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Jamaica Registration: Distinguishing Marks: Crossed Lines.

Extra features to distinguish registered mail were introduced between 1877, when Jamaica joined the
Postal Union, and 1882. Some changes may have been prompted by UPU provisions.
Jamaica followed the British Post Office, who introduced crossed blue lines from 1 January 1878 to
replace the former use of green cotton tape and green string securing registered articles.

Earliest known use of crossed blue lines, on a registered cover to Ireland, 1880.

8d (4d single UPU rate
and 4d registration).
Spanish Town:
A76;
8 July 80.

Kingston registered:
8 July 80
(Lant type RC4).

Cork packet:
29 July 80.

Dublin registered:
29 July 80.

Tape Securing a Letter, 1897.

This cover shows the private use of pink Legal tape, secured to both sides of the letter, on the back
with wax seals, on the front with the postage stamps, including a cutout from a ½d wrapper. The blue
crossed lines are also there, probably added by the post office at the same time as the manuscript
registration number 722 in the same crayon.

Registered cover from Kingston to Great Britain, 1897.
7d
(5d double UPU rate
and 2d registration).

Kingston:
· registered:
12 April 97
(Lant type RC7);

· R in oval ®
(Lant type RS1).

Registration
numbers 722 and
99.

London:
28 April 97.

Newcastle:
29 April 97.