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Jamaica: Air Mail
Flown Mail Prior to First Service
Frame 46-47 Air Mail
Early Flown Mail Destined for Jamaica
Hendon to Windsor (9 Sep 1911) then by sea to Jamaica
The first aerial post to commemorate the Coronation of King George V.
Backstamped 26 Sep. Only two covers recorded to Jamaica (the other backstamped 10 Oct).
Aborted Flight – Canal Zone (6 Oct 1920) to Kingston
The flight from Canal Zone to Kingston was flown by Lt. Austin, he was forced to abandon the flight due to bad weather.
The mail was returned to Cristobal where it received the cachet and was sent my sea.
Signed by Gerald Bliss, Postmaster at Cristobal. 726 pieces were carried.
