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Jamaica: 1860 to 1879 Postal History

Letters Between Jamaica and North America
Pre-Adhesive Packet / Ship Letters to Canada

1849 British Packet Letter from Jamaica (Kingston) to Upper Canada (Newmarket)

At Falmouth
P4 of 5 Nov 1849

At Halifax, Nova Scotia
19 Dec 1949 oval datestamp
‘MORE’TO-PAY’

At Quebec
Red cds

At Newmarket
7 Jan 1850 receiver

‘Paid 1s8d’ at Falmouth but additional 2s9½d with‘MORE-TO-PAY’ at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1854 US Steamship Letter from Jamaica (Kingston) to Upper Canada (Newmarket)

Montego Bay
P2b of 24 Apr 1854

Kingston
Red Paid cds

New York
‘Ship 9 May 12cts’
‘FORWARDED’

Toronto
10 May 1854 cds

Newmarket
Receiver

Rated 1s: 8d inland rate from Montego Bay to Kingston (over 100 miles),
4d ship letter rate within Caribbean / to North America,
12cts rate for double weight unpaid ship letter for under 3,000 miles (from 1851)
‘7½’ probably a Canadian inland rate.