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JAMAICA POSTAL CENSORSHIP

Unification of the Jamaican and Imperial Censorship Services

By the summer of 1942 the British Colonial Office, Defence, and Imperial Censorship Service agreed
that all colonial censorship services (except Bermuda) should be under the direction of the Imperial
Censorship Service. This occurred on 151 September1942, and the Censor-in-Charge of the Imperial

Censorship Service (Mr. W.B. Devonshire) also became Chief Censor of Jamaica.

For two to three months after this date, the Jamaican censors , now under the charge of the Imperial
Censorship Service, continued to censor almost all the terminal mail. However, the original local
resealing labels (red on white paper) were replaced with P.C. 90 labels of a new design.

1942 (1 5t September)
Airmail Cover from Manchioneal to Binghampton, New York, USA

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BY AIRMAIL

P.C

OPENED B',
EXAMINER D/

This letter from Manchioneal was opened for censorship on the first day of the new combined
Censorship Service in Jamaica. lt was examined by Jamaican Examiner No.8 who resealed the
envelope with the newly-introduced JL54 type of label - this being the first day of use of these labels.

The labels have the "D" code for Jamaica , and a space for the examiner to add his examiner number
handstamp. This examiner trimmed the label down to fit the small envelope.