"I have a cover bearing a handstruck 'Paramaribo 20.9.1866' addressed to London and obviously sent via Georgetown, British Guiana. It bears a 24 cent B. Guiana stamp cancelled 'A03' and is backstamped 'Georgetown' 22.9.1866 and 'London' 15.10.1866. The Dutch Postal Museum knows of no Anglo-Dutch convention for the forwarding of mail from Dutch Guiana to England via British Guiana. Dutch Guiana had no adhesives and my problem is who paid for and affixed the British Guiana stamp. Can any member offer an explanation or record a similar cover?"
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