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| Country: Jamaica Clear Subject: All | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) | EXTRAORDINARY USE OF BROKEN OBLITERATOR "A 9" USED AT NEWLY OPENED OFFICE, Jamaica postal history 1875 unique cover with temporary re-introduction of the broken "A 9" numeral obliterator (Type H "A79" with "7" missing); two strong clear strikes on 2 x QV 1d blue Crown CC wmk (SG.8) addressed Bules Penn, Four Paths Post Office, Clarendon with KINGSTON MR 11 75 transit alonside. Reverse with manuscript "Mt Charles 11 Mar 1875" written top left corner and central poor FOUR PATHS MR 15 75 arrival. Arguably one of Jamaica's greatest rarity covers and a great exhibition item. The "A79" (H) was allocated to the Richmond Post Office (St. Mary Parish) and only one cover is known dated FE 2 1866. Shortly after this date the instrument became damaged as a differing format replacement "A79" (Type J) is known used at Richmond AU 7 1866 (just five months later). Robert Topaz in his 1967 rarity guide recorded no examples damaged "A 9" on Pine wmk issues, but recorded the "A 9" on CC wmk 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d each described as very rare and each allocated his highest pricing of £270 each in his 1981 pricing guide. The Mount Charles Post Office (St. Andrews Parish) was opened September 15th 1874. £4250 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | KINGSTON X code (used LATE FEE covers), Jamaica postmark (SQC) 1 X/SP 15 92 on QV 6d CC wmk (SG.12). The Late Fee charge being 6d £15 |
;) | JAMAICA-PAID, Jamaica postmark (PD14) in red dated 11 JA 1883 on stampless envelope piece. Showing circular background to handstamp which would have clearly led to rounded corners of oblong with progressive use, Proud records FE 2 1889 to AP 7 1897 £14 |