The No. 50 Village Post Office, opened by 1871 in the Corentyne Coast Postal District, operated at the local police station. After the closure of the police station, the post office was later reopened as No. 51 Village. However, there is some discrepancy among sources: Proud suggests it was “reopened later at No. 51,” while Townsend & Howe (T&H) and Nathan indicate it “became” No. 51. Despite the change in designation, the postmarks continued to reference No. 50 until 1966.

The following are the Date Stamps used at No. 50 Village with EKD prior to 22 January 1901, the day marking the end of the reign of Queen Victoria. In addition to listing the Panda Type #, for reference, we also list the T&H Type from The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe, the Type and referenced page from The Postal History of British Guiana by Edward B. Proud, and the referenced pages from British Guiana Coded Postmarks – Study paper No 3 by Michael Rego, for code-marks.

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→ Panda Type # E  4. 1 3 – No. 50 Corentyne Coast

T&H – Type 3b p. 300 ; Proud – No. 50 (Village) Corentyne D3 p. 229

EKD: 11 Aug 1881 / LKD: 21 Dec 1897

The  No. 50 Corentyne Coast Circular Date Stamp (C.D.S) is a Panda Type E5 postmark.  The Panda Type E5 is Double Ring (D.R.), 22.5-24mm, 2 line date (2 L.D.) with year abbreviated (Y.A.).  Colony not shown.

The Panda Type E4.13 is cataloged as Type 3b and is listed as “Scarce” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.

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→ Panda Type # E  28 . 6 – 1 – No. 50 Corentyne

T&H – Type 12b p. 305 ; Proud – No. 50 (Village) Corentyne D4 p. 229

EKD: 22 Nov 1898 / LKD: 25 Sep 1899

The  No. 50 Corentyne Circular Date Stamp (C.D.S) is a Panda Type E28 postmark.  The Panda Type E28 is Single Ring (S.R.) 27-28 mm. 3 L.D. with Y.I.F. and Y.A. B. Guiana at foot.

The Panda Type E28.6-1 is cataloged as Type 12b and is listed as “Very Scarce” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.