Lady McLeod cover
Object Details
- Description
- The captain of Lady McLeod, a paddle steamer that carried mail around Trinidad, issued this stamp privately. A later collector painted in details where the corner of the stamp was torn off to cancel it. Only about 40 of these stamps are known to exist on their original covers.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- October 23, 1847
- Object number
- 0.059959.1
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (8.26 x 15.88 cm)
- Place
- Trinidad (British colony)
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_0.059959.1
- Usage
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