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JAMAICA
Land ofWood and Water

The original Post Office at Lacovia, opened in 1771, was closed between 1850 and 1869 due to lack
business. Upon re-opening, the newly arrived "E30" obliterator was employed there, as shown on the
Watermark Crown CC and Crown CA stamps below.

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Towards the end of 1888, the "E30" obliterator and the Lacovia Type P 11 date-stamp were mislaid or
damaged. An "emergency'' Type P13 date-stamp was brought into use, together with the "A64"
obliterator previously used at Port Antonio [where the new squared-<:ircle combined date-stamp and
;.j obliterator had just been introduced]. The re-allocated "A64" remained in use at Lacovia until c.1896.
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1894 (2t• Nov) Y2<i "circular" rate cover from Lacovia to Springfield showing the re-allocated "A64"
obliterator in use at Lacovia.