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Jamaica: Location Postmarks

Temporary Rubber Datestamps
Boxed TRDs

Myrtle Bank – Kingston
The earthquake devastated central Kingston – between 1,000 and 1,500 people are believed to have been killed and hundreds
of properties demolished. To help, the United Kingdom made free Imperial grants to the Jamaican Government, whilst many
organisations and territories raised relief funds, as in the case of the Mansion House Fund and the monies raised in Barbados.
New building took place and the opportunity was taken to lay out new streets and to build more substantial buildings to combat
any future earthquakes and hurricanes.
In the case of the Hotel the old site in Harbour Street was acquired by the United Fruit Co. Ltd. and new hotel was built there –
also called the Myrtle Bank Hotel – which reopened in 1910, as shown on the postcard below, seemingly with the old gates.

A new postal facility was opened in the Hotel, again using a TRD worded the same as the earlier handstamp,
but with a dotted line for the date, except for the fixed year “1910”.

Myrtle Bank
TRD Die 2 of 4 Apr 1910
(with dotted line for the date)
Known used 28 Feb 1910
to 9 May 1910

Kingston
cds of 4 Apr 1910