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Jamaica: TPO & Railway

Travelling Post Office Cancellations
Railway

TPO Type 1

The first marking, TPO1 is an attractive lined rectangle 38x17 mm. with letters 8½mm. It is only known struck in purple ink.
With the EKD 19 Sep 1913 & the LKD 7 Jan 1914, it had a very short life.
It is believed to have been used on the Kingston Port Antonio line.

TPO Type 2

This single ring (27mm diameter) metal handstamp was introduced early in 1915.
It is believed to have been used on the Kingston Port Antonio line but the cover below suggests not.

SavLaMar (3 Feb 1921) via Kingston 4 Feb to Constant Spring, forwarded via Kingston (7 Feb) to Montpelier (8 Feb),
forwarded back with TPO-2 of 9 Feb 1902 applied (on the Montego Bay line) on the reverse,
via Kingston (9 Feb) to Constant Spring (9 Feb).