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Maritime Jamaica: Royal Mail.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company: Para.
From 1842 until 1901 the RMSP was the leading carrier of passengers and mail to and from the West
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Indies. In the 19 and early 20 centuries senders often used manuscript ship inscriptions.
This cover was carried on the direct fortnightly transatlantic service from Kingston via Bridgetown to
Southampton.
Kingston:
9 June 87.
Bremen:
26 June 87.
The Para, 3,805 tons, 370 passengers, was built in 1873 and was in service from
1876 to 1901, when it blew up in a disastrous experiment with a frozen fruit hold.
