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;) ;) | 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 TELEGRAPHS KINGSTON plus CANCELLED combination, Jamaica cancellations dated FE 16 18 with part boxed CANCELLED on KGV 1½d WAR STAMP (SG.74). £24 |
;) ;) ;) | BUFF BAY (with GOVT. instead of GOV'T without stop), Jamaica railway postmark a new type (not conforming with expectations Topaz S3 or Proud D3) in blue dated JAN 10 1924 on 1d Arawak (SG.95) piece, some faults. Period of use currently established for JAN 10 1924 to DEC 31 1924 as per attached images of known strikes (the part strike on ½d Exhibition being ex Bob Swarbrick collection) £240 |
;) | BUSHY PARK, Jamaica railway postmark (blue S3a,D3) DEC 17 1917 on KGV 1½d WAR STAMP (SG.74). £12 |
;) | APPLETON, Jamaica railway postmark (blue square letters S1b-1,D1) MAY 13 1905 on 1d Arms (SG.34). £14 |
;) | APPLETON, Jamaica railway postmark (blue tall narrow letters S1b-11, Proud unlisted) AUG 14 1906 on 1d Arms CA wmk (SG.34). £18 |
;) | APPLETON, Jamaica railway postmark (blue tall narrow letters S1b-11, Proud unlisted) APR 9 1906 on 1d Arms MCA wmk (SG.39). £18 |
;) | ANNOTTO BAY, Jamaica railway postmark (blue S3a,D4) MAY 15 1917 on KGV 1½d (SG.59a). £8 |
;) | GREEN VALE, Jamaica railway postmark (blue S1a,D1) DEC 6 1904 on 1d Arms (SG.34). £12 |
;) | ANNOTTO BAY, Jamaica railway postmark (blue S3a,D4) JAN 5 1920 on KGV 1½d Contingent (SG.80). £16 |
;) | TROJA, Jamaica railway postmark (blue S3, D2) dated MAY 6 1916 (LRD) on 35% full KGV ½d PSE with added ½d Arms showing T.P.O. cds and ANNOTTO BAY arrival d/ring both dayed MY 6 16. £50 |
;) | 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 |
;) | W.D.O. KINGSTON, Jamaica postmark purple arrival TRD dated 14 SEP 1968 on QE2 2½d pmk'd MONTEGO BAY (2) */SP 13 68 piece. £14 |
;) | JAMAICA USED AT BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD The currently unique trio of “C51” (used St. Thomas) on QV 1d Pine wmk, the unrecorded on GB used abroad “D60” (whereabouts of use unknown, RPS certificate) on QV 6d Pine wmk, and “E88” (used Colon) on QV 2d CC wmk. Similar to the accepted use of Trinidad stamps at Ciudad Bolivar, it is now thought that Jamaica stamps may have had permitted or accepted use on correspondence back to the island – see Foster Page 31. (A red ink “D63” is also recorded on Jamaica QV 6d Pine wmk). The "D60" illustrated Parmenter & Gordon handbook Page 3 / 52 £4000 |
;) | 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 |
;) | RETURNED LETTER BRANCH, Jamaica postmark dated MY 19 86 on QV 2d (SG.20a). £14 |
;) ;) | GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands postmark in purple dated (OC)T 23 1890 on Jamaica QV ½d OFFICIAL 17-17½mm long (SG.Z14, Cat.£1400), perf. defect with 5mm closed tear at top. £400 |
;) ;) | POSITIONING VOYAGE of TWEED - PRIOR START R.M.S.P. SAILINGS FROM FALMOUTH 3rd JANUARY 1842 1841 business entire from Messrs. Stewart & Westmoreland, London to Alexander Logan, May Hill P.O., Manchester, Jamaica initially marked “Paid” and rated “8” with red PAID SHIP LETTER/(crown)/17 DE 17/1841/LONDON, but with the “Tweed” leaving for her West Indies station the following day the entire changed to “p. packet” and duly rated 1/- (unpaid) prior precise inscription of “By Ship” (no R.M.S. prefix as the R.M.S.P.Co not officially up and running) and “Steamer Tweed” arriving as a “ship letter” as handstamped KINGSTON SHIP LETTER (SL3) dated JA 17 1842. An exceptional first page item of R.M.S.P. Co. postal history showing all the intricate detail of “first ever” mail carried by the company to the West Indies. The R.M.S.P. handbook by Kenton & Parsons notes on Page 10 that the Tweed “carried some Ship letter mail to Jamaica and Arr. 17/1” £5250 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | A63 used PEAR TREE GROVE, Jamaica postmark on 1d Falls (SG.31), creased top right corner, defective lower right corner, rare on this. £20 |