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Auction: 25010 - The Michael Medlicott Collection of Trinidad and Tobago
Lot: 5

Trinidad
1847 (16 April) "Lady McLeod" Steamship Label
The "Lady Mcleod" plied between Port of Spain and San Fernando carrying passengers, freight and mail. In April 1847 the owner, David Bryce, made an adhesive stamp available so that those who wished to send letters were able to prepay the charge for carrying them on board his ship.
A 16 April notice by proprietor David Bryce in the Port of Spain Gazette explains the reason for the "Lady McLeod" issue. "The Subscriber experiencing inconvenience in Collecting the Money for Letters of Non-Subscribers, has procured Labels, which may be had of him or Agents of 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 24th instant"
(5c.) blue with good margins. R.P.S. Certificate (1967) states "cleaned and repaired"; a good space filler. Also a modern "used" facsimile. S.G. 1, £12,000 for used. Photo

Note: This stamp is No. M9 in census to be found in "Trinidad, A Philatelic History to 1913", published by The British West Indies Study Circle.

provenance:
Barclays, November 1997

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200

Starting price
£800