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JAMAICA

Postal history up to UPU membership
Packet mail

Letters to Europe

Letters to Europe were routed via London and charged the UK packet letter rate plus the letter rate from the UK
to the country in question (set by individual postal agreements), minus one penny.

1863 Cover from Kingston to Le Pont, Switzerland Provenance: ex Wood

Single rate letter
carried on RMSP
Conway & RMSP
Atrato via St. Thomas.
On to Switzerland via
Dover and France

Kingston: A01 obliterators
Also K9a single ring eds
of 23 May 1863
London: Single ring paid
eds of 13 June 1863
Also circular "PD" (paid to
destination) mark
Calais: French entry mark
of 13 June 1863
Neuchatel: Single ring
eds of (unclear) June
1863
Le Pont: Single ring eds
of 15 "Juillet"(?) 1863
(month in manuscript)

The above letter is underpaid since the packet letter rate to the UK increased from sixpence to a shilling
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on 1 April 1863, but no postage due was charged. Crayon "1/2" accountancy mark shows UK claim.

Provenance: ex Wood 1867 Cover from Montego Bay to Brussels, Belgium

Single rate letter
franked 1 s3d for
Belgium via
Dover & Ostend. v
Carried by
RMSP to the UK

Montego Bav:
A56 obliterators ii .fh.:J L, tut Hi d'.tj
Also P11 a single
ring eds of 23
January 1867 £,D \ £l J-to· QJ: VL d_
Kingston: K10
single ring eds of Ai&°iJ~ el~~~
24 January 1867
Ostend: Belgian
entry mark of 18 G~f~w
February 1867
(Angleterre Amb.
Quest 2)
Brussels: Arrival
on 18 February
1867