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Jamaica Registration: Distinguishing Marks: The R Woodblocks.

A very few small post offices used R handstamps locally made either in wood or rubber.

Woodblock R (Lant type RS3) on inland registered cover from Fort William to Kingston, 1922.

Fort William post office is known to have been open between 22 January 1921 and 10 February 1925.
The woodblock was replaced by an ® in circle (Lant type RS5) from 1 December 1924.

3½d (1½d inland rate
and 2d registration).

Fort William:
·20 October 22;
· woodblock R
(Lant type RS3).
Registration number
1027.

Petersfield:
20 October 22.

Kingston registered:
21 October 22
(Lant type RC9).

Woodblock R (Lant type RS3) on registered cover from Victoria Town to Great Britain, 1925.
Victoria Town postal agency opened on 26 August 1920.

4½d
(2½d double
Empire
rate and
2d registration).

Victoria Town:
·9 February 25;
· woodblock R
(Lant type RS3);
· registration label
(Lant type RL1).

Registration
number 126.

Milk River:
9 February 25.

Kingston registered:
10 February 25
(Lant type RC15,
die 1).