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"MOURNING COVER".
1<1 ng Edward Vll.
Ox His :UA.JESTY's SERYICE•
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On ihe death o£ ~ing €dward VI! - ihe King died on ine
6fh May, 1910 J son~e of the official correspondehce was
overprinted with a black irian~le ~o create a ~ourniNg
cover as a tllar'o<. of deep re sped. The o. H. H.$. cover
shown bears ihe ~ournih~ triahgle toge~her with '~EN£RA~
I'OST OfF'Ic£/FREE/J"AMAICA" '1Free Mark", and on -the reverse
K1n~sion dater of tne 3rd Au~st, ~910.
