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Jamaica: Returned Letter Branch

Instructional Marks
Undelivered / Return To Sender’

As in the case of other Kingston slogans items this machine cancellation appears with different Kingston datestamps.
The marking has only ever been seen struck in red ink. Known used between11 Feb 1932 and 24 Oct 1940.

‘UNDELIVERED / RETURN TO SENDER’

At Kingston
‘GOVERNMENT RAILWAY’
‘FREE’ handstamp
struck in black
‘J.G.R. ACCOUNTS
BRANCH’
handstamp in violet of the
21 Sep 1933 on the reverse.
Kingston cds of 22 Sept 1933.

At Linstead
cds of 22 Sept 1933.
‘UNCLAIMED’ handstamp.
cds of the 21 Oct 1933.
These dates confirm that the
letter was held at Linstead for
one month.

At Kingston
‘UNDELIVERED / RETURN
TO SENDER’ of 26 Oct 1933.

‘Undelivered / Return To Sender’ Plus ‘Rebut
‘REBUT’ is an international postal marking instruction to return the piece of mail.
It is usually found in violet but a single example is known in blue dated 1936 (see cover bearing RTS Reason Type 3).
It has only been recorded on mail from Europe but was applied in Jamaica as evidenced by the 1936 cover,
where REBUT’ and ‘Return to Sender’ marks had been applied in the same blue colour.
Known used between 23 Sep 1935 and 4 Dec 1940.

At Lytham St. Annes, GB
cds of 26 Feb 1937.
At Kingston
Kingston and Lascelles cds
of 17 Apr 1937 (on reverse)

‘REBUT’ handstamp
and manuscript endorsement in pencil
‘Return to Sender’.

‘UNDELIVERED /
RETURN TO SENDER’
of 27 Apr 1937 (on reverse).