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Jamaica: Instructional

Censorship
To avoid delay in delivery Postal Articles must bear the name and address of the Sender

THE POSTAL CENSORSHIP (GENERAL) ORDER, 1941
1) This Order may be cited as the Postal Censorship (General) Order, 1941.
2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 3 of this Order, no person shall send any postal article to any person, whether within or
without Jamaica, except there is on the outer covering thereof the name of the sender and either his usual place of abode or, if such
postal article is sent on behalf of -
a) any Government department, the name of such department; or
b) any firm or company, the address at which such firm or company carries on business.
3) The provisions of paragraph 2 of this Order shall not apply to any postal article addressed to-–
a) any His Majesty’s embassies, legations or consulates elsewhere than in Jamaica:
b) any His Majesty’s naval, military or air force bases, camps or other establishments, or any Government departments in the United
Kingdom or in any His Majesty’s Dominions, Possessions; Protectorates or Mandated Territories;
c) any officer of the Government of Jamaica in his official capacity.
4) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Order, any postal article which does not comply with the provisions of paragraph
2 of this Order shall be detained by the postal authorities until such time as it may be applied for by the sender or by some person by
him authorised, or in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, may be delivered to the censor.
(2) Where any postal article is detained under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, the censor or any person by him authorised may
require the postal authorities to deliver such postal article to him to be disposed of in such manner as he may think fit.
A. F. RICHARDS, Governor. King’s House, 20th September, 1941.

At Kingston
TMC of 20 Apr 1942

At St Anns Bay
CDS of 22 Apr 1942

The only recorded example of this handstamp (except for the courtesy strike below).

A further Notice in the Gazette of 12 November 1942 rescinded this order and replaced it with:
No person shall send any postal article addressed to any person outside of Jamaica unless there
is on the outer covering of such postal article the name and address of the sender.

Therefore this handstamp was probably only used on inland mail for about 14 months.