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Jamaica: Pre-Adhesive Postal Rates

Commercial Rooms Service Letters to the UK
The ‘Commercial Rooms’ was the best known forwarding agent in Jamaica, in the first half of the 19th century.
These two covers demonstrate that the first available vessel was utilised, irrespective of whether Packet or other.
The rooms were situated in Harbour Street, Kingston and shared premises with a drinking Tavern.
It provided similar services to that of ‘Lloyds of London’.
The agency expired shortly after the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company started operating in 1842.

1819 Packet Letter, via the Commercial Rooms Forwarding Agent, to the UK

At Kingston
14 Jan 1819
CR3 Commercial Rooms
(in use 1818 to 1825)
(Foster Scarce)

At London
Receiver 22 Mar 1819

1824 Packet Letter, via the Commercial Rooms Forwarding Agent, to the UK

At Kingston
Letter dated 12 Jan 1824
CR4-Commercial-
Rooms
(in use 1822 to 1829)
(Foster Scarce)

At London
‘Packet Letter’ Type P3
(in use 1818 to 1847)
Receiver 15 Feb 1824

Rated 6s6d the triple packet letter rate.