Page 7 - Jamaica Postal Cards

SECOND PROVISIONAL ISSUE VARIETIES

The notation for Types S5 and S6 follows Bacon, in the Swarbrick and Swetland account these are reversed.
A distinguishing feature ofboth S5 and S6 is that the cut cards are of a larger size.

There is some doubt as to whether 1d examples of either card exists and used examples of all values are rare.
It is possible that S5 and S6 were produced after the release of the Regular cards (in Nov. 1877) and prior to th~
arrival of additional cards from London. Used 3d cards are rare and all known examples (totalling 3 or 4) were sent
to well-known British collectors.

It is clear that collectors at the time were aware of the various reprints and varieties
of the second provisional cards and that the demand was greater for mint examples.

Type S5 (right)
Seventh ornament up left hand margin is sideways.
' l ' replaces 'I' in ' written'.
Printed on thick paper, sometimes with part wmk.
Size printed frame 107 x 73 mm
Size of card 115 x 90 mm

Type S6 (left)

Ornament incomplete near bottom
right hand margin.

Colon after Jamaica.
Thick white paper
Size printed frame 107 x 72 mm
Size of card 115 x 90 mm

AU known 3d used S6 cards were posted on 24 April 1878