"May 30th 1806 is the date of the date of the earliest Trinidad postal marking so far recorded. The strike is from a date stamp very similar to the later first type fleuron mark but apparently lacking the fleuron device itself. I have examined another example dated 1807. In neither case is there any trace of the fleuron device and it certainly seems that these are of a different type though it would be valuable to have further evidence.
The earliest date recorded so far for the first type fleuron date stamp (height 31mm, width 33mm) is 1809."
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