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(28 April 2020) During the Napoleonic wars correspondence was almost exclusively sent unpaid in duplicate or triplicate by different vessels in the hope that one entire would reach its destination. The contents of each incoming or outgoing letter were entered into Copy Books keeping a complete record of transmissions should loss occur. After the war mail continued to be sent mostly unpaid but with confidence growing in the safety of the seas and some writers using courtesy prepayment the Crowned Circle PAID AT handstamp was introduced having been proofed at the GPO, London on JA 30 1852. Prepayment to foreign ports was already established. Over the period JU 4 1852 to JU 6 1866 some 59 covers are currently recorded with the PAID AT ST. VINCENT mark showing varying uses. The strikes are always in red ink with the exception of the unique black strike on cover to Paris dated AU 10 1858. Examples on Perkins Bacon “loose” stamp are rarely found and their use, as such, has no ready explanation. The illustrated example on 1877 QV 6d pale green P.11½ to 12½ x 15 sideways star wmk (SG.23 , invoiced DE 30 1876, Ex Becker collection) shows that the instrument survived the Fire at the Kingstown Post Office on October 29 1866.
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Yes! The left half of the KG6 ½d Fresh Water Lake definitive is UNDENOMINATED and therefore could not reflect a ¼d denomination. Two covers are known to me and I am curious as to whether the ROSEAU */FE 9 40 and */FE 19 40 cds are genuine! The PAID AT NEVIS Crowned Circle cover is completely bogus albeit the QV 1d carmine stamp is genuine. The author being well aware that genuine strikes of both the Crowned Paid and Nevis cds have an oily appearance at this period has cleverly used his paint brush to simulate the oily stains within the Nevis despatch cds and soiled the cover at top left for good measure to simulate toning. The ENGLISH HARBOUR backstamp is also bogus and on similar covers the author often just used the day slug in different dates like the Roseau cds's. The PAID at NEVIS crowned circle appears on the QV 1d carmine and horizontal pairs QV ½d dull green, but only as "loose" stamps, no genuine covers existing. So why not make one!! To me there exists a similarity in the handwriting style of the Nevis cover and Dominica FE 19 40 cover, and the style of the cds's look as if they have come from the same stable.
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