Page 22 - Farrimond Jamaica Miscellany

JAMAICA

Postal history up to UPU membership
Packet mail

Steamship letters to the United States of America

Letters to the United States were normally carried by American steamships under contract with the Jamaican
Government at a rate of four pence per half ounce. No inland postage was charged on letters mailed in Kingston.
On arrival in the United States such letters were further charged 10 cents for inland postage of up to 2,500 miles
(and any distance from 1864).

1862 Wrapper from Kingston to Boston, Massachusetts

A single rate packet letter
by the American steamship
service from Kingston

Kingston: A01 numeral
obliterator
Also K9a single ring datestamp
of 6 January 1862 on the back
New York: Circular Steamship
10 cents postage due marking
Provenance: ex Wood

1864 Cover from Kingston to Mecklenburg, New York
Single rate American
packet letter franked
with a pair of two
pence stamps

I
J
/

Kingston: A01 numeral
obliterators ( (
Also K9 single ring eds
of 5 April 1864
New York: Circular
Steamship 10 cents
postage due marking