Related items available in Philatelic BooksDE WORMS Percy Perkins Bacon Records. R.P.S., London 1953 2 vols. 867pp. 1st ed., fine in original blue cloth.
Important source for information on the postage stamp printings of this firm.£100
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Related items available in Maps, Prints, Photographs EphemeraSTADLER I.C. A Private of the 5th West India Regiment From, Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, According to the Latest Regulations 1812 ' by Charles Hamilton Smith, published by Colnaghi 1815 Hand coloured aquatint on 'J. Whatman 1811' watermarked paper. Fine with full margins. 10 x 12.5"
The 5th West India regiment was formed in 1797 and was with Packenham at New Orleans in 1815. Disbanded in 1817 it was reformed in 1863 and again disbanded in 1865. Very scarce.£250
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Related items available in Stamps and Covers1910 cover from soldier in 2nd W.I. Regiment serving in Sierre Leone sent to England with 1d cancelled on arrival in U.K. with PLYMOUTH PAQUEBOT machine cancel. Embossed West India Regiment monagram on reverse.
£30
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Related items available in West Indies BooksBARTY-KING Hugh and MASSEL Anton Rum. Yesterday and today. Heineman 1983 264pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W.
Fine history of rum production with chapters on many of the West Indian islands and much on slavery. Recommended.£9
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Related items available in Miscellaneous booksCAMERON John The Wreck Of The West India Steam-Ship Tweed S.P.C.K., London 1847 100pp. 1st ed., original blind-stamped cloth lightly rubbed. A fine copy with the bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst.
The Tweed was an R.M.S.P. which had sailed from Southampton in 1846 with mails for the West Indies.£80
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