KINGSTON, Jamaica postal history 1868 cover with QV 1d, 2d Pine wmk issues pmk'd "A01" b/stamped Kingston C/JA 27 68 to Vere. £125
TOO LATE used KINGSTON, Jamaica postal history 1868 worm-eaten edged cover open most of 3 sides b/stamped Kingston C/AU 10 68 to Richard Hill, Spanish Town showing TOO LATE (TL3, LRD) and Spanish Town A/AU 11 68 clear of address panel, flap with printed blue buckled DAT CURA COMMODUM (carefulness bestows profit). The absence of adhesive or manuscript postal charge being usual on official correspondence mailed within the island. £125
RETURNED FOR/POSTAL ADDRESS, Jamaica postal history (Proud Type 173, ERD) on QV ½d Reply Post Card (reverse blank) pmk'd KINGSTON 3D/FE 26 90 sqc from Capt. Clark to a George D'Pass with text reading "I leave today for Buff Bay and to leave next week for Kingston. What you have for me save for me. I been laying here six days now and would take to rum quickly". He obviously did as with no postal address. £180
Confirmation new 6d rate with locally handstruck "6d", Jamaica postal history entire headed "Duplicate. Kingston Jamaica 24th June 1854" pmk'd KINGSTON-JAMAICA JY 11 1854 dbl-arc to John Mathie, Stirling, North Britain rated manuscript "6" unpaid confirmed with handstruck "6d" which appears to be in matching ink colour. Red JY 31 1854 (applied London) and red circled M/NR (Morning, Northern Railway applied London) and STIRLING AU 1 1854 in paler black ink. Currently the only known example. The new 6d rate per half ounce was introduced MR 23 1854. Three experts on UK postal history have been approached and their combined opinion is that the handstruck "6d" is not a British handstamp, and therefore most probably applied at Jamaica (a similar handstruck "6" is known on two ingoing unpaid Barbados entires) £725
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE, Jamaica postal history cachet dated 2.4.39 on O.H.M.S. plain card with added KGV 1d pmk'd Spanish Town SP 3 37 to Dr. MacDonald in Kelso, Scotland, an unusual item of postal stationery prepared for local use as wording "P.O" deleted. £85
JAMAICA postal history: 1871 cover with pairs USA 2c brown, 3c green pmk'd cork cancels with BROOKLYN MAR 21 despatch to wife of Alex Lindo, Attorney at Law, Kingston, handstruck black "4" applied St. Thomas changed to blue crayon "5" at Kingston, reverse ST. THOMAS A/MR 30 71 and KINGSTON C/AP 3 71 cds. Carried by U.S. and Brazil Mail Steamship "North America" departing New York MR 23 71 and arriving St. Thomas MR 30 71. Transferred to R.M.S. Elbe departing St. Thomas AP 1 71 arriving Kingston shortly after midnight AP 3 71. £225
CEDAR VALLEY temporary rubber datestamp, Jamaica postal history TRD Type 7 applied on arrival on part QV ½d Newswrapper with added QV 1d pmk'd Kingston 4F/MY 21 94 marked "by Book Post" to Cedar Valley showing crayon "Missent" with COLD SPRING cds alongside. £295
JAMAICA to FRANCE postal history 1868 stampless entire from Haiti headed "Jacmel 2 Novembre 1868" to Bordeaux showing both KINGSTON A/NO 8 68 and London NO 26 68 transit and 27 NOV arrival, env. shape GB/2F accountancy and handstruck "10" decimes due. £85
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica postal history 1905 col. ppc with Russia 4kon pmk'd Moscow 13 8 05 to Port Antonio. £28
CHRISTIANA, Jamaica postal history 1892 QV 1d blue Post Card, with faults, pmk'd poor Christiana JU 13 92 sqc to Wood Green showing Returned Letter Branch cancels for both London and Jamaica. £24
JAMAICA postal history 1901 Empire rate cover with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd Bedford FE 12 01 to Kingston where Advertised, Unclaimed etc, various backstamps, toning and peripheral faults. £95
JAMAICA TELEGRAPHS SAV LA MAR, Jamaica postal history 1891 full TELEGRAM envelope with message on enclosed POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS form, both cancelled framed handstruck JAMAICA TELEGRAPHS/24 FE 91/SAV LA MAR. £325
KINGSTON, Jamaica postal history (SQC) dated MY 24 88 on QV 1d blue Post Card to Mandeville with m/script "Unclaimed" and boxed RETURNED LETTER BRANCH 11 JY 88 plus MANDEVILLE sqc dated M/MY 24 88 and M/JY 9 88. £24
CHILE to BARBADOS with JAMAICA/TRANSIT (A below right leg of M) on CHILE 1c Post Card uprated with 2c pmk'd Santiago 15 JUL 02 to Evan King, Barbados showing KINGSTON AU 24 02 d/ring and JAMAICA/TRANSIT alongside address panel, reverse AU 31 02 arrival. £195
JAPAN TO JAMAICA 1901 unsealed cover with pair 1sn brown to Kingston with Advertised, Unclaimed and Returned Letter Branch 5 AU 01 handstamps alongside address panel, b/stamped TOKIO return dated 6 MAR 01. Francis E Reed was Examiner Education Department Jamaica in 1901 £275
JAMAICA postal history: 1836 large piece outer wrapper to Grenada docketted "Jamaica 30th Sept. 1836" rated black "4" and "2/6d unpaid with poor KINGSTON OC 8 1836 on upper flap. Part contents imply that "acts of rebellion" had been committed in St. Thomas in the Vale and surrounding districts by the Apprentices and their Masters and Managers. £60
HOPE BAY, Jamaica postal history skeleton reading HOPEBAY, JAMAIC(A) dated MR *12/59 on QE2 1d local cover, some toning and soiling. £40
"BIRDS SCATTERED BY FALLING MASONRY!" variety, Jamaica postal history newly discovered plate variety on KG6 1/- on reg. cover to Leicester pmk'd WHITFIELD TOWN MR 1 55. with normal enlargement for comparison £175
GUAVA RIDGE, Jamaica postal history purple TRD dated 16 MAR 1972 on 5c, 8c local cover, Kingston reg. label changed Guava Ridge. £8
GARDEN HILL, Jamaica postal history purple TRD dated 24 DEC 1963 on printed text Post Card with QE2 2d FFH. £14