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Amelia

Post by shipstamps » Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:28 pm



1852-1854. First vessel for the Falkland Islands Company, She arrived at Port Stanley on July 1, 1852, rigged as a brigantine, but was re-rigged as a schooner. Carried the mails from 1852 until 1854 when she was sold. SG343B

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Re: Amelia

Post by FrenchShips » Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:47 pm

Watercraft Philately gives the following:
1847 - Buchanan, Hamilton and Co., Glasgow, England; Alex Hall & Co., Aberdeen, England; Gt. 149; 101. 7' x 10.2' x 13.1'.

The Falkland Islands Company was granted a charter in January 1852 and began regular trading between the Islands, South American coast, and England. A mail contract was signed, and on July 1, 1852, and AMELIA was bought for £4,642. Capt. Wilson, brought out the company's first colonial manager and some employees with their families to Stanley. AMELIA was rigged as a brigantine when purchased in London, but shortly after her arrival in the Falklands, she was re-rigged as a schooner. During her refit, she was also sheathed in felt and yellow metal. During the next two years, the mail rate to England dropped from 2/7d to 1/- per half-ounce, making the mail contract a liability, hence it was discontinued at the end of the two years, and the AMELIA was sold. It is not known when the company house flag was introduced, but it certainly existed in 1868. In 1857, her owners are listed as Geller & Co. and she was registered at Liverpool. In 1861, she was sold again; fate unknown.

Source: J. Watson, An Issue is Born, in Stamp Monthly, Jan. 1978; B. Last, Falkland Islands Mailships in Stamp Magazine, Jan. 1978; R. Barnes, The Postal Service of the Falkland Islands; Lloyd's 1875, 1900, 1930, 1973/74; Log Book, July 1988, Vol. 17 page 248; www.falklands.gov.fk/pb/fi/anniversary; Ship stamp Encyclopedia; WP 24:62, 35:55.

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