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Pennymead.com Website selling books, maps, prints and old postage stamps One man business run by David Druett specialising in the Caribbean and philately.

1858 (March) entire letter giving an eyewitness account of the riot in St Johns, Antigua. Martial Law was declared and a...
15/01/2026

1858 (March) entire letter giving an eyewitness account of the riot in St Johns, Antigua. Martial Law was declared and a number of rioters were killed. The cause was the arrival of labourers from Barbuda looking for work in the dockyard which was resented by the Antiguan workers leading to a fight, which escalated. The letter is addressed to Lovell Langford Hodge in England who owned plantations on the island.

A lovely advertisement for The Bath House in Nevis found in a 1843 guide to Madeira and the West Indies.
11/01/2026

A lovely advertisement for The Bath House in Nevis found in a 1843 guide to Madeira and the West Indies.

A lovely advertisement for a lodging house in Kingston Jamaica found in a 1843 guide to Madeira and the West Indies.
11/01/2026

A lovely advertisement for a lodging house in Kingston Jamaica found in a 1843 guide to Madeira and the West Indies.

Posted on Christmas Day 1813 from Antigua to a Moravian church minister in London with a fine large fleuron datestamp.
24/12/2025

Posted on Christmas Day 1813 from Antigua to a Moravian church minister in London with a fine large fleuron datestamp.

I am raising money to help with disaster relief in Jamaica. 20% of all sales of Jamaica material on my website will be d...
02/11/2025

I am raising money to help with disaster relief in Jamaica. 20% of all sales of Jamaica material on my website will be donated to Shelterbox charity via The Rotary Club of Knaresborough
£450 of qualifying sales so far.
There are old books, postcards, maps and prints and stamps and covers. Happy to post worldwide.
Visit www.pennymead.com

1848 letter from James Lewis in St Vincent to John Scoble, Anti Slavery Office in London. He reports 'that these islands...
20/07/2025

1848 letter from James Lewis in St Vincent to John Scoble, Anti Slavery Office in London. He reports 'that these islands are in a most deplorable situation owing to the depressed state of sugar.'
John Scoble one of the leaders of the anti-indenture movement and published several reports on the indentured workers conditions on plantation in the West Indies. He helped form the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and served as secretary from 1842 to 1852.

Immigration of citizens from the Cape Verde Islands to St Kitts. This 1856 locally printed Act suggests encouraging immi...
08/06/2025

Immigration of citizens from the Cape Verde Islands to St Kitts. This 1856 locally printed Act suggests encouraging immigration from the Cape Verde islands. Was this successful?

Just found this full page advert for Ogdens Jewellers in London and Harrogate in a 1927 book on London from aloft. A pic...
26/05/2025

Just found this full page advert for Ogdens Jewellers in London and Harrogate in a 1927 book on London from aloft. A pictorial survey of the British Capital city from a new angle.

1803 entire letter from Bath in England to Philip Lucas in St Vincent with fine LYNDHURST 89 boxed mileage mark. Endorse...
08/05/2025

1803 entire letter from Bath in England to Philip Lucas in St Vincent with fine LYNDHURST 89 boxed mileage mark. Endorsed 'Pr Packet' and rated 1/9d.
Long letter from John Young in a clear hand mentions Bequia rent due from the representatives of the late Charles Warner. Charles John Warner of Bequia died in 1801 leaving his sugar estates to his sons Charles John and Thomas Hodge Warner.

Circa 1930 White Star Line cruise ship photograph sold to the cruise ship passengers.
04/05/2025

Circa 1930 White Star Line cruise ship photograph sold to the cruise ship passengers.

Lambert Johnson, a stamp dealer on the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas created this card for the issue of commemor...
04/04/2025

Lambert Johnson, a stamp dealer on the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas created this card for the issue of commemorative postage stamps and sent this example to King George VI

Lovely views of the Cayman Islands in this 1929 travel book by George England.
02/02/2025

Lovely views of the Cayman Islands in this 1929 travel book by George England.

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