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Jamaica: Instructional
Too Late and Late Fee
Very Late Fee
The only recorded example of a 6d Very Late Fee.
1869 Packet Letter from Kingston to UK
At Kingston
Obliterator A01
cds of 9 Nov 1869
At London
cds of 2 Dec 1869
1s packet letter rate plus 6d (very) late fee.
Packet Atrato left Jamaica on 9 Nov 1869 & St Thomas on 14 Nov arrived at Plymouth 1 Dec.
Late Fee of 3d
1881 Steamship Letter from Kingston to USA (New York) at 7d UPU Rate
At Kingston
A01 obliterator & cds
At New York
cds of 9 Dec 1881
& duplex ‘PO PAID ALL’
Rated 7d – the standard packet charge of 4d
plus 3d late fee which applied from 1877.
