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;) | JAMAICA - WORLD WAR ONE censored NEWSWRAPPER Complete KGV ½d yellow-green newswrapper with added Badge ½d green marked "Book Post" pmk'd Kingston 3K/SP 20 15 d/ring to Domburg, Holland, mauve 2-line "Censuur/Gepasseerd" handstamp. A very rare example of a censored newswrapper. £90 |
;) | RUSSIA to JAMAICA postal history 1905 col. ppc with 4kon tied Moscow 18.8.05 datestamp to the Manager of the Titchfield Cottages showing KINGSTON and PORT ANTONIO SE 20 05 arrivals. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | KINGSTON, JAMAICA - to Robertson Gladstone, brother of the future British Prime Minister. 1841 lengthy and newsy 4 page entire from Archibald Kelso to Robertson Gladstone, Liverpool rated 1/- unpaid (quarter ounce rate JA 1 1840 to DE 31 1841) with KINGSTON, JAMAICA dbl-arc dated JY 29 1841, contents include "I have since received yours of the 15th alto announcing the result of Sir R. Peel's motion of a want of confidence. I am glad to observe that the Conservatives will return an overwhelming majority of members for the next Parliament. Your Brother...." The 1841 United Kingdom general election, was held between 29 June and 22 July 1841 to elect the new Parliament of the United Kingdom. In this election, there was a large swing as Sir Robert Peel's Conservatives took control of the House of Commons. Melbourne's Whigs had seen their support in the Commons erode over the previous years. Whilst Melbourne enjoyed the firm support of the young Queen Victoria, his ministry had seen increasing defeats in the Commons, culminating in the defeat of the government's budget in May 1841 by 36 votes, and by 1 vote in a 4 June 1841 vote of no confidence put forward by Peel. According to precedent, Melbourne's defeat required his resignation. £225 |
;) | TURKS ISLANDS sender cover used ORACABESSA, Jamaica full cover with Grand Turk sender address with Jamaica KG6 Coronation trio pmk'd Oracabessa MY 12 37 addressed Oracabessa. £15 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS 1944 cover from Major V.C. Underhill, Pomono P.O., Stann Creek with KG6 29c rate pmk'd STANN CREEK 20 JU 44 to Col. H.S. Hodgson, Territorial Commander, The Salvation Army, Kingston, Jamaica, OPENED BY EXAMINER I.D./8833 label, some soiling. £75 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS Cover from Major Aston Davis, Belize (flap) to Lt. Col. George Robinson, Chief Secretary, The Salvation Army, Kingston, Jamaica with KG6 29c rate indistinctly pmk'd, OPENED BY EXAMINER J./8171 appened "B" in blue manuscript. £55 |
;) ;) | EGYPT to JAMAICA Egypt 5m carmine UPU Post Card to the wife of Col. Caulfield, Up Park Camp, Jamaica pmk'd ALEXANDRIE 16 XI 93 with London NO 22 93, Kingston and UP-PARK-CAMP DE 8 93 arrivals, cross written message. £90 |
;) | STREET LETTER BOX KINGSTON, Jamaica postal history 1896 unusual triangle mourning cover to New York pm'd 3A/NO 2 96. £75 |
;) | UNDERPAID WITH PRE-CANCELLED POSTAGE DUES ADDED, Jamaica postal history 1886 underpaid printed return cover with Jamaica QV 4d tied Kingston MR 23 86 sqc to New York collecting tax and “16 Cents” charge handstamps, on arrival pre-cancelled in blue ink U.S. 2 x 3c, 10c Postage Dues added. £165 |
;) | MAIL TO CO-FOUNDER OF THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Jamaica postal history 1891 cover with U.S. 5c with SWAMPSCOTT MAY 13 1891 to Capt. L.D. Baker, Port Antonio, Jamaica with Boston (MY 13), Kingston (MY 23) and Port Antonio (MY 24 91) b/stamps, reverse stained. The actual history of the UFCo does not start until its foundation in 1899 but the “legend” of the Company goes back to May 1870 when Captain Lorenzo Dow Baker, a well-known Yankee sea captain and owner of the two-masted schooner “Telegraph” arrived in Jamaica from his home port of Wellfield, Massachusetts and filled spare deck cargo space for his return trip to New Jersey with 160 stems of bananas purchased at 14 cents each. On arrival in Jersey City he found they readily sold on the quayside at $2 per stem, and so began Captain Baker’s interest in the banana industry. Six years later in 1876 Captain Baker joined forces with Andrew W. Preston to found the Boston Fruit Company. Some 20 years later forces were joined with Minor C. Keith who had built a railroad in Costa Rica and was using it to transport bananas from the plantations. The three men, each giants in their own field, evolved plans to form a new Company, and on the 30th March 1899 co-founded a new firm, to be called the United Fruit Company, with assets of some 213,000 acres of land in the Central American Republics, some 110 miles of railway, a small fleet of ships and approximately $11,000,000 in capital. Captain Baker’s initial 160 stems of bananas turned into 17,000,000 stems being shipped annually for consumption in the USA by 1899. £140 |
