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Auction: 24024 - British Honduras - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 831

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.
1896 (9 Sept.) envelop to Belize, bearing the "Caye/Service/3 cents" local issue tied by straight-line "cuthbert bros" h.s. with date below. Rare. Photo

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500

Starting price
£2000

Sale 24024 Notices
The date of the cover is 1895 (9 Sept.) not 1896 (9 Sept.).