Cover with manuscript 'Book Post' at top franked with vertically BISECTED 1882 1d lilac mauve QV issue (SG 26a) tied by barred 'A09' cancel in black with fine NEVIS cds dated JUN 4 1883 alongside. Addressed to the 'W P Pearce, Saint Kitts' (Pearce was the postmaster at St Kitts). A rare cover. A similar cover is illustrated on Page 99 of 'Nevis, the Stamps and Postal History 1661-1890' by Borromeo & Freeland.