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Auction: 25010 - The Michael Medlicott Collection of Trinidad and Tobago
Lot: 6

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 to large margins on three sides, touched at upper left, affixed and uncancelled on 1847 (13 Sept.) entire letter from San Fernando to Port of Spain; some splitting along folds. Rare, only thirty-eight examples recorded on cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1993). Photo

Note: This stamp is No. C20 in census to be found in "Trinidad, A Philatelic History to 1913", published by The British West Indies Study Circle.

provenance:
Voisin, April 1909
Hodsell Hurlock, June 1959
Sir Andrew Clark, January 1962
S.G. Auctions, February 1981
Feldman auction, November 1985

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Estimate
£12,000 to £15,000

Starting price
£10000