Page 18 - Jamaica, Censorship - Paul Farrimond

JAMAICA POSTAL CENSORSHIP

Terminal Censorship: lnstructional Enclosure

The local Jamaican Censorship Service used several types of enclosures, labels or forms giving
information or guidance to either the recipient or the sender. These lack any "P.C. " notation that is

typically found on such items of the Imperial Censorship Service. All are rare.

1942 (21 5t May)
Airmail Cover from Kingston to Neuchätel, Switzerland

Mailed in Kingston on 21 51 May 1942 and paying the 2s.2d. Transatlantic airmail rate to Europe, the
left hand one shilling stamp has the "repaired chimney" variety (stamp 1, row 11).

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Opened by the Jamaican Censorship service, the envelope was resealed with a JL14 type labe!
handstamped with the letter "D" (PX2) on the reverse, and bearing the JCH3 censorship handstamp

of Examiner No.7.

Censor m ned tious y if thev are

The envelope also contained the hand typed and partially handwritten instructional note (JL101),
clearly produced locally for the Jamaican Censorship Service. lt has the same wording as the P.C. 2

form used by the Imperial Censorship Service in the United Kingdom ; the only known example.