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TURKS ISLANDS – THE 1881 PROVISIONALS
from the collection of Richard Foden
Having originally been exploited by Bermudan salt-rakers, control of the Turks Islands was ceded by annexation
to Jamaica in 1874. A Post Office had been established some 20 years earlier, although the volume of mail
was extremely small as the total population was less than 5,000 and most of these were itinerant labourers
employed in the salinas.
Complete Sheet of ‘2½’ on 1s lilac from Setting V.
The first stamp issue was produced by Perkins, Bacon in 1867 and Block of 4 of ‘2½’ on 1s dull blue
– allowing for some reprints on watermarked paper – was still in use when from Setting IX with Types 25 & 26.
the colony joined the UPU in 1881. Awaiting the arrival from London of
denominations for the new uniform postal rates, the Governor asked the
local newspaper printer, Hugh Hutchings, to make overprint formes to
surcharge the existing stock of stamps. This was done piecemeal, using
formes of different sizes, and many settings of the overprints have been
identified. The new 4d (printed by De La Rue in their own key type design)
arrived in the islands in July of 1881, but the ½d and 2½d did not come
into use until the first quarter of 1882.
All of the settings of the ‘½’ and ‘2½’ overprints are
represented here. Many of these are known in less
than 10 examples. Space does not allow for any of
the ‘4’ overprints to be shown (and, indeed, there
are some that have suggested that they may have
been produced at a later date purely for commercial
reasons).
Double ‘½’ without
bar from Setting VII.
TURKS ISLANDS – THE 1881 PROVISIONALS
from the collection of Richard Foden
Having originally been exploited by Bermudan salt-rakers, control of the Turks Islands was ceded by annexation
to Jamaica in 1874. A Post Office had been established some 20 years earlier, although the volume of mail
was extremely small as the total population was less than 5,000 and most of these were itinerant labourers
employed in the salinas.
Complete Sheet of ‘2½’ on 1s lilac from Setting V.
The first stamp issue was produced by Perkins, Bacon in 1867 and Block of 4 of ‘2½’ on 1s dull blue
– allowing for some reprints on watermarked paper – was still in use when from Setting IX with Types 25 & 26.
the colony joined the UPU in 1881. Awaiting the arrival from London of
denominations for the new uniform postal rates, the Governor asked the
local newspaper printer, Hugh Hutchings, to make overprint formes to
surcharge the existing stock of stamps. This was done piecemeal, using
formes of different sizes, and many settings of the overprints have been
identified. The new 4d (printed by De La Rue in their own key type design)
arrived in the islands in July of 1881, but the ½d and 2½d did not come
into use until the first quarter of 1882.
All of the settings of the ‘½’ and ‘2½’ overprints are
represented here. Many of these are known in less
than 10 examples. Space does not allow for any of
the ‘4’ overprints to be shown (and, indeed, there
are some that have suggested that they may have
been produced at a later date purely for commercial
reasons).
Double ‘½’ without
bar from Setting VII.
