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Lady McLeod was a paddle steamer and a private local post. In 1845,the private local post of the Lady McLeod was began with two rates, a monthly subscription of one dollar or ten cents per letter.

The Lady McLeod only transported letters bearing stamps or pre-paid mail of the subscribers. The imperforated stamp's illustration was a white ship on a blue background. These stamps were sold individually for 5 cents or for 4 cents if bought by the hundred. And stamps was cancelled by a cross drawn by hand or by ripping up a corner.

The British colony issued its own stamps from 1851, figuring a sitting Britannia.

- Mrs. Nagalakshmi Tadakaluri, Philatelist.



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