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Jamaica: Pre-Adhesive Postal Rates
Ship Letters to the UK
Ship Letter at Rate: 1d Ship Letter charge + UK Inland (1711 to 1796)
At Westmoreland: Written 20 Jun 1766
Per merchant ship Glasgow, Capt Cunningham
At Glasgow: PT GLASS / SHIPLRE
At Edinburgh: No marks
Rated 7d = Ship Letter 1d + 6d UK inland.
Ship Letter at Rate: 1d Ship Letter charge + UK Inland (1711 to 1796)
At Spanish Town: Written 13 Apr 1792, carried by the merchant ship Jamaica, Capt. W. Sparkes.
Landed at Dover / SHIP LRE, then to London
Rated 5d = Ship Letter charge of 1d plus UK inland rate of 4d for less than 80 miles.
