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Auction: 24024 - British Honduras - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 828

British Honduras
The Cuthbert Brothers Local Post
Sydney Cuthbert, owner of Belize merchants Cuthbert Bros., commuted daily by steam yacht from his house on St. Georges Cay, a small island just inside the reef in the Bay of Belize. Finding that friends increasingly asked him to carry mail to and from the island, he decided to subsidise his trips charging 3c. to carry a letter, printing his primitive label for the purpose.
1894 (27 Sept.) envelope to William Bowen at St. Georges Caye, bearing the "Caye/Service/3 cents" local issue (some minor edge staining at right) tied by straight-line "cuthbert bros" h.s. with datestamp at left; the envelope with small part of reverse at left torn away. Rare. Photo

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£1600