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Jamaica: The Child Welfare Issue, 1923.
These stamps, modelled on the Swiss Pro Juventute, carried a ½d surcharge on each value to raise
funds for the Child Welfare League. They were recess printed from separate frame and vignette
plates by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, the first Jamaican postage stamps not printed by De La Rue.
Perforation 12. Issued 1 November 1923.
The designs were based on photos by Miss Violet Taylor.
This set of prints is signed by the photographer. Ex Mahfood.
Specimen overprints,
62 sets overprinted
type B6 for the UPU.
