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The Postal Censorship Servi ce.

The next label discussed was probably not used by the Service but has been recorded
on Jamaican mail , on letters both to and from the island. Like other show items it was
most like ly of United Kingdom usage and bears the "Imperial Crown"; an example of this
label i s shown below . This label comprises continuous sets of wording etc, to that a
label long enough t o reseal a cover usually bears more than one impression of PLC 6 which
is repea ted at intervals of 37 to 39mm a long the label.

PCL 6 . Imperial Crown/OPENED BY/EXAMINER/Number/P . C. 90 .
"The Imperial Crown"/OPENED BY, 3 x 27mm/EXAMINER, 3 x 24mm/and a number 3mm high, /
below appears at the bottom left of the label the notation "P. C. 90 . " , 2 x 8mm. The
label i s printed in b lack block sans serif type. The numbers for this label rtecorded
to dat e a re 720 , 34 98 , 5060 , 5149 , 5460 , 5681 , 5940 , 5984 and 9558 ,

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Trans Atlantic air mail cover from the Bishop of Jamaica t o London beari ng The
Bishop's handstamped address in mixed s erif type together wi th PCL 6 label. The
cover is f ranked a t 2/2d c ance l led by Ki ngston da ter of the 12 Novembe r 1942 .

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