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;) | A67 used PORT ROYAL, Jamaica postal history 1883 commercial reg. cover (opened top and right side) with SUNBEAM crested crown printed flap to Fraser, Manager of The La Guayra and Caracas Railway, Caracas, Venezuela with horiz. strip pf six QV 2d deep rose CC wmk (SG.9a) neatly pmk'd "A67" obliterators with PORT-ROYAL A/NO 12 83 backstamp, alongside address panel both Jamaica and St. Thomas registration handstamps and French Messageries Maritime line paquebot d/ring. The Venezuelan capital, Caracas, is situated seven miles from the Caribbean sea, but lies at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Surveys for a rail line from La Guaira began in 1867 and British and U.S. engineers disputed the route and financing for 14 years. An English group finally secured a contract in 1881, registered La Guaira and Caracas Railway Company in London, and began construction of a 23 mile line that involved neither cables, switchbacks nor rack, It ordered eight locomotives from Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. in Manchester and an assortment of passenger and freight cars, The line began carrying passengers in July 1883. £1650 |
;) | ANNATTO BAY, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S1b-I, D2) NOV 23 1904 on 1d Falls (SG.32). £24 |
;) | LINSTED, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S1b-1, D1) in blue dated JUN 2 1902 on 1d Falls (SG.32), seldom seen. £32 |
;) | ST. MARGARET'S BAY, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3, D2) the currently unique strike in purplish-black dated DEC 2 1924 (LRD) on ½d View fragment. £120 |
;) | WILLIAMSFIELD, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S1b-11, D3) dated SEP 16 1924 on 1d Arawak piece. £12 |
;) | TROJA, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3, D2) dated OCT 18 1913 on KGV 1d (SG.58) piece showing purple ink sliver of the 18mm high boxed T.P.O. handstamp (D1). £32 |
;) | ANNOTTO BAY, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S-1b II, D1) dated AUG 20 1903 on 1d Falls (SG.32). £16 |
;) | LINSTEAD, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel
(S3, Proud D3 but with Maltese crosses) dated DEC 31 1923 on 1d Arawak fragment. £28 |
;) ;) | KINGSTON BAGGAGE OFFICE, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S7 variation, D5) part dated OCT 24 190(9?) on 1909 1d Arms (SG.40), rare in purple ink. £48 |
;) | HIGHGATE, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S-3a II, D2) in bluish-black ink dated FEB 13 1923 on ½d Arms (SG.38b). £14 |
;) | HIGHGATE, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3a-II, D2) SEP 20 1923 on 1d Arawak mourning piece. £16 |
;) | DANKS, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3a, D1) dated DEC 15 1914 on KGV 1d (SG.58), perf. fault. £8 |
;) | GREEN VALE, Jamaica railway postmark (S3a, D2) JUL 22 1919 on KGV 1½d (SG.59a). £8 |
;) | APPLETON, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3, D3) in blue dated OCT 11 1920 on KGV 1½d (SG.80). £16 |
;) | RICHMOND, Jamaica railway postmark (S3, D2) in blue dated JUL 8 1914 on KGV 1d (SG.58). £15 |
;) | KINGSTON, Jamaica railway postmark (S3, D7) in blue dated MAY 6 1922 on KGV 1½d Contingent (SG.96) piece. £16 |
;) ;) | PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica railway postmark (S1b, D1 in red, LRD) dated OCT 30 1907 on 1d Arms (SG.40) piece. £48 |
;) | JAMAICA GOVERNMENT RAILWAY TROJA, Jamaica railway postmark (unlisted S4b (no dot) as does not conform with illustrated Topaz S4a, Proud D4) in blue dated NOV 5 1924 on ½d Exhibition (SG.94?), some thinned perfs top left corner. £32 |
;) | PLYMOUTH & BRISTOL S.T. (Sorting Tender) postmark on Jamaica stamp (22mm, dot at base between S and T) on QV 1d Post Card cut-out piece. £36 |
;) | PLYMOUTH TO BRISTOL T.P.O. postmark on PERU and JAMAICA stamps combination piece (23mm, mid flight dot between L and T) */DE 17 02 on combination piece uncancelled Peru 1c green and Jamaica 1d Falls carried "loose" in captain's bag to England and cancelled on the PLYMOUTH TO BRISTOL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE. £85 |