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Jamaica: 1860 to 1879 Postal History

Letters Between Jamaica and North America
Pre-Adhesive Ship Letters

1846 Steamship Letter from USA (Philadelphia) to Jamaica (May Hill)

At Philadelphia
Dated 25 Aug 1846

At Kingston
Ship Letter SL5 (SL8)
K6 (D5) of 16 Oct 1846

Rated at Philadelphia 10¢
(the West India Steamship rate introduced
March 1845).
No Jamaican internal charge apparent.

1849 Ship Letter from USA (Bethlehem, Pa) to Jamaica (Mandeville)

At Bethlehem
cds of 24 Jan 1849
Red Paid & ‘5’

Via Baltimore
per Brig. Glamorgan

At Kingston
Ship Letter SL5 (SL8)
K7 (D7) of 17 Feb 1849 (reverse)

At Mandeville
P2a (D1) of 18 Feb 1849 (reverse)

Rated at Bethlehem 5¢ – the inland rate for less than 300 miles.
Rated in Jamaica ‘4’d (the ship letter fee) amended to ‘8’d, to also pay the inland rate for < 60 miles.