C.A.     Machine  perforated  14.     {Ilhistrations  307,  308.) 

4d.,  orange-red  (shades). 

6d.,  violet-slate  (     „      ) 

Issue  VIII.    July,  1888. 

One  value,  The  one  shilling  of  Issue  II.,  Varietij  C,  Surcharged  "  4d."  in  violet 
aniline  ink,  as  a  provisional  issue.  The  numeral  measures  6^  mm.  and  the  letter  "  d  " 
4  mm.  in  height.  Unwatermarked  white  wove  paper.  Machine  perforated  15. 
(Illustration  314.) 

4d.,  violet  surcharge,  on  Is,  carmine  and  black. 

Issue  IX.   1889. 

Two  values.  The  one  penny  of  Issue  I.,  and  the  one  shilling  of  Issue  II., 
Valid  If  B.,  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  white  wove  paper,  water- 
marked Crown  C.A.     Macliinc  perforated  14.     (jllhistraiions  306,  310.) 

(June,  1889)  Id.,  crimson  (shades). 

(Feb.,   1889)  Is.,  bromi     (     „      ) 

POSTCARDS. 

Issue  I.    1880. 

One  value.  Designed  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  iipon  medium 
light  buff  card.  Size  121x87  mm.,  or  4Ax3j  inches.  The  design  is  the  same  as  that 
of  the  first  issue  card  of  Antigua,  except  that  the  second  line  of  the  inscription  is 
replaced  by  virgin  lslands  (iles  viebges),  and  the  name  of  the  Colony  at  the  top 
of  the  stamp  is  changed.     ( 111 ustvation  315.) 

l;d.,  light  brown  (shades). 

Issue -^I.    End  of  1887. 

Tivo  values.  Designed  and  prAted  by  Messrs.  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  upon  stout 
straw  card.  Size  139x88  mm.,  or  5|x3|  inches.  The  design  is  similar  to  the 
second  issue  cards  of  Antigua,  with  the  exception  of  the  modification  of  the  name  of 
the  Colony  mentioned  above.     (Illustration  316.) 

Id.,  carmine      (slight  shades), 
lad.,  red-brown  (      „        „      ) 
Bemarlcs. — The  postal  emissions  of  this  Colony  became  obsolete   at  the  end  of 
October,    1890,   when    a   uniform   sot   for   all  the  various  Islands   composing   the 
Leeward  Group,  look  their  place. 


ADDENDA. 


Page  102.     Jamaica.     Post  Cabbs. 

Issue  II. 

It  should  he  stated  that  a.  later  printing  of  the  one  penny  value,  is  found  upon 
■•straw  card. 

Issue  V.    October,  1890. 

0)ie  value.  Provisional  issue.  The  one  peuny  value  of 
Issue  II.,  printed  upon  straw  card,  having  the  stamp  sur- 
charged across  the  lower  part  halb-pbnny  in  block  letters, 
in  a  straight  line,  measuring  21 1  mm.  in  length,  the  letters 
being  3  mm.  in  height.     (lUusiraiion.) 

T,d.,  black  surcharge,  on  Id.  blue. 


MemarJcs. — At  the  time  when  the  list  of  Jamaica  postcards  was  drawn  up,  it  was 
not  known  whether  the  above  card  constituted  a  genuine  variety,  and  it  was  there- 
fore omitted  from  the  list.  It  has  since  been  ascertained  that  the  card  was 
undoubtedly  issued  a.s  a  provisional  halfpenny  value. 


NOTE    BY   E.  1).  BACON. 

With  reference  to  what  I  said  on  page  121,  about  the  probability  of  British 
Postage  Stamps  having  been  employed  in  other  Colonies  besides  Jamaica,  St.  Lucia, 
and  British  Guiana,  before  the  transfer  of  the  Post  Offices  to  Local  Governments  :  I 
liud  in  the  Fifth  Report  of  the  Postmaster  General  of  Great  Britain,  dated  April  7th, 
1859,  the  following  paragraph,  which  leaves  no  doubt  that  the  same  course 
was  pursued  in  other  instances.  "  It  having  been  found  that  the  use  of 
English  postage  stamps  at  JIalta,  Gibraltar,  and  Constantinople  le'd  to  no  forgery, 
the  privilege  has  been  exten/led  to  the  British  "West  Indies,  and  to  the  Foreign  ports 
touched  at  lay  the  Mail  Packets  on  the  Western  '"'oast  of  Africa.  It  is  obvious  that 
such  an  arrangement  is  applicable  only  when  tl,^  whole  of  the  postage  belongs  to  the 
British  Post  Office." 


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or  the  nature  of  a  letter  (whether  separate  or  otherwise). 
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BARBADOS— (Barbade  ) 

The  Address  only  to  be  written  on  this  side. 


UNION    POSTALE    UNIVERSELLE 

BARBADOS    (BARBADE) 

POST    #fe  CARD 


THE    ADDRESS    ONLY    TO    BEWRITTEN    ON    THIS      SIDE. 

UNION  POSTALE  UNIVEBSELLE, 

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BRITM  GUIANA -GDYANE  BRITANNI^UE 

POST   CARD 

THE    ADDRESS    ONLY    TO    BE    WRITTEN    ON    THIS    SIDE. 

UNION     POSTALE     UNIVERSELLE 

BRITISH  HONDUEAS  (HONDUMS  BEITANNIQUE) 

POST  CARD. 

THE    ADDRESS    ONLY    TO    BE    WRITTEN    ON    THIS    SIDE. 

UNION     POSTALE     UNIVERSELLE 

BRITISH  HONDURAS  (HONDURAS  BRITANNIQUE) 

POST  CARD. 

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POST    ?|te  CARD 


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UNION    POSTALE    UNIVERSELLE 
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UNION     POSTALE    UNIVERSELLE 

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