;) | R.A.F. ground crews WAR EFFORT MAIL, Jamaica postal history In 1943 a scheme for the recruitment of tradesmen and technicians for the ground staff of the Royal Air Force was started in the West Indies. The scheme was a success and in March 1944 some 2000 West Indians were brought to England for ground staff duties in the RAF. The majority were Jamaicans but recruits from all West Indies colonies including British Guiana and British Honduras were amongst them. A further contingent of 1,935 arrived in the December and some West Indians were accepted for aircrew. The illustrated cover from Mandeville pmk’d SP 15 1945 is addressed to 723156 a/c Gardner O.G., c/o West India Committee, London and forwarded 3 OCT 1945 to 72.MU. R.A.F. CAMP, Roade, Northamptonshire. £250 |
;) | JAMAICA meter machine cancel dated 18 II 56 £15 |
;) | BAHAMAS to JAMAICA full cover to Kingston pmk'd Nassau OCT 1 1941 with SALVATION ARMY arrival cachet. £15 |
;) | JAMAICA postal history 1863 cover marked per "Str. Saladin" to Detroit, Michigan with pale colour QV 4d brown-orange Pine wmk (SG.4) pmk'd Kingston "A01" and STEAMPSHIP 10 applied at New York, backstamped C/DE 1 63. Reverse pencil marked "Ex Turner 2/19/49 DR". £75 |
;) | CANTERBURY MONTEGO BAY skeleton postmark, Jamaica postal history (D1) dated */28 JA 58 tying QE2 1d on local cover to Mandeville. £80 |
;) ;) | C38 used CALLAO, PERU to JAMAICA postal history: A UNIQUE FRANKING TO JAMAICA combination cover with Peru 1868-72 1d green, GB QV 6d pale buff (assumed Plate 11), GB QV 1/- green Plate 6 (SG.Z43, Z53) tied Callao "C38" cancels addressed John Small, Port Maria, Jamaica with 3-line PANAMA/3 AP 1873/TRANSIT plus pencilled "2" on face, b/stamped A/CALLAO/MR 26 73, Kingston IIIA/AP 8 73 and Port Maria C/AP 9 73 cds. Cover soiled with peripheral base tear and GB QV 6d with pale colour. This Peru 1 dinero was cancelled "C38" from stocks held at the British Packet Agencies to comply with the tax on all outgoing mail. £1400 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | TITCHFIELD (two differing dates showing flexibility of handstamp), Jamaica postal history 1903 cover from The University of Chicago with 5c franking pmk'd Chicago APR 5 1903 to Prof. D.S. Johnson PhD, Chester Vale, Gordon Town, Jamaica variously forwarded with twelve differing backstamps including purple boxed TITCHFIELD (TRD 11) for both 16.4.03 and 17.4.03 (showing movement of "J" under "TC"), cover with corner fault. William Fawcett was the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations in Jamaica from 1887 to 1908, and having returned to Britain was the co-author of the first volumes of Flora of Jamaica. £180 |
;) ;) | The GHOSTS of POINT ELLICE HOUSE, the most haunted house on VANCOUVER ISLAND 1898 cover to Mrs (Caroline Agnes) O'Reilly (1831-1899, thought to appear as an apparition in the grounds of her house) at Point Ellice, Victoria, Vancouver Island pmk'd KINGSTON AU 10 98 and then mysteriously spirited some 4,432 miles to DUBLIN (AU 24 98, husband Peter originated from Ballybeg, Co. Meath, only 45 miles from Dublin) before travelling a further 4,502 miles to VICTORIA, B.C. PM/SP 6 98 per b/stamp) with I/SP 7 98 and "10" cents tax due handstamp added the next day, some soiling. Husband Peter, former Indian Reserve Commissioner, is the subject of supernatural investigations at the house which went live on a YouTube video October 31 2020. Visitors and volunteers have had spooky encounters with lights switching on and off, a piano playing on its own, and apparitions chasing them away. In later years "a nice young lady in a blue dress" had shown visitors around the house giving many previously unknown facts, when questioned they went back inside the house and pointed to a blue gown lying across a bed, "that's the one she was wearing" in daughter Kathleen O'Reilly's bedroom. Kathleen had returned! For many years the whereabouts of the grave of Caroline Agnes was a mystery, but in her final year, being so ill, she made a last visit to her family in England, dying only a few days after arrival. Her remains lie in the cemetery at Cheriton, Folkestone (only 2.1 miles down the road, a 39 minute walk, from me!). £475 |
;) | EAST END, CAYMAN ISLANDS postal history 1911 large part cover to Headly Dalton (or Patton), Kingston, Jamaica with ¼d brown strip of four (one stamp facially damaged) tied two strikes purple boxed "EAST END/Grand Cayman./RURAL/Post Gollection." temporary rubber handstamp with BODDENTOWN JU 28 11 d/ring backstamp. On arrival eventually "ADVERTISED" and "UNCLAIMED." with red RETURNED LETTER OFFICE, JAMAICA d/ring dated 25 SE 11. Full of character, Ex MARSTON, PODGER. £575 |
;) | CENSORED BOTH COUNTRIES JAMAICA to SURINAME postal history 1941 cover from Miss Marilyn Gregory, Halfway-Tree to Paramaribo City, Suriname with corner fault KG6 3d pmk'd HALF-WAY-TREE MY 30 41 with censor label and handstamp and 30.6.41 (one month later) arrival backstamp, two vertical creases. £25 |