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Jamaica: King Edward VII Period

Arms of the Colony
Issued Adhesives

Three major issues occurred: 1.On paper watermarked Crown CA
2.On chalk surfaced paper watermarked Multiple Crown CA
3.On the same paper in colours introduced from 1906 as a result of the Universal
Colour Scheme. The ½d and 1d were re-drawn for this printing.

All were comb perforated with gauge 14.
All bi-colour printings were typographed in two operations by De La Rue, a common key plate being used for the design
and a duty plate for each value.
The mono-colour stamps were printed in a single operation, reducing costs from 1s8d to 5¼d per 1000 stamps.
Two plates were used, each with two horizontal panes of 60 stamps (10 rows of 6 columns).

Specimens

About 750 sets were printed by De La Rue on stamps to be distributed by the U.P.U.

Samuel Type D12, Nicholson Type N9
on paper watermarked Crown CA.

Samuel Type D12, Nicholson Type N9

on paper watermarked Multiple Crown CA.

Samuel Type D12, Nicholson Type N9 Samuel Type J5, Nicholson Type N12 in purple

on paper watermarked Crown CA. on paper watermarked Crown CA.

“ULTRAMAR” was applied by hand stamp From the archives of the Jamaica Post Office. All these items show
in Lisbon to specimens supplied for the the SER.ET error and are probably unique.
Portuguese colonies.
A collection was formed in the 1920s by the Jamaica Post Office
at the suggestion of the Jamaica Philatelic Society, (probably for
display purposes) and included specimens of all Jamaican stamps
issued from 1860 to 1930.
They were probably displayed at the first exhibition of Jamaican
stamps in the Exhibition rooms, 85 Barry St. Kingston.