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JAMAICA

Postal history up to UPU membership
Inland mail

Inland letters (up to 30 miles)

1861 saw the introduction of a one penny rate for delivery within town and two pence for distances of up to 30
miles or within the same parish.

1864 Entire letter from Rodney Hall to Kingston

Prepaid twopence, the letter
rate for distances up to 30
miles. Unstamped probably
due to a shortage at Rodney
Hall Post Office. Shortages
were common at Post
Towns in the 1860s
, /

Rodney Hall to
Kingston is 27 miles

Rodney Hall: P6 double arc
datestamp of 15 April 1864
Also manuscript "Pd.2" in red
crayon
Kinqston: K9 single ring
datestamp of 16 April 1864 on
the reverse
Also PDS paid datestamp in red
ink of the same date

Up until the introduction of the Post Office Law of 1868 the one penny rate for postage within a town also included
mail between Spanish Town (then the seat of Government) and nearby Kingston. A notice issued on 3 rd
November 1868 specified that this no longer applied and the twopence rate was applied.

1869 Cover from Kingston to Spanish Town

Kingston: A01 numeral
obliterator
Also K10 single ring
datestamp of 10 February
1869 on the reverse
Spanish Town: P11 a
single ring eds also of 10
February 1869

Spanish Town to
Kingston is 13 miles

Provenance: ex Hemmings