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Central and South America Honduras

Mail between Scotland and Central and South America grew in volume as trade was extended by Scottish businesses in the
Caribbean and United States, and as Scottish export markets grew. Scottish settlers migrated to seaport towns working
export trades of goods and raw materials.
This section is organized from Central America going south then west.

2/- paid

London datestamp and red
and black time stamps:
17 November (black) and
18 November (red).
Reverse at 85% To Belize-Honduras, 16 November, 1870-40 days
Paid packet letter from Glasgow via Southampton and Panama. Belize datestamp receiver on
front 26 December, 1870 received. 2/- rate was established in 1868 via Panama.

1/- paid

To Belize-Honduras, 16 November, 1877-24 days
Paid packet letter from Dumfries, Scotland paying the 1/- rate via New York established
October 1869. Postage obliterated by four bar Dumfries108 duplex. Belize receiver on
front, 10 December, 1877 received.

British Honduras - Belize served as a gateway to Central America, but more importantly was a key source of lumber for the ship
building industry, and because treaties forbade the production of plantation crops. Settlers eut logwood and mahogany for export